Information and communication technology (ICT) has profound impact on re-designing urban living, by transforming the connections among people, organizations, governments and communities. Leveraging big data from multiple sources, governments around the world are seeking new ways to improve efficiency of services and quality of life. Smart city, as a relatively new concept and vision, responds to such a request. In this conference, we hope to bring international scholars to explore the meaning, applications, practices, and issues related to smart city. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Track 1 – Business/Enterprise Digital Transformations
Track 2 – Smart City: Technology, Applications and Practices
Track 3 – Impacts of Mobile and Social Technologies
Track 4 – Big Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
Track 5 – Cultural and Social Issues Related to Electronic Business
Track 6 – Consumer Behavior in Electronic Business
Track 7 – Collaborative commerce
Track 8 – Knowledge management
Track 9 – Internet security and privacy
Track 10 – Electronic business strategies and models
Track 11 – Virtual communities
Track 12 – Social computing and social media
Track 13 – New technology adoption
Track 14 – Supply Chain Management and e-logistics
Track 15 – E-health
Track 16 – Smart tourism & hospitality
Track 17 – Internet of Things
Track 18 – Digital Marketing
Track 19 – Entrepreneurship with digital technologies
Track 20 – E-government

ORGANIZER:
Knowledge Park & University of Wollongong in Dubai

CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Kathy Ning Shen, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE

PROGRAM CHAIR:
Jim Janson, Qatar Computing Research Institute, HBKU, Doha, Qatar

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Abbas Tarhini, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Albert Huang, University of the Pacific, USA
Baoding Liu, Tsinghua University, China
Benjamine Yen, University of Hong Kong, China
Eldon Y. Li, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
GatautisRimantas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Hsin-Lu Chang, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Ibrahim M. Al-Jabri, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
Saudi Arabia
Jashen Chen, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
JinwuGao, Renmin University, China
John Hamilton, James Cook University, Australia
Key Pousttchi, University of Potsdam, Germany
Michel De Rougemont, University Paris II, France
Mika Hannula, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
NaoumJamous, Otto-Von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Pei-Lee Teh, Monash University, Malaysia
Qi Li, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Ravi S. Sharma, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Robert Luo,University of New Mexico, USA
Sim Kim Lau, University of Wollongong, Australia
SiriluckRotchanakitumnuai, Thammasat University, Thailand
Timon C. Du, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Waiman Cheung, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Wenshin Chen, Newcastle Business School, UK

VENUE:
Knowledge Park, Dubai, UAE (To be confirmed)

IMPORTANT DATES:
September 20, 2017 Deadline for submitting papers or abstracts
October 10, 2017 Notification of acceptance for conference presentation
October 25, 2017 Camera-ready papers and last day of early-bird registration
October 30, 2017 Program schedule announcement
November 15, 2017 Last day of regular registration without late fee
December 4-8, 2016 Conference

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES
Previously published Special Issues/Sections include Information &
Management, International Journal of Service Industry Management, Total
Quality Management and Business Excellence, Journal of Global
Information Management, and Quarterly Journal of Electronic Commerce.
Please see http://iceb.johogo.com/Special-Issues.htm

Authors of high-quality papers selected from the conference proceedings will be invited to submit the revised and expanded version of their papers for fast-track reviews by the following journals.
1. Information & Management (I&M) listed in SSCI
2. International Journal of Electronic Commerce (IJEC) listed in SSCI
3. International Journal of Electronic Business (IJEB) listed in EI/Scopus
4. International Journal of Information and Computer Security (IJICS) listed in EI/Scopus
5. International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising (IJIMA) listed in EI/Scopus

Online submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iceb2017

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