ArrangementDeadline
Submission deadline for track proposalNovember 1st, 2025
Easychair system open for submissionNovember 15th, 2025
Submission deadline for full manuscriptJanuary 18th, 2026
Acceptance announcementMarch 15th, 2026
Deadline for registration for authorsApril 3rd, 2026
Conference dateMay 28-31, 2026

LATEST NEWS

2024.3.5

Submission review results were sent on March 5th, and the email was sent to the corresponding author’s mailbox.

2024.2.25

We have invited Prof. Ram D. Gopal and Prof. Youngjin Yoo as the keynote speakers of WHICEB2024.

2024.1.16

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

  • Navigating the Future: Digital Platforms, Intelligent Technologies, and Sustainable Ecosystems for Global Enterprise

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.

Proceedings Publication

 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.

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

Jie Yu, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China Jie.YU@nottingham.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

Alain Chong, Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo China alain.chong@nottingham.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

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

Conference Hosts

China University of Geosciences
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim, Germany

Organizers

Co-organizers

The Association for Information Systems(AIS)
China Association for Information Systems (CNAIS)
The China Information Economics Society
Wuhan University of Communication

Sponsoring Journals

Data and Information Management
Data and Information Management
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Electronic Commerce Research
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Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
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Electronic Markets
internet research
Internet Research
Industrial Management & Data Systems
Industrial Management & Data Systems (IMDS)
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations
JIKM
Journal of Information & Knowledge Management
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Journal of Systems and Information Technology
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Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
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

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