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LACCEI International Multiconference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development (LEIRD 2026)

“Capability-Based Entrepreneurship: Artificial Intelligence and Innovation for Scaling into the New Global Economy”
December 1 – 3, 2026 (Hybrid) – San Juan (Puerto Rico) – Venue: PUPR

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This conference welcomes unpublished papers, including research and case studies, as well as work-in-progress presentations from all research areas within the following topics of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development.

Tracks:

1. General in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Design thinking-driven innovation
  • Entrepreneurial processes
  • Entrepreneurship with Purpose and Business Models
  • Incubators, accelerators, and other support programs
  • Innovation Methodologies
  • Intrapreneurship and business model innovation
  • Social innovation
  • Venture formation processes, funding, and strategies

2. Global and regional in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Enabling regional initiatives in entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Intellectual property and open innovation
  • International innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Open innovation systems
  • Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship

3. Financial in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Circular economy innovation and frugal innovation
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation to overcome the economic and financial crisis
  • Market and financial impacts of entrepreneurship and innovation

4. Technological in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Communication strategies and Social Networks in entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Digital transformation and artificial intelligence
  • Innovative technologies, cities, and regions

5. Educational in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Entrepreneurship and innovation in education
  • Strategies, policies, and management practices in R&D, innovation, and entrepreneurship
  • University-Industry technology transfer and knowledge exchange

6. Cuarto Simposio de Investigación e Innovación Latinoamericano “Mujeres en Ingeniería” – V SIILMI:Click here

  • Igualdad de derechos, oportunidades y espacios para las mujeres en Latinoamérica y el Caribe en el ámbito académico
  • Igualdad de derechos, oportunidades y espacios para las mujeres en Latinoamérica y el Caribe en el ámbito profesional
  • Fomento de las vocaciones por la ingeniería en niñas y jóvenes, en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
  • Todas las formas de discriminación y violencia a niñas, jóvenes y mujeres en el ámbito de las ingenierías y afines en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

7. Work in Progress (WP)

8. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Student Competition (E&I26).

Important Dates:

  • Call for Paper (CfP) – May 1st
  • Registration opens – May 1st
  • Early bird Registration will be open – May 1st
  • Open Entrepreneurship and Innovation Student Competition (E&I26) – May 8th
  • Deadline for Student Competition – 1st Phase – July 13th. (Eastern Daylight Time – EDT)
  • Deadline for full papers and work in progress submissions – July 13th. (Eastern Daylight Time – EDT)
    • IV SIILMI (Only virtual)
    • LEIRD 2026 (Hybrid)
  • Notification of acceptance of papers – September 11th 
  • Early bird registration closes – September 22nd
  • Registration at full cost – September 23th
  • Submit final version of the accepted paper – September 23th
  • Deadline to submit video – September 23th
  • Publish paper presentation schedule – October 6th
  • Deadline to pay all authors – October 30th
  • LEIRD’26: December 1 & 2 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
  • V SIILMI: December 3 (Thursday)

LEIRD 2026 accepts papers written in English, Spanish, Portuguese or French: Full Papers (6-10 pages), Work in progress (2-5 pages) with a limit of 3 papers per author (includes co-author, any affiliation) and 7 authors per paper. FPs must be indexed by Scopus in March.