| Arrangement | Deadline |
|---|---|
| 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 | March 15th, 2026 |
| Deadline for registration for authors | April 3rd, 2026 |
| Conference date | May 28-31, 2026 |
LATEST NEWS
Submission review results were sent on March 5th, and the email was sent to the corresponding author’s mailbox.
We have invited Prof. Ram D. Gopal and Prof. Youngjin Yoo as the keynote speakers of WHICEB2024.
The submission deadline of WHICEB2024 has been extended to January 28th, 2024.
The 25th Wuhan International Conference on E-business(WHICEB2026)
An AIS Affiliated Conference
Ningbo, P. R. China, May 28-31, 2026
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.
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 have 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.
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
Yao Zhang, Associate Professor, China University of Geosciences , orangeyao@126.com
Jie Yu, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Jie.YU@nottingham.edu.cn
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
Alain Chong, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China alain.chong@nottingham.edu.cn
Yiliu (Paul) Tu , Professor, University of Calgary, Canada, paultu@ucalgary.ca
Maomao Chi, Professor, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, chimaomao@aliyun.com
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, Wuhan wuhanjoey@163.com
Jenny Pu, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China jenny.pu@nottingham.edu.cn
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.
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