October 9-11, 2025
Foreign Trade University (FTU), HAnOI, VIETnam
APIC has been bringing together leading innovation scholars in the Asia Pacific region since 2010.
Welcome to the APIC Conference 2025 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
The 15th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, organized and hosted by Foreign Trade University and the Asia Pacific Innovation Conference Network (APIC), will be held on October 9-11, 2025, in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The afternoon session of the first day of the conference (October 9) will feature a workshop for early career researchers and scholars, including post-docs, PhD students, and advanced master’s students.
The conference aims to foster a trans-disciplinary exchange of knowledge related to innovation, intellectual property rights, and science and technology policy. Sessions will include keynote speeches, panel discussions, and paper presentations. Scholars (including Ph.D. students) from all disciplines and practitioners interested in the economic, managerial, legal, and policy aspects of innovation studies are encouraged to attend and present their work.
The theme of the APIC conference 2025 is “Reforms to Boost Innovation for Sustainable Development.” To mitigate global challenges and foster sustainable development, it is indispensable to boost innovation. As a result, reforms must be in place to ignite and nurture innovation, both at the national and business levels. The conference emphasizes the importance of institutional, economic, social, environmental, and entrepreneurial reforms to support firms as well as nations to achieve sustainable development goals. It aims to foster collaboration, knowledge exchange, and networking among policymakers, innovators, entrepreneurs, academia, and industry stakeholders to carry out reforms that boost innovation both nationally and globally.
Topics:
The Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC) 2025 welcomes original research contributions on all topics related to the conference theme including but not limited to:
National innovation systems
Triangular collaboration between University, Industry, and Government for innovation
International cooperation for innovation
Innovation strategies and policies
Innovation financing and management
Human resources for innovation
Institutional reforms for innovation
Intellectual property rights for innovation
Digital and green transformation
Global value chain and technology spillovers
Management of technologies and markets for technology
Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0
Entrepreneurial approaches to social innovation
Innovation for start-ups
Other topics related to innovation studies
Submission and Timelines
We invite interested authors to submit their papers or 500-word extended abstracts by July 1, 2025, via email at conference@ftu.edu.vn. All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and the decisions will be sent out by July 15, 2025.
Authors must indicate the name of the presenter and his/her contact details (affiliation and email). All submissions must be submitted via email at conference@ftu.edu.vn. All Inquiries may be addressed to the organizers via email at conference@ftu.edu.vn, cc: qlkh@ftu.edu.vn
Registration
The registration website for the conference will open shortly. Please visit the webpage at http://ap-ic.org for the most current information. The in-person conference registration fee will cover conference registration, conference packet suite, lunches, drinks, and a welcome dinner. Registration rates are as follows:
Unit: USD
Standard Early bird
Regular participant 200 150
Local regular participant 150 100
PhD student 100 70
Notes: Early bird registration is made before September 11, 2025.
The organizers will assist confirmed participants needing visa support, such as invitation letters. Participants will be responsible for visa requirements (if required) to enter Viet Nam.
Contacts:
Foreign Trade University (FTU)
Email: conference@ftu.edu.vn, cc to qlkh@ftu.edu.vn
Address: 91, Chua Lang, Lang Thuong, Dong Da, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Website of FTU: https://ftu.edu.vn/
Website of APIC: http://ap-ic.org