The pandemic has exposed the fragility of nations and has had detrimental effects on economies. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted plans, changed priorities, scrambled existing networks, and made us all aware of the fact that we cannot predict the future. The ‘World Economic Forum 2020’ had stated that digital entrepreneurs will shape the world after the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic had paved way for entrepreneurs to survive and stay resilient despite losing jobs and incomes and stability in their businesses and personal lives. It is therefore necessary to create individual opportunity-based entrepreneurial efforts.

Entrepreneurial persistence occurs when the entrepreneur chooses to continue with an entrepreneurial opportunity regardless of counterinfluences or enticing alternatives. The decision to persist is influenced by personal characteristics and impetus provided by the environment. The pandemic had created the ability to leverage on digital tools which have become a necessity for entrepreneurs to survive the ongoing crisis. In addition, the pandemic has accelerated the process of digital transformation across almost all sectors and initiated greater social mobility and shared value creation.

The pandemic has become a transformative moment for companies and entrepreneurs. There were many new entrepreneurs born in Malaysia during this pandemic. Although the current pandemic has had a severe impact on the global economy, the digital economy has proven instrumental in the battle against COVID-19. Entrepreneurs learnt to better leverage on the digital economy and create solutions to solve the problems of their communities so that they can have a chance to survive the crisis and even thrive in the long term.

The International Conference on Entrepreneurship Resilience and Trends: Surviving the Pandemic (ICERT 2022) is an sincere attempt by Binary University, an Entrepreneurship University to explore the state of entrepreneurship and innovation in the world amidst the Pandemic.

The conference is organized in order to explore collaborations, opportunities and challenges for achieving entrepreneurial development among all countries in the world. The conference also focuses on themes beyond the Pandemic in areas of Business Environment and venture challenges to give researchers the opportunity to share the results of their research and views.

This ICERT 2022 conference will be held virtually in line with the prescribed Standard of Procedures (SOP) recommended by the Malaysian Government and Ministry of Health during Covid-19 Pandemic.