The next ICA SBA Conference that will be held on September 21-22, 2026, at Brussels as a collaborative initiative between organizations from Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The theme for the conference is: “The Company We Keep: Navigating Borders, Boundaries and Brands”.
The Steering Committee of the Section on Business Archives is calling for papers, which explore the above outline through four distinct themes, which all represent a particular facet of the companies we keep:
Theme 1 – Layers and legacies. Keeping corporate memory in a fragmented, globalized world of subsidiaries, spin-offs, mergers and divestitures.
Theme 2 – Connections and cooperation across international, cultural or brand divides through company collections and business archives.
Theme 3 – Conflicted custodians, dealing with sensitive histories in corporate collections.
Theme 4 – Show and tell. Share projects, outputs, collaborations and cases that inspire and spark enthusiasm in 7 minutes or less.
Please send the abstract for your paper to info@icasba2026.com by February 28th, 2026.
Guidelines for submission
- The abstract must be submitted in English and not exceed 300 words (excluding the title, authors, affiliations, acknowledgments)
- Presentations for theme 1, 2 and 3 must be in English and not exceed 20 minutes.
- Presentations for theme 4 aim for 7 minutes, presented in English.
- Please send the abstract for your paper to info@icasba2026.com by February 28th, 2026
- In preparation for the review, additional questions might be asked.
- After abstract submission closes, the ICA-SBA steering committee and conference organisers will review them and make a selection for the programme. The reviewers may suggest for an abstract to be condensed into a poster to include it in the conference.
- After notification of acceptance, the presenting author(s) needs to register for the conference before March 30th to confirm participation.
For more details, kindly check the Call for Papers here: https://icasba2026.com/.