Keynote Speakers

How Rosy is the Future of AI/GenAI Research?
Highly Viable versus Highly Risky Scholarly Foci on Problems

Detmar Straub
Research Professor
Temple University Fox School of Business

Since 2015, Detmar has been a Research Professor and IBIT Fellow at Temple University’s Fox School. A Regents Professor Emeritus of the University System of Georgia and formerly holding a distinguished professorship in the CIS Dept. of the Robinson School of Business at Georgia State University, Detmar has conducted research in the areas of cybersecurity, digital transformation, e-Commerce, technological innovation, international IT studies, and business research methods. He holds a Doctorate in Business Administration in MIS from Indiana University and a PhD in English from Penn State.

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Managing the New Normal: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies for Managing Remote and Hybrid Work

Ahuja ManjuAhuja, Manju
Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management
School of Business, University of New South Wales

Manju Ahuja is Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management, School of Business, University of New South Wales. She also holds the Frazier Family Chair of Information Systems at the College of Business, University of Louisville, Kentucky (on leave). She has previously held faculty positions at the Kelley School of Business (Indiana University), Florida State University, and Pennsylvania State University. Manju studies issues related to Future of Work, work-life balance, AI fairness, IT-enabled collaborations, digital innovation and entrepreneurship, and digital transformation.
 

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Digital Futures for a Sustainable Society

Robert Davison
Professor of Information Systems
City University of Hong Kong

Robert Davison is a Professor of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on the use and misuse of information systems, especially with respect to problem solving, guanxi formation and knowledge management. He is particularly known for his scholarship in the domain of action research.
Robert is the Editor-in-Chief of the Information Systems Journal and the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. He is also Chair of IFIP’s Technical Committee 9 (ICT and Society). As a researcher and as an editor, he seeks to promote both an inclusive and an indigenous perspective to research.
 

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