The 2018 Academic of Business In Society (ABIS) Colloquium aims to bring together leading voices from industry, academia, youth communities, public policy and more to address three key themes - circular economy, digitalization and sustainable finance - that have a great potential to capture the business opportunities generated by sustainability and will have a huge impact in driving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development agenda forward.

By focusing the International Association of Universities 2018 international conference on the theme Higher Education Partnerships for Societal Impact, IAU invites its members, the global higher education communities, and their partners to reflect on and discuss their mandate and social responsibility, while presenting different forms of partnerships adopted around the world and for what societal impact. The conference will also be a venue to discuss the challenges and obstacles related to delivering on the third mission of universities.