The UC Business School Ecosystems Symposium provides a forum in which the development, application, and appropriateness of the ecosystem concept in a business and consumer studies context is rigorously examined and discussed. It aims at answering the following question: How can employing and applying the concept of ecosystems assist with solving society’s big challenges or wicked problems?

The symposium format is a blend of presentations, panel sessions and research paper workshops. Due to its transdisciplinary focus Day 1 and 2 are dedicated to an overview of the different conceptualisations and viewpoints relating to ecosystems as well as short “snapshot” presentations of current research projects. Day 3 is an optional workshop day (self-catered) where teams of symposium participants can get together to work on shaping papers to be submitted to a journal.