The International Bata Conference for Ph.D. Students and Young Researchers (DOKBAT) is intended primarily for young researchers, doctoral students and academics. However, the conference is also organised to reach students in Master’s and Bachelor’s degree programs who want to gain experience at a conference before starting their doctoral studies. And the conference is also open to the general public.
The main theme of this year’s conference, DOKBAT 2026, is Interdisciplinary Horizons: Challenges and Opportunities for Young Researchers.
Conference DOKBAT 2026 is organised in line with the tradition of the International Doctoral Seminar (IDS) and with the support of the Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín and the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, both searching for opportunities for the future development.
This conference offers attendees a unique opportunity to present and discuss scientific issues, share knowledge and experience with peers, and establish international connections that will last a lifetime. All those interested in attending the conference can choose active attendance (with a scientific paper and its presentation) or passive attendance (without a scientific paper and its presentation).
Active conference attendees will be able to present and discuss their research with the university’s academic staff and invited experts. All conference attendees can consult their scientific intentions with experts from the scientific field. Each consultant has a maximum of 30 minutes per person. We believe that our consultants will help you take the right path with your research.
At least one workshop will again be included in the program. Such workshops aim to improve attendees‘ skills for scientific work and to offer the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of current trends in management and economics, or to work on their own development.
Active conference attendees should prepare papers based on their research, whether practical or theoretical. We prefer primarily original research papers based on your research. We also accept literary research and conceptual papers. All papers will proceed through the review process. The papers will be published electronically as conference proceedings. The best papers will be rewarded with prizes and may be offered to editors for publication in a cooperating Journal of Competitiveness, upon agreement with the article’s author. DOKBAT conference proceedings (2016-2019) have been indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection.
Important dates
| Last date for registration | 9th July 2026 |
| Last date for submission of full papers | 9th July 2026 |
| Main conference day | 9th September 2026 |
Conference Thematic Areas
- Management
- Marketing
- Economics
- Finance & Accounting
- Business Administration
- Regional Development & Public Sector Administration
- Public Institutions & Non-profit Organisations
- Industrial Engineering
- Logistics
- Information Systems
- Automation of Processes
- Integrated Safety & Environmental Engineering
- Materials & Production Technologies
Scientific committee
- Assoc. Prof. Michal Pilík, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
- Prof. Boris Popesko, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
- Prof. Aleksandr Ključnikov, Pan-European University, Czech Republic
- Assoc. Prof. Jana Matošková, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
- Assoc. Prof. Petr Novák, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
- Dr. Lukáš Danko, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
- Dr. Jana Přílučíková, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic