Arrangement	Deadline
Submission deadline for track proposal	November 10, 2026
Easychair system open for submission	November 20, 2026
Submission deadline for full manuscript	January 18, 2027
Acceptance announcement	March 1, 2027
Deadline for registration for authors	March 12, 2027
Conference date	May 27-30, 2027

2026.5.8

Venue Changed to Wuhan Optics Valley Kingdom Plaza ||Agenda Published is Now available || Hotel Discount Booking Now Available

2026.4.21

Two IMDS Special Issues (Immersive Technologies in Mobile Applications and Mixed-/Multi-Methods) will organize special workshops during the conference. CFP is available Now!

2026.4.14

The CNAIS workshop is now announced. This year’s theme is “Systemic Platform Effects: From Individuals to Networks.”

The 26th Wuhan International Conference on E-business(WHICEB2027)

An AIS Affiliated Conference

Human–AI Collaboration and Industrial Ecosystem Innovation

Suzhou, P. R. China, May 27-30, 2027

The Wuhan International Conference on E-Business (WHICEB) series is affiliated with the Association for Information Systems (AIS). It has been held successfully since 2000 and serves as an annual academic conference for the advancement of global e-business research, academic exchange, and cooperation. The global landscape and competition are undergoing profound transformation and restructuring. Rapid advancements in digital technologies, particularly emerging intelligent systems such as generative AI, are reshaping business ecosystems and competitive paradigms. Located in China’s Yangtze River Delta, Suzhou combines a rich cultural heritage with a strong manufacturing base and an active innovation ecosystem. Its industrial clusters and extensive international business connections offer opportunities to connect academic research with industrial practice. The city provides a valuable setting for examining how digital technologies transform businesses and enable collaboration across sectors.
WHICEB2027 will be held in Suzhou from May 27 to 30, 2027. Through academic presentations and discussion sessions, 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, present interdisciplinary research findings, and share experiences from different countries and regions. English will be the official language of the conference.
World-class scholars in digital platforms, intelligent technologies, and sustainable ecosystems will be invited to give keynote speeches. Workshops on various topics will be organized in collaboration with academic institutions in China and abroad. A Doctoral Consortium will be held at the conference to engage early-career scholars and enrich academic activities.

Proceedings Publication

Conference proceedings from 2003-2021 have been indexed in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index Science/Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-S or CPCI-SSH, the former Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings®, ISTP).

The conference proceedings of 2023 and 2025 were published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP), and indexed in EI Compendex, CPCI, and Scopus.

The extended abstracts of the proceedings from 2011 onward will also be available in the AIS eLibrary

Organizing Committee

Conference Co-Chairs

Jing Zhao, Professor, School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences , Wuhan , China, 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

Organizing Committee Chairs

Yao Zhang, Associate Professor, China University of Geosciences , orangeyao@126.com

Furong Jia, Assistant Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Furong.Jia@xjtlu.edu.cn

Program Committee Chairs

Weiguo (Patrick) Fan, Professor, University of Iowa, U.S.A., weiguo-fan@uiowa.edu

Zhen Zhu, Professor, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, zhuzhen2008@gmail.com

Xiaobo Xu, Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Xiaobo.Xu@xjtlu.edu.cn

Publicity chair & Proceedings Editor

Yiliu (Paul) Tu , Professor, University of Calgary, Canada, paultu@ucalgary.ca

Maomao Chi, Professor, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, chimaomao@aliyun.com

Session Chairs

Kanliang Wang, Professor, Renmin University, China kanliang.wang@gmail.com

Xunhua Guo, Professor, Tsinghua University, China guoxh@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn

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, Wuhan wuhanjoey@163.com

Xiaobo Xu, Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Xiaobo.Xu@xjtlu.edu.cn

Conference Hosts

Organizers

Co-organizers

Sponsoring Journals

About WHICEB

The annual Wuhan International Conference on E-Business (WHICEB) is an AIS affiliated conference which cover e-business related topics. Wuhan International Conference on E-Business holds annually in May, and is widely recognized in the region and beyond as an excellent and fascinating academic conference.

Contact Us

WHICEB Secretary

Jing Wang

School of Economics and Management China University of Geosciences
Center for International Cooperation on E-business(CICEB)

whiceb2015@vip.163.com

whiceb@aliyun.com

The 26th Wuhan International Conference on E-business (WHICEB2027)