WHICEB 2026: The 25th Wuhan International Conference on E-business Ningbo, China, May 28-31, 2026 |
| Conference website | http://whiceb.cug.edu.cn |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=whiceb2026 |
Background
The Wuhan International Conference on E-Business (WHICEB) series is an affiliated conference of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), which has been held successfully since 2000, serving as an annual academic conference for improvement and development of global e-business research, academic exchange, and cooperation. The 25th conference will be held in Ningbo, a renowned port city in eastern China’s Yangtze River Delta region. The theme is ‘Navigating the Future: Digital Platforms, Intelligent Technologies, and Sustainable Ecosystems for Global Enterprise’.
The global landscape and competition are now undergoing profound transformations and restructuring. Rapid advancements in digital technologies, particularly emerging intelligent systems like generative AI, are reshaping business ecosystems and competitive paradigms. Simultaneously, sustainable development has become a global consensus and the key to the long-term competitiveness of enterprises. As a hub city for cross-border e-commerce in China, Ningbo city is the bridgehead and frontline for observing, practicing, and leading this round of globalization transformation with digital intelligence and sustainability as the core driving forces.
The WHICEB2026 will be held in Ningbo from May 28 to 31, 2026. Through academic research presentations and session speaking, the conference will explore how digital platforms, AI technologies, and sustainable ecosystems are reshaping global value chains, empowering cross-border innovation, and fostering the business ecosystems of the future. Scholars in e-commerce, information systems, marketing, strategic management, and public management are welcome to participate in the conference and promote interdisciplinary research findings, and share the experience of different countries and regions. English will be the formal language at the conference.
World-class scholars in digital platforms, intelligent technologies, and sustainable ecosystems will be invited to give keynote speeches. Workshops on different topics will be organized together with academic institutions located within China or abroad. Doctor Consortium will be held at the conference to activate youth scholars in enriching academic activities.
Paper Submission
Proceedings Publication: We only accept full research papers (less than 12 pages, LNBIP format) from different aspects of business and disciplines. Research methods as case study, modeling, empirical study, on-site, questionnaire, or experimental study, are all welcome.
- Conference proceedings from 2003-2021 have been listed in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science/Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-S or CPCI-SSH, the former Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings®, ISTP).
- Conference proceedings of 2023 and 2025 has been published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP), and been indexed by EI Compendex, CPCI and Scopus index.
- The proceedings from 2011 will also be available at AIS eLibrary (http://ais.site-ym.com/?AISeLibrary ).
International Journal Recommendation: This conference will prepare a special issue of SSCI closely related to the conference theme, which is supported by SSCI-indexed international journals. Selected best papers from the proceeding will be recommended to the following international journals/special issues: Data and Information Management (EI), Electronic Commerce Research and Applications(SSCI) , Electronic Markets(SSCI) , Electronic Commerce Research(SSCI) , Industrial Management & Data Systems (SCI), Internet Research (SSCI) , Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (SCI & SSCI) , Journal of Information & Knowledge Management(EI) , International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations(EI）, Journal of Systems and Information Technology(EI).
Important Dates
- Submission deadline for track proposal: November 1st, 2025
- Easychair system open for submission: November 15th, 2025
- Submission deadline for full manuscript: January 18th, 2026
- Acceptance announcement and Registration: March 15th, 2026
- Deadline for final camera-ready paper: April 3rd, 2026
- Registration deadline (accepted paper): April 3rd, 2026
- Conference date: May 28th-31st, 2026
Conference Tracks for Submission
- Conference Theme Track: Digital, Intelligent, and Sustainable Ecosystems for Global Enterprise
- Track 1: AIGC Development & Governance
- Track 2: Artificial Intelligence and New Ways of Working
- Track 3: Data Science and Analytics
- Track 4: Digital Enablement and Governance
- Track 5: Digital Tourism
- Track 6: Digital Strategy and Social Impact in Business Ecosystem
- Track 7: E-commerce Platform and Operations
- Track 8: Engaging Technologies and Immersive Design
- Track 9: GenAI and User Behavior
- Track 10: Human-AI Interaction
- Track 11: Intelligent Marketing and Consumer Insights
- Track 12: IS in Healthcare Service
- Track 13: Next-Gen Technologies in Social Commerce
- Track 14: Social Computing on Digital Platforms
- Track 15: Transformative Digital Service and Impact
- Track 16: General IS and Digital Business Topics
Submission Requirement:
1. Full Research Papers Requirements: The paper should be written in English and haven’t been published before. The topic of the paper should comply with conference tracks. A full research paper is expected to include innovative research results from empirical research, experiment, modeling or theory study. Excellent papers after double-blind review will be awarded ‘best paper nomination’ and be recommended to international journals. The length of the submitted paper should be less than 12 pages (typesetting as required by Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing format). At least one author of an accepted paper should attend the conference and present the paper, and accepted papers should register before April 2nd, 2025.
2. Paper Format Requirements: You are required to write and edit your paper highly in accordance with format requirements, with no changes to the format. Your paper should be submitted through EasyChair submission system.
3. Submission Number Requirements: For the WHICEB2026 conference proceedings published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, each author is allowed to accept as a maximum of three papers, with all author names listed in the order they appear in the submission. Each track chair is permitted to accept a maximum of one paper.
Conference Committee
Conference Hosts
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
- Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim, Heidenheim, Germany
Organizers
- Nottingham University Business School China
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
- The Center for International Cooperation in E-Business (CICEB), China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Sponsors(alphabetical order)
- Association for Information Systems(AIS)
- China Association for Information Systems (CNAIS)
- China Information Economics Society
- Wuhan University of Communication
Sponsoring Journals (alphabetical order)
- Data and Information Management (EI & Scopus indexed)
- Electronic Commerce Research (SSCI indexed)
- Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (SSCI indexed)
- Electronic Markets-The International Journal on Networked Business (SSCI indexed)
- Industrial Management & Data Systems (SCI indexed)
- Internet Research (SSCI indexed)
- Journal of Database Management (SCIE indexed)
- Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (EI & Scopus indexed)
- Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (SCI & SSCI indexed)
- International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations (EI & Scopus indexed)
- Journal of Systems and Information Technology (EI & Scopus indexed)
Conference Co-Chairs
- Jing Zhao, Professor, CICEB, School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, zhao5563@outlook.com
- Juergen Seitz, Professor, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim, Germany, seitz@dhbw-heidenheim.de
- Doug Vogel, Professor, AIS President 2012-2013, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, isdoug@hit.edu.cn
Program Committee
Chairs:
- Weiguo (Patrick) Fan, Professor, University of Iowa, USA, weiguo-fan@uiowa.edu
- Zhen Zhu, Professor, China University of Geosciences, zhuzhen2008@gmail.com
- Alain Chong, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, alain.chong@nottingham.edu.cn
Members:
- Yukun Bao, Professor, Huazhong University of Sciences & Technology, China
- Younghoon Chang, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Xiayu Chen, Associate Professor, Hefei University of Technology
- Aihui Chen, Associate Professor, Tianjin University
- Juan Chen, Associate Professor, Anhui University of Finance and Economics
- Bingjie Deng, Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Zhaohua Deng, Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Zhao Du, Professor, Beijing Sport University
- Rong Du, Professor, Xidian University
- Xiaodong Feng, Associate Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Chunmei Gan, Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University
- Dongxiao Gu, Professor, Hefei University of Technology
- Zhongyi Hu, Associate Professor, Wuhan Univerisity
- Shangui Hu, Professor, Ningbo University of Finance and Economics
- Wei Hu, Distinguished Research Fellow, Tongji University
- Guoyin Jiang, Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Chenwei Li, Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiao-tong Liverpool University
- Jia Li, Professor, East China University of Science and Technology
- Xixi Li, Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
- Hua Liu, Lecturer, Anhui University
- Yanran Liu, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, USA
- Yong Liu, Associate Professor, Aalto University School of Business
- Zilong Liu, Professor, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics
- Yaobin Lu, Distinguished Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Jing Ma, Lecturer, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing
- Liang Ma, Associate Professor, Shandong University of Finance and Economics
- Jian Mou, Associate Professor, Pusan National University, Korea
- Guangqian Peng, Associate Professor, Capital University of Economics and Business
- Zhao Pan, Associate Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Marc Riar, Assistant Professor, IÉSEG School of Management
- Sunghan Ryu, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Si Shi, Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
- Yuan Sun, Professor, Zhejiang Gongshang University
- Yongqiang Sun, Professor, Wuhan University
- Hengqi Tian, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver, USA
- Nan Wang, Associate Professor, Wuhan University
- Shan Wang, Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Fang Wang, Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Gang Wang, Professor, Hefei University of Technology
- Peng Wang, Associate Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Hongpeng Wang, Associate Professor, Lanzhou University
- Yi Wang, Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
- Le Wang, Professor, Xian Jiaotong University
- Xiaojie Wu, Professor, Guangdong University of Technology, China
- Qiang Wei, Professor, Tsinghua University, China
- Shaobo Wei, Professor, Hefei University of Technology
- Nannan Xi, Associate Professor, Tampere University
- Huosong Xia, Professor, Wuhan Textile University, China
- Wei Xu, Professor, Renmin University of China
- Xiaobo Xu, Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Pengzhen Yin, Associate Professor, Hefei University of Technology
- Ying Yang, Professor, Hefei University of Technology
- Weiyong Zhang, Associate Professor and Chair, Old Dominion University, USA
- Jun Zhang, Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Australia
- Ning Zhang, Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics
- Ling Zhao, Professor, Huazhong University of Science & Technology
- Yiming Zhao, Professor, Wuhan University
- Xiabing Zheng, Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
- Zhongyun (Phil) Zhou, Associate Professor, Tongji University
- Junjie Zhou, Professor, Shantou University
Session Chairs:
- Kanliang Wang, Professor, Renmin University, China, kanliang.wang@gmail.com
- Jinghua Xiao, Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University, China, lnsxjh@mail.sysu.edu.cn
- Rong Du, Professor, Xidian University, China, durong@mail.xidian.edu.cn
- Xiangbin Yan, Professor, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
- Yi Jiang, Associate Professor, China University of Geosciences, China, wuhanjoey@163.com
- Jenny Pu, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China jenny.pu@nottingham.edu.cn
Publicity Chairs & Proceedings Editors
- Yiliu (Paul) Tu, Professor, University of Calgary, Canada, paultu@ucalgary.ca
- Maomao Chi, Professor, China University of Geosciences, China, chimaomao@aliyun.com
Organization Committee
Chairs
- Yao Zhang, Associate Professor, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, orangeyao@126.com
- Jie Yu, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Jie.YU@nottingham.edu.cn
Secretary-general
- Fei Wang, Assistant Professor, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, wangfei@cug.edu.cn
- Zhao Cai, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Zhao.Cai@nottingham.edu.cn
Members
- Boying Li, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Qingxin Meng, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Jie Fang, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Yueyue Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Sunny Zheng, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Yating Peng, Associate Professor, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
- Jing Wang, Assistant Professor, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
International Advisory Board
Chairs
- Joey George, Professor of Iowa State University, USA, AIS President 2010-2011
- Robert Kauffman, Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Danmark
- J. Christopher Westland, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
- Chee Wei (David) Phang, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
-Pacific Asian
- Patrick Chau, Professor, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC)
- Guoqing Chen, Professor, Tsinghua University, China
- Wei Kwok Kee, Professor, AIS President 2003-2004, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Feicheng Ma, Professor, Wuhan University, China
- Jiye Mao, Professor, ShanghaiTech University, China
- Michael D. Myers, Professor, AIS President 2006-2007, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Bernard Tan, Professor, AIS President 2009-2010, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Kanliang Wang, Professor, Renmin University, China
- Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Professor, Deakin University, Australia
- Kang Xie, Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
- Qiang Ye, Professor, University of Science and Technology of China, China
- J. Leon Zhao, Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China
- Han Zhang, Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
-North American
- Bob Carasik, Wells Fargo Bank, USA
- Yili (Kevin) Hong, Professor, University of Miami
- Zhangxi Lin, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA
- Ning Nan, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Paul A. Pavlou, Professor, University of Houston, USA
- Arun Rai, Professor, Georgia State University, USA
- Xinlin Tang, Associate Professor, Florida State University, USA
- Richard Watson, Professor, University of Georgia, USA
- Christopher Yang, Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States
- Zhongju Zhang, Professor, University of Arizona, USA
-European
- David Avison, Professor, ESSEC, France
- Niels Bjorn-Andersen, Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- Marco De Marco, Professor, Università Cattolica, Italy
- John Qi Dong, Professor, University of Dublin, Ireland
- Reima Suomi, Professor, Turku School of Economics, Finland
- Yao-Hua Tan, Professor, Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, Professor, FHS St. Gallen, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Contact
Website
- http://whiceb.cug.edu.cn/en/
E-mail:
- whiceb2018@hotmail.com for authors outside China Dr. Fei Wang & Yao Zhang
- whiceb2015@vip.163.com or whiceb@aliyun.com for authors in China Dr. Jing Wang
Sina Weibo
- http://weibo.com/whiceb
Address
- 68 Jincheng Street, School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China