This is an open invitation for papers in topics of Knowledge Innovation, Knowledge Management, Open innovation, User innovation and any topics on innovation studies for Researchers and PhD students.
Conferences are:
The First International Conference on Knowledge Innovation & Knowledge Management on March 16-17, 2017
The Academy of Open User Innovation on June 24-25, 2017
The Second International Conference on Innovation Studies on June 26-27, 2017
The First International Conference on Knowledge Innovation & Knowledge Management (KIKM2017), in combination with The Nonaka Conference, on March 16-17, 2017.
Special speaker: Ikujiro Nonaka
Ikujiro Nonaka (野中郁次郎) is a Japanese organizational theorist and Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy of the Hitotsubashi University, best known for his study of knowledge management. Prof. Nonaka has proposed the SECI (Socialization-Externalization-Combination-Internalization) model, to present the spiraling knowledge processes of interaction between explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge. In 2008, the Wall Street Journal listed him as one of the most influential persons on business thinking, and The Economist included him in its «Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus».
Submission of paper: any topics on knowledge management & knowledge innovation are welcome. Please submit the paper through the website of the International Journal of Innovation Studies. See guide for submission by clicking here (in step 8 select International Knowledge Management Conference & the First International Nonaka Conference)
Critical deadlines:
Submission of full papers or long abstract (at least 1000 words): Jan 1, 2017
Notification of acceptance: Feb 1, 2017
Registration/Hotel Block Deadline: March 1, 2017
The Academy of Open User Innovation (AOUI2017) on June 24-25, 2017.
Special speaker: Eric von Hippel
Eric von Hippel is a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, specializing in the nature and economics of distributed and open innovation. He is best known for his work in developing the concept of user innovation – that end-users, rather than manufacturers, are responsible for a large amount of innovation. In order to describe this phenomenon, in 1986 he introduced the term lead user. Hippel’s work has applications in business strategy and free/open source software (FOSS), and he is one of the most highly cited social scientists writing on FOSS.
Prof. von Hippel is also the organizer of The International Open and User Innovation Conference (IOUIC). The 14th IOUIC was hold in Harvard Business School in 2016.
Submission of paper: any topics on open innovation & user innovation are welcome. Please submit the paper through the website of the International Journal of Innovation Studies. See guide for submission by clicking here (in step 8 select ICIS2017, and mark in your paper title «AOUI2017»)
Critical deadlines:
Submission of full papers or long abstract (at least 1000 words): May 1, 2017
Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2017
Registration/Hotel Block Deadline: June 15, 2017
The Second International Conference on Innovation Studies (ICIS2017) on June 26-27, 2017 (the subsequent days after AOUI2017).
Special speaker: Jin Chen
Jin Chen (陈劲) is one of the most highly cited Chinese management theorist in the field of innovation studies. Currently he is the director of the Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University. Prof. Chen is the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Innovation Studies and International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, the associate editor-in-chief of Engineering Management Review (EI), International Journal of Technology Marketing and International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy. Besides, he is also on the editorial boards of the journals: International Journal of Technology Management (SSCI), Science: Journal of Zhejiang University (SCI), International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Frontier of Engineering Management.
Submission of paper: any topics on innovation studies are welcome. Please submit the paper through the website of the International Journal of Innovation Studies. See guide for submission by clicking here (in step 8 select ICIS2017)
Critical deadlines:
Submission of full papers or long abstract (at least 1000 words): May 1, 2017
Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2017
Registration/Hotel Block Deadline: June 15, 2017
If you have any questions regarding the conferences, please send the email to Dr. Fei YU (yufei@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn). Authors in need of technical assistance in terms of online submission should contact Ms Xie (xiejiayin@mail.sciencep.com).
No registration fee is required for these three conferences, however, all attendants are expected to pay their own cost for accommodation and travelling.
