XB-CON conference

About the Conference

The XB-CON International Conference 2025 is thematically focused on business services (e.g. Business, Tourism), innovation and quality of service, marketing and business management, the non-profit sector, new technologies and sustainable development is also a new phenomenon in terms of management and business economy. All topics are researched in a cross-border context.

Where

Hotel Spa Resort Pawlik - Aquaforum, Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic.

When

from 13 to 14 November 2025

XB-CON is a thematic follow-up to previous years and a series of successful conferences organized as part of the cross-border project "Czech-Saxon University Initiative" and "Czech-Bavarian grant area trading up - empiricism and measures.“ The main objectives of the conference are to contribute to the development of cross-border cooperation between scientists and PhD students, to support their publication activities and to monitor current practice requirements.

The past 5 years of the conference on business economics in cross-border comparison were positively evaluated in the conference evaluation. Proceedings were included in the Web of Science database, which we would like to follow up again this year.

The conference is for: academics and scientists, business representatives, Master’s degree and PhD students and others dealing with the Czech-German border areas from the perspective of business economics.

The purpose of the conference

Presentation of the results of scientific and professional activities of the conference participants

Meetings and discussions of academics, PhD students and professionals

Establishing contacts for collaboration in research and publishing activities and for collaboration with practice

Knowledge sharing and dissemination

Conference Program

Here is our conference program

Committees

Organizational committee

Ing. Kateřina Newton, MBA

Ing. Jarmila Ircingová, Ph.D.

Ing. Olga Martinčíková Sojková, Ph.D.

Hung Dang Phi Doan, M.Sc.

Ing. Zdeněk Kresa

Ing. Lukáš Pichlík, MBA

Bc. Kateřina Stauberová

Bc. Zuzana Šafrová

Bc. Eduard Šuster

Laura Ute Völkl, M.Sc.

and other Master’s degree and PhD students

Scientific committee

Doc. Ing. Jarmila Duháček Šebestová, Ph.D.
Silesian University

Prof. Dr. Christiane Hellbach
East-Bavarian Technical University Amberg – Weiden

Doc. Ing. Dita Hommerová, Ph.D., MBA
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Prof. Dr. Tobias Chilla
Friedrich-Alexander-University

Doc. Ing. Petr Janeček, Ph.D.
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D.
Masaryk University in Brno

Doc. Ing. Michaela Krechovská, Ph.D.
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Doc. Ing. Petr Řehoř, Ph.D.
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

Doc. Ing. Petr Štumpf, Ph.D.
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Ing. Jan Tlučhoř, Ph.D.
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Doc. Ing. Tomáš Kincl, Ph.D.
Prague University of Economics and Business

Doc. PhDr. Ing. Jaroslava Dědková, Ph.D.
Technical University of Liberec

Doc. Ing. Michal Mičík, Ph.D.
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen

Deadlines

Important dates

The conference takes place in Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic

from 13 to 14 November 2025

Application – to fill in the registration form on-line

by 14 September 2025

To send an abstract

by 10 September 2025

To send the paper

by 19 October 2025

Fee payment

by 19 October 2025

Review result report

by 29 October 2025

To send the modified paper

by 9 November 2025

Fees

Participation Fee

CZK 5 500 / 220 EUR incl. VAT

CZK 4 000 / 160 EUR incl. VAT (Master’s degree or PhD students)

Payment information will be sent with abstract acceptance by 19 October 2025.

Participation fee includes

The possibility of presenting a conference the conference paper
The possibility of publishing the paper in a magazine / proceedings after a successful review process
Conference promotional items
Conference proceedings
Refreshments
Lunches and dinner buffet within a social evening

Payment Information

Payment of the participation fee has to be made separately for each participant (please do not send multiple person fees in the same payment).

Bank account No. for domestic payments in CZK (within the Czech Rep.):

4811530257/0100

International bank account No. for payments in CZK (IBAN):

CZ8101000000004811530257

International bank account No. for payments in EUR (IBAN):

CZ0401000000004845500267

Variable symbol:

514005

Bank:

KB, a.s. Na Příkopě 969/33, 11407 Praha 1, Czech Republic

SWIFT:

KOMBCZPP

Manager/account owner address:

University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Univerzitní 2732/8, 301 00 Plzeň, Czech Republic

Message for recipient:

please write here your last name

Important:
The Participation fee does not include bank transfer fees.
The Participation fee cannot be canceled in case of non-attendance.
The fee covers organizational costs, meals + refreshments, proceedings and VAT.