The FORE International Management Conference (FIMC) is the annual flagship academic and industry conference of FORE School of Management (FSM), New Delhi. FIMC brings together researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, doctoral scholars, and students to engage in rigorous intellectual discourse on the most pressing management challenges of our time.
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Theme of the Conference
Purposeful Innovation: Balancing Artificial Intelligence with Ethical Responsibility
The theme rests on three interlocking pillars, each woven across all management domains and grounded in the imperatives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Pillar 1: Purposeful Innovation
Innovation that is mission-driven and designed from the outset to create measurable value for organisations, communities, and the planet. Whether in supply chain design, financial products, marketing campaigns, HR practices, or strategic decisions, purposeful innovation asks: who benefits, who bears the risk, and what is the long-term impact?
Pillar 2: Artificial Intelligence as a Management Enabler
FIMC 2026 examines how AI changes the practice of operations management, reshapes consumer behaviour, transforms financial analysis, alters HR decision-making, and redefines competitive strategy. The conference explores both the productivity gains and the ethical dilemmas AI creates within each discipline.
Pillar 3: Ethical Responsibility as a Leadership Imperative
Leaders across all management functions must now grapple with questions of fairness, accountability, transparency, and societal impact – not as abstract principles but as operational realities. This pillar explores how ethical responsibility manifests differently in operations, marketing, finance, HR, and strategy, and what it means to lead responsibly in each domain.
About FORE School of Management (FSM)
FORE School of Management (FSM), established in 1992, is one of India’s premier business schools, dedicated to excellence in management education, research, training, consulting, and entrepreneurship while fostering socially responsible business leaders. FSM holds accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and South Asia Quality Systems (SAQS) and is a member of AACSB. FSM offers AICTE-approved two-year full-time PGDM programmes in General Management, International Business, Financial Management, and Big Data Analytics, creating numerous career opportunities for graduates. FSM takes pride in its professional and high-quality faculty, modern infrastructure, technology, and resources, which facilitate high-quality management education.