The 2026 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Industry Digital Transformation will be held from 6 to 8 November 2026 in Dalian, China. The conference is jointly organized by Dalian University of Technology, Macquarie University, and Shandong University of Science and Technology. It focuses on AI-enabled industry digital transformation and management innovation, aiming to build an interdisciplinary and international academic platform that promotes the deep integration of digital intelligence technologies with management theories and industrial practices.
In response to numerous requests from authors and participants, and to better accommodate the submission and attendance schedules of scholars both at home and abroad, the conference organizing committee has decided to extend the deadline for extended abstract submission to 15 September 2026, 23:59 (Beijing Time). We cordially invite university faculty and students, research scholars, industry experts, and practitioners from around the world to submit papers and participate in the conference, and to explore together the new trends, challenges, and opportunities for high quality industrial development in the digital intelligence era.
I. Registration and Payment
Online registration is required. Participants should visit the conference website to complete registration, submission, and other relevant information.
Once an extended abstract is accepted, at least one author must complete registration and payment by 30 September 2026 for the abstract to be included in the conference program. After that, authors may choose whether to submit a full paper for participation in the Journal Paper Development Workshop (PDW) or the Best Paper Award competition. Those who do not submit an extended abstract but wish to attend are also encouraged to register by September 30 to enjoy the early bird rate.
For submission, registration details, and procedures, please visit: https://ai2026.scimeeting.cn/.
Note: USD rates apply to international participants
II. Conference Venue
Dalian University of Technology
No. 2 Linggong Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian, China
Specific conference building and room details will be announced on the conference website soon.
III. Conference Schedule
The conference will feature an opening ceremony, keynote speeches, special forums, parallel sessions, journal editor meetings, a Journal Paper Development Workshop (PDW), and Best Paper Award presentations. The detailed program and invited speakers will be continuously updated on the conference website.
IV. Accommodation
Information about designated hotels, special rates, and reservation procedures will be announced in subsequent notices. Please watch the conference website for updates.
V. Submission Guidelines
Submissions are conducted in two stages: Extended Abstract Submission (Stage 1) and Full Paper Submission (Stage 2). Review and acceptance will be carried out in batches.
(1) Extended Abstract Submission (in English)
This round is optional and is intended only for authors participating in the supporting journals’ PDW or competing for the Best Paper Award. General participants and abstract presenters are not required to submit full papers. All supporting journals will organize dedicated paper development workshops.
1.Originality and Quality: The manuscript must be original, unpublished academic work, with clear arguments, rigorous evidence, reliable data, and sound methodology, offering theoretical innovation or practical industrial significance. Academic misconduct is strictly prohibited.
2.Format and Structure: Manuscripts should preferably be written in English and include a title, abstract, main text, and references. The total length (including all sections) should generally not exceed 35 pages. Use Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spacing, and APA reference style.
3.Title Page: A separate title page must precede the main text. The title, author names, affiliations, author bios, corresponding author, and contact details must be provided in both Chinese and English. The order of author names and affiliations should match that in the submission system.
4.Copyright and Responsibility: Copyright remains with the authors, who are solely responsible for the content. The manuscript must not contain classified or illegal material.
VI. Conference Highlights
1.Journal Paper Development Workshop (PDW)
The conference collaborates with multiple SSCI-indexed journals to offer a pre-submission paper development workshop, providing authors with direct feedback from journal editors and senior scholars to improve paper quality and increase the chance of acceptance.
2.Workshop on Research Design and Methodological Innovation in the Age of AI
This workshop focuses on cutting-edge trends in AI-empowered academic research, exploring innovative applications of large language models, machine learning, and other tools in research design, data collection, and analysis, helping researchers seize methodological opportunities.
3.Best Paper Award
The conference will present five Best Paper Awards. All full-paper submissions will be rigorously reviewed by the academic committee. Winners will receive certificates and monetary awards at the closing ceremony.
VII. Conference Topics (including but not limited to)
1.AI-enabled digital transformation and management innovation in energy, mining, manufacturing, and other industries
2.AI-driven management decision-making, organizational change, and enterprise transformation
3.AI governance, digital governance, and organizational responsibility boundaries
4.Human agency, judgment, and oversight mechanisms in AI applications
5.Agentic AI and organizational decision-making, management control, and work system restructuring
6.Roles, interactions, and collaborative governance of multi-stakeholders in industrial digital transformation
7.Human-AI collaboration, task reconfiguration, and future organizational forms
8.Data-driven decision-making, system optimization, and operations management innovation
9.Smart manufacturing, intelligent supply chains, and complex industrial system coordination
10.Platform governance, digital ecosystems, and business model innovation in the digital economy
11.AI-enabled marketing innovation, consumer behavior, digital customer engagement, and recommendation systems
12.Employee behavior, work experience, and organizational adaptation in AI applications
13.Risks, ethics, compliance, and sustainable development in intelligent digital transformation
14.Digital intelligence-enabled risk assessment, fintech, and governance innovation
15.Intelligent social governance, public service innovation, and modernization of governance capacity
VIII. Conference Organizers and Supporting Journals
Hosts:
IX. Conference Submission Inquiries
Appendix: Invited Guest Experts (Continuously Updated List – Alphabetical Order by Surname)
In response to numerous requests from authors and participants, and to better accommodate the submission and attendance schedules of scholars both at home and abroad, the conference organizing committee has decided to extend the deadline for extended abstract submission to 15 September 2026, 23:59 (Beijing Time). We cordially invite university faculty and students, research scholars, industry experts, and practitioners from around the world to submit papers and participate in the conference, and to explore together the new trends, challenges, and opportunities for high quality industrial development in the digital intelligence era.
I. Registration and Payment
Online registration is required. Participants should visit the conference website to complete registration, submission, and other relevant information.
Once an extended abstract is accepted, at least one author must complete registration and payment by 30 September 2026 for the abstract to be included in the conference program. After that, authors may choose whether to submit a full paper for participation in the Journal Paper Development Workshop (PDW) or the Best Paper Award competition. Those who do not submit an extended abstract but wish to attend are also encouraged to register by September 30 to enjoy the early bird rate.
For submission, registration details, and procedures, please visit: https://ai2026.scimeeting.cn/.
II. Conference Venue
Dalian University of Technology
No. 2 Linggong Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian, China
Specific conference building and room details will be announced on the conference website soon.
III. Conference Schedule
The conference will feature an opening ceremony, keynote speeches, special forums, parallel sessions, journal editor meetings, a Journal Paper Development Workshop (PDW), and Best Paper Award presentations. The detailed program and invited speakers will be continuously updated on the conference website.
IV. Accommodation
Information about designated hotels, special rates, and reservation procedures will be announced in subsequent notices. Please watch the conference website for updates.
V. Submission Guidelines
Submissions are conducted in two stages: Extended Abstract Submission (Stage 1) and Full Paper Submission (Stage 2). Review and acceptance will be carried out in batches.
(1) Extended Abstract Submission (in English)
- Submission Deadline: September 15 2026, 23:59 (Beijing Time)
- Basic Requirements: Extended abstracts must be written in English and contain 1,000–1,500 words. They should include research background, core research questions, methodology, results, and discussion, with complete logic and clear arguments.
- Formatting: Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, following academic writing norms.
- Title Page: A separate title page must be included at the beginning. The paper title, author names, affiliations, author bios, corresponding author, and contact information must be provided in both Chinese and English.
- Acceptance Notification: Rolling review; results will be notified as soon as possible after review.
- Registration Requirement: At least one author of each accepted extended abstract must complete registration by 30 September 2026, 23:59 (Beijing Time); otherwise, the abstract will generally not be included in the official program.
This round is optional and is intended only for authors participating in the supporting journals’ PDW or competing for the Best Paper Award. General participants and abstract presenters are not required to submit full papers. All supporting journals will organize dedicated paper development workshops.
- Full Paper Submission Deadline: 10 October 2026, 23:59 (Beijing Time)
- Prerequisites: The extended abstract must have been accepted, and at least one author must have completed registration by 30 September 2026.
- PDW Notification: Results will be announced in late October 2026.
- Best Paper Award Announcement: Winners will be revealed at the closing ceremony.
1.Originality and Quality: The manuscript must be original, unpublished academic work, with clear arguments, rigorous evidence, reliable data, and sound methodology, offering theoretical innovation or practical industrial significance. Academic misconduct is strictly prohibited.
2.Format and Structure: Manuscripts should preferably be written in English and include a title, abstract, main text, and references. The total length (including all sections) should generally not exceed 35 pages. Use Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spacing, and APA reference style.
3.Title Page: A separate title page must precede the main text. The title, author names, affiliations, author bios, corresponding author, and contact details must be provided in both Chinese and English. The order of author names and affiliations should match that in the submission system.
4.Copyright and Responsibility: Copyright remains with the authors, who are solely responsible for the content. The manuscript must not contain classified or illegal material.
VI. Conference Highlights
1.Journal Paper Development Workshop (PDW)
The conference collaborates with multiple SSCI-indexed journals to offer a pre-submission paper development workshop, providing authors with direct feedback from journal editors and senior scholars to improve paper quality and increase the chance of acceptance.
2.Workshop on Research Design and Methodological Innovation in the Age of AI
This workshop focuses on cutting-edge trends in AI-empowered academic research, exploring innovative applications of large language models, machine learning, and other tools in research design, data collection, and analysis, helping researchers seize methodological opportunities.
3.Best Paper Award
The conference will present five Best Paper Awards. All full-paper submissions will be rigorously reviewed by the academic committee. Winners will receive certificates and monetary awards at the closing ceremony.
VII. Conference Topics (including but not limited to)
1.AI-enabled digital transformation and management innovation in energy, mining, manufacturing, and other industries
2.AI-driven management decision-making, organizational change, and enterprise transformation
3.AI governance, digital governance, and organizational responsibility boundaries
4.Human agency, judgment, and oversight mechanisms in AI applications
5.Agentic AI and organizational decision-making, management control, and work system restructuring
6.Roles, interactions, and collaborative governance of multi-stakeholders in industrial digital transformation
7.Human-AI collaboration, task reconfiguration, and future organizational forms
8.Data-driven decision-making, system optimization, and operations management innovation
9.Smart manufacturing, intelligent supply chains, and complex industrial system coordination
10.Platform governance, digital ecosystems, and business model innovation in the digital economy
11.AI-enabled marketing innovation, consumer behavior, digital customer engagement, and recommendation systems
12.Employee behavior, work experience, and organizational adaptation in AI applications
13.Risks, ethics, compliance, and sustainable development in intelligent digital transformation
14.Digital intelligence-enabled risk assessment, fintech, and governance innovation
15.Intelligent social governance, public service innovation, and modernization of governance capacity
VIII. Conference Organizers and Supporting Journals
Hosts:
- Dalian University of Technology
- Macquarie University (Australia)
- Shandong University of Science and Technology
- School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology
- Health at Work Research Centre, Macquarie University
- College of Energy and Mining Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology
- College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology
- School of Economics, Xihua University
- Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
- Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Hunan University of Technology and Business
- Journal of Business Research
- Australian Journal of Management
- Chinese Management Studies
IX. Conference Submission Inquiries
- Conference Website: https://ai2026.scimeeting.cn/
- Conference Email: aiconference2026@dlut.edu.cn
Appendix: Invited Guest Experts (Continuously Updated List – Alphabetical Order by Surname)
- Yingying Cheng – Professor and Dean, School of Economics, Xihua University.
- Dongxiao Gu – Deputy Director of the Office of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor at the School of Management and Intelligent Science, Hefei University of Technology; Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Data Science and Smart Social Governance (Ministry of Education); Young Changjiang Scholar of the Ministry of Education.
- Jun Gu – Associate Professor, Macquarie University; Co-Director of the Health at Work Research Centre, Macquarie University.
- Richard Hunt – Professor, Virginia Tech; Research Director of the Apex Center for Entrepreneurship; Associate Editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice; Editorial Board Member of Academy of Management Review and Journal of Business Venturing; Guest Editor of Journal of Management Studies.
- Joe Jiang (Jiang Zhou) – Professor, RMIT University; Co-Director of the Centre for Organizations and Social Change; Associate Editor of Human Resource Management and Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
- Zhuo Jin – Professor and Research Director, Macquarie University; Co-Director of the Emerging Risks Research Centre, Macquarie University.
- Ying (Candy) Lu – Associate Professor, Macquarie University; Co-Director of the Health at Work Research Centre; Associate Editor of The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Research, and Stress and Health; Deputy Editor in Chief of Chinese Management Studies; Guest Editor of Journal of Business Ethics; Editorial Board Member of Human Resource Management and other journals.
- Jie Meng – Associate Professor, Loughborough University (UK); Programme Director of MSc Digital Marketing and MSc Digital Technologies; Guest Editor for special issues of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Internet Research.
- Rebecca Mitchell – Professor, Macquarie University; Co-Director of the Health at Work Research Centre.
- Ted Paterson – Associate Professor, Oregon State University; Director of the Center for Family Enterprise; Senior Editor of Journal of Business Research.
- Weizhen Rao – Professor and Dean, College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology; Taishan Scholar Distinguished Expert; Council Member of the Chinese Society of Management Science and Engineering.
- Wenbin Sun – Professor and Dean, College of Energy and Mining Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology; Taishan Scholar Distinguished Expert; Expert on coal mine safety in Shandong Province and Inner Mongolia; Youth Editorial Board Member of Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering and China Safety Science Journal.
- Guiyao Tang – Professor and Associate Dean, School of Management, Shandong University; Director of Shandong Talent Development Strategy Research Institute; National High-level Young Talent; Editorial Board Member of Management and Organization Review, China Human Resource Development, and Human Resource Management Review.
- Yue Wang – Associate Professor, Macquarie University; Program Director for the Master of Commerce (International Business).
- Jianjun Wu – Director of the Smart Transportation Research Institute, Dalian University of Technology; Changjiang Scholar of the Ministry of Education; Distinguished Young Scholar of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
- Min Xie – Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University; Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and IEEE Fellow; Editor or Editorial Board Member of several international journals.
- Miles Yang (Yang Minghui) – Associate Professor, Macquarie University; Research Director of the Department of Management; Co Director of the Health at Work Research Centre; Senior Editor of Australian Journal of Management; Associate Editor of Journal of Business Research and Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Guest Editor of Technovation; Editorial Board Member of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Human Resource Management.
- Xin Ye – Professor and Dean, School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology.
- Qingtian Zeng – Professor; Taishan Scholar; President of ABC Fintech, Agricultural Bank of China; Vice Chairman of the Blockchain Branch of the Chinese Institute of Electronics.
- Mike Mingqiong Zhang – Professor, Monash University (Australia); Co-Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Management Studies; Associate Editor of The International Journal of Human Resource Management; Editorial Board Member of New Technology, Work and Employment.
- Long Zhang – Professor and Associate Dean, Business School, Hunan University; Director of the Human Resources Management and Development Research Centre, Hunan University; Hunan Provincial Outstanding Youth; Hunan Lake-Xiang Young Talent; Xiangjiang Young Social Science Talent; Member of the Hunan Provincial CPPCC; Member of the Expert Group of the Central United Front Work Department; Executive Council Member and Deputy Director of the Human Resources Special Committee of the Chinese Association of Labor Economics; Member of the Academic Editorial Committee of “Selected Papers of Renmin University”; Member of the Hunan Provincial Undergraduate Teaching Steering Committee and Secretary-General of the Professional Setup and Construction Guidance Committee; Associate Editor of Chinese Management Studies; Editorial Board Member of Management and Organization Review and Applied Psychology: An International Review.
- Shuming Zhao – Senior Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanjing University; Honorary Dean of the School of Business; Dean of Xingzhi College; Third President of the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR); Pioneer and leader in human resource management research in China.
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Conference Email: aiconference2026@dlut.edu.cn
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