The JU Institute of Public Affairs and the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) invite you to attend the 18th EIASM interdisciplinary conference entitled 'Intangibles, Intellectual Capital, and Sustainability: Reporting, Governance, and Value Creation', which will be held on 21-22 September at the JU Faculty of Management and Social Communication.

The 18th EIASM Interdisciplinary Conference comes at a historic time for sustainability reporting. The publication of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in the Official Journal of EU on 16th of December 2022 marks a revolutionary step for this form of reporting in the EU member states. The equal footing on which sustainability and financial reporting have been put by the new legislation, makes it necessary a profound change in corporate culture, governance and risk management, as well business reconceptualisation and conduct. Information lies at the heart of this revolution and is seen as a catalyser of this epochal transformation. The very concept of “value creation” becomes richer and more articulated, encompassing also the medium-long term perspective and the related ability to support an entity’s value creation over time especially through intangibles and intellectual capita (IC). The passage from a purely shareholder oriented perception of value to a stakeholder and sustainability-infused vision of this notion represents another element of a difficult transition in the company ecosystems.