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Organizational Culture and the Future of Work

Within the framework of Wekerle Conference Series we organize:

the Third Organizational Culture conference,

Organizational Culture and the Future of Work

⏰ Date: 2026. december 4. - 10:00
📍 Venue: Wekerle International University
(1083 Budapest, Jázmin utca 10.)

Language

Hungarian & English & Chinese

Organising COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. Anikó Csepregi

Members: Dr. habil. Petra Benedek, Dr. Eszter Bogdány, Dr. Hajnalka Fekete-Berzsenyi, Dr. Aisi Li

Important

Participation is free of charge for PhD students. For other participants, the conference fee is EUR 100 + VAT or HUF 40,000 + VAT.

Presenters should submit their applications via the online registration form. Applications should include the proposed title, an abstract of no more than one page using the official template, author name(s) and institutional affiliation(s), contact details, and the presentation language (English, Chinese or Hungarian).
⏰ Application deadline: 15 november 2026

Publication

An electronic book of abstracts will be published after the conference. Further publication opportunities will be announced separately.

Publication opportunities

The following publication opportunities are available to participants who present at the conference. Delivering a presentation is a prerequisite for consideration for publication through these opportunities.

Following the conference, authors may indicate whether they wish to submit a paper based on their presentation for inclusion in the conference proceedings or for consideration by Prosperitas.

The full manuscript submission deadline for both options is 15 January 2027.

1. Conference proceedings

Conference papers may be published in peer-reviewed conference proceedings with an ISBN. Submissions should be 10–12 pages long, written in Hungarian or English, and prepared using the conference manuscript template and formatting guidelines.

Manuscripts will undergo peer review. Authors will receive consolidated reviewer comments and will be required to revise their papers where necessary. Publication is subject to a favourable review outcome, satisfactory completion of the requested revisions, and compliance with the formatting requirements.

2. Prosperitas

Prosperitas is the Scopus- and DOAJ-indexed, English-language, open-access academic journal of Budapest University of Economics and Business. It publishes research addressing current problems and challenges facing businesses across the fields of business, management, finance, economics and accounting.

Manuscripts submitted for journal consideration must be written in English, be 7,000–8,000 words long, and comply with the Prosperitas author guidelines. The conference organisers will conduct an initial screening and, with the authors’ agreement, forward selected papers to the editorial team. The editors, in consultation with the parties concerned, will determine whether a paper should be considered for a regular issue or, where the topic fits, a special issue.

A recommendation from the organisers or an invitation to submit does not guarantee acceptance. Manuscripts that proceed to peer review will undergo a double-blind review process. Authors will receive reviewer feedback and will be required to revise their manuscripts where necessary. Final acceptance decisions rest with the journal’s editors.

Journal website · Author guidelines

Additional journal opportunity: Acta Wekerleensis

If a manuscript is not accepted by Prosperitas, authors may, following consultation, be offered the opportunity to submit it to Acta Wekerleensis: Economy and Society.

Acta welcomes papers in both Hungarian and English. Manuscripts originally prepared for Prosperitas may therefore be submitted in English, provided they are adapted to Acta’s own content and formatting requirements.

Manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review. Authors will receive reviewer comments and may be asked to revise their papers. Publication decisions will be made by the editors based on the reviews and, where applicable, the revised manuscript.

Journal website, author guidelines and template

When submitting your manuscript, please indicate your preferred publication option. The same paper may be published in only one outlet.

Abstract template & Manuscript template

Meet our keynote speakers

WSNE

Professor Giovanni Schiuma is a globally recognized thought leader in knowledge and innovation management, serving as a Full Professor and Director of the Department of Engineering at LUM University in Italy. A Fulbright Scholar at Seton Hall University and a Distinguished Research Fellow at Corvinus University, Professor Schiuma has held prestigious positions, including Director of the Innovation Insights Hub and Professor of Arts-Based Management at the University of the Arts London. His expertise in arts-driven innovation and knowledge-based organisational development has made him a sought-after consultant and speaker worldwide. As President of the International Forum on Knowledge Assets Dynamics (IFKAD) and Chief Editor of the journals Measuring Business Excellence and Consulting Editor of Knowledge Management Research and Practice, he has significantly influenced knowledge management and business excellence. With a prolific academic career spanning over 250 scholarly publications and international engagements at leading institutions such as the University of Cambridge, Cranfield School of Management, and the University of Tampere, Professor Schiuma is an inspiring communicator and facilitator known for his creative and innovative approach to solving strategic research and organisational challenges. His work is marked by an exceptional ability to integrate the arts into business practices, driving human-centric innovation in an increasingly digital world.

Professor Giovanni Schiuma 2 - LUM University, Italy ; President of IFKAD
WSNE

Organisational Cognitive Transformation: How Hybrid Cognition Is Reshaping The Culture Of Work

"Generative AI is not just another digital tool. As a knowledge-based cognitive technology, it is changing how organisations think. This keynote introduces Organisational Cognitive Transformation (OCT): the consequential, durable and system-wide reconfiguration of an organisation's cognitive architecture, driven by hybrid cognition, the integration of human and artificial ways of knowing. The talk introduces six dimensions of this architecture: interpretative framing, attention allocation, knowledge creation and learning, organisational memory and unlearning, distributed coordination, and epistemic authority. It then presents five AI-based knowledge management strategies, from knowledge discovery and sensemaking to co-evolutionary ecosystem intelligence, that reshape these dimensions over time. The deepest cultural shift concerns how organisations manage their knowledge and develop their copetences for value creation. Because AI produces codified knowledge while tacit, emotional and personal knowing remains human, the future of work depends on deliberately designing how these two forms of cognition coexist."

Professor Giovanni Schiuma - LUM University, Italy ; President of IFKAD
Prof. Dr. Yuliya Shtaltovna

Prof. Dr. Yuliya Shtaltovna is a researcher, academic editor, international speaker and higher-education expert working across leadership and management, Inner Development Goals, sustainable careers, employability, intercultural and global competence, AI-enabled business education, digital skills and university-to-work transition. She is a Professor of International and Intercultural Management at HS Fresenius, Berlin, Germany and a Research Professor at Graduate Business School at Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine.

Her work combines international research collaboration, academic publishing, invited presentations and expert participation in European higher-education initiatives, with a particular focus on capability development for complex, AI-mediated and rapidly changing professional environments.

Yuliya holds prominent editorial leadership roles across leading international academic journals, serving as Regional Editor of Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning and Associate Editor of the GILE Journal of Skills Development, and as Co-Editor of a Special Issue of Career Development International.

She is also Co-Editor of the Casebook of Inner Development Goals Implementation in Higher Education and Co-Lead of the Higher Education & Researchers Circle at Inner Development Goals, bringing together an international community of academics, researchers and higher-education leaders.

Prof. Dr. Yuliya Shtaltovna - Professor of International and Intercultural Management at HS Fresenius, Berlin, Germany and a Research Professor at Graduate Business School at Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine
Prof. Dr. Yuliya Shtaltovna

Developing People, Shaping Culture: Inner Development Goals and the Future of Work

Prof. Dr. Yuliya Shtaltovna - Professor of International and Intercultural Management at HS Fresenius, Berlin, Germany and a Research Professor at Graduate Business School at Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine
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Billing Information

Please complete this section only if a conference fee applies. PhD students do not need to provide billing information.

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Application Deadline: 15th November 2026

Please submit your application via the online registration form. Contact e-mail: culture.conference@wsne.hu


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