Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2025

Now in its 36th year, the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) is the premier conference on the Information Systems discipline in the Australasian region. Details about the conference are progressively becoming available on the ACIS Permanent Website and through announcements on the Australasian IS Community Lists, is-aus@aaisnet.org and is-hods@aaisnet.org.

Conference Theme

This year’s conference theme is “The State of the Information Systems Discipline: Challenges and Opportunities” and directly addresses some of the impact that digital technologies are having in the academy, work, society and culture.

Co-hosting

The 36th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2025) will be co-hosted by the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) and the Australasian Association for Information Systems (AAIS).

Summary Schedule

All Activities: 1st to the 5th Dec, 2025
Doctoral Consortium: Day 1 (1st Dec) and Day 2 (2nd Dec)
Conference: Day 3 (3rd Dec), 4 (4th Dec) and 5 (5th Dec until Lunch)
Conference Dinner: 4th Dec

Venue

The ACIS 2025 Conference and the ACIS 2025 Doctoral Consortium will both be held at the Moreton Bay Campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC). Find out more about transport and parking.

Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Jacqui Blake, University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD
Prof. Rodney J. Clarke, University of Wollongong, NSW

Program Co-Chairs

Prof. Ghassan Beydoun, University of Technology, NSW
Prof. Babak Abedin, Macquarie University, NSW
Associate Professor Dongming Xu, University of Queensland, QLD
Assistant Prof. Hamed Sarbazhosseini, University of Canberra, ACT

Organising Chair

Dr. Michael Axelson, University of Queensland

Process Chair

Dr. Sander Zwanenburg, Curtin University, WA

Academic Keynotes

Prof. Michael Myers, University of Auckland, NZ
Prof. Dirk Hovorka, University of Sydney, NSW

Industry Co-Chairs

Dr. Rod Dilnutt, University of Melbourne, VIC
Assistant Professor Rosetta Romano, University of Canberra, ACT

ACIS DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

 

DC Co-Chairs

A/Prof. Wasana Bandana, Queensland University of Technology, QLD
Prof. Olivera Marjanovic, Macquarie University, NSW
Prof. Karlheinz Kautz, RMIT, VIC
Dr. Alireza Nili, Queensland University of Technology, QLD

DC Keynotes*/Speaker

Prof. Michael Myers*, University of Auckland, NZ
Prof. Rodney J. Clarke, University of Wollongong, NSW

DC Mentors

The DC organisers invite senior IS academics, especially those with an deep interest in Higher Degree Research, to help mentor DC attendees. Please contact the organisers directly if you wished to be involved in this activity. Your details will be added to the website closer to the conference.

 

AJIS PAPER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

 

PDW Co-Chairs

Prof. Michael Davern, University of Melbourne, VIC
Dr. Stu Black, University of Melbourne, VIC

The PDW organisers invite senior IS academics, especially current AJIS section editors, to help mentor workshop attendees. Please contact them directly if you wished to be involved in this activity. Your details will be added to the website closer to the conference