July 1-4, 2013, invited by Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos ( CEO ) of Athens Institute for Education and Research, SME Knowledge Management and Data Analysis Lab graduate students Li Rongrong and Yang Fan took a trip to Athens to participate in the "11th Annual International Conference on Business ".  The topics of the conference are mainly around the accounting, finance, management and marketing areas. July 2-4, Li Rongrong and Yang Fan involved in the panel discussions and shared their research results.

Knowledge Management and Data Analysis Lab each year selects its graduate students to participate in international scientific conferences. Beijing Institute of Technology Graduate School provided partial funding.