Andrew N.K. Chen, Ph.D.
Professor, Analytics, Information, Operations Academic Area, School of Business
University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Editor-in-Chief, Decision Support Systems (SCI-Q1)
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Time: 8/22 Friday 9:00-10:00am

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BIOSKETCH:Professor Chen is a professor of Analytics, Information, and Operations in the School of Business at the University of Kansas. His current teaching and research interests include knowledge management, IT business value, human computer interface design, database management, and business and web programming applications. His research work appears in Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, Information & Management, Information Systems Research, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Management Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, and international conferences and workshops such as AMCIS, DSI, ICIS, PACIS, and WITS.

Robert M. Davison, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Information Systems
City University of Hong Kong, SAR China
Editor-in-Chief, Information Systems Journal (SSCI-Q1)
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Time: 8/22 Friday 10:00-11:00am

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BIOSKETCH: Robert M. 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. He is particularly known for his scholarship in the domain of action research. Within the AIS, Robert chaired the research ethics committee for many years, and is currently convenor of the College of Senior Scholars. Robert currently chairs the IFIP WG 9.4 (The Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development) and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Information Systems Journal and the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. As a researcher and as an editor, he seeks to promote both an inclusive and an indigenous perspective to research.

Han Zhang, Ph.D.
Chair Professor & Dean, School Business
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Editor-in-Chief, Information & Management (SSCI-Q1)
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BIOSKETCH: Han Zhang is a Chair Professor and Dean of School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin. He is also an affiliate research faculty member of the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Zhang's research focuses on the economics of information technology, online trust and reputation, online word-of-mouth, and the evolution of electronic markets. His research work on the institutional setup to help small businesses grow in the digital economy has been used as the basis for testimony before the Congressional House Committee on Small Business. His research has appeared in several premier journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Decision Support Systems among others. Dr. Zhang currently serves as a senior editor for MIS Quarterly. He is also a senior editor Journal of Information Systems and E-Business Management. Recently, he has assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief for Information & Management journal. Dr. Zhang was one of the founding members to initiate the China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM) in 2007. He was the Program Co-Chair of the Sixth Workshop on e-Business (WeB) in 2007. He was also the workshop Co-Chair of the Inaugural China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM 2007) and the Fourth China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM 2010) and the Program Co-Chair of the 14th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems in 2010.

Patrick Y.K. Chau, Ph.D.
Provost and Chair Professor in Information Systems and Business Analytics
Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), Zhuhai, China
Former Editor-in-Chief, Information & Management (SSCI-Q1)
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BIOSKETCH: Professor Patrick Chau is Provost and Chair Professor in Information Systems and Business Analytics at BNBU. Professor Chau received his PhD in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He was elected President of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) in 2021-2022. AIS is the premier academic society in the Information Systems discipline with over 5000 members from close to 100 countries around the world. He was the first and only scholar from China elected to this presidency since the establishment of AIS in 1994. Professor Chau was appointed “Chang Jiang Scholars Programme” Chair Professorship by the Ministry of Education in 2010. He has also held Padma and Hari Harilela Professorship in Strategic Information Management at The University of Hong Kong, Qiushi Chair Professorship at Zhejiang University and Lee Dak Sum Chair Professor in Information Systems and Operations Management at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He received AIS Fellow Award in 2013, an honour from AIS extended only to a very small number of scholars in the discipline of Information Systems globally each year. He is Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of Information and Management, an A* journal in the Australia’s ABDC Journal List and a Level 3 journal in the UK’s ABS Journal List. Under his editorship, the 2-year impact factor of the Journal has grown from 1.84 in 2014 to 10.33 in 2021..

Minh Hoàng Hà, PhD.
Faculty of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
College of Technology
National Economics University
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BIOSKETCH: Biosketch: Dr. Minh Hoàng Hà is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, College of Technology, National Economics University. His primary research interests lie in combinatorial optimization, with practical applications in supply chain management and finance. His work has been published in leading journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part C, Health Care Management Science, and Journal of the Operational Research Society as well as presented at top-tier conferences including the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) and the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO). As a core member of the ORLab research group, Dr. Hà has contributed to the development of intelligent optimization solutions that improve cost efficiency and operational effectiveness for organizations and enterprises, both in Vietnam and internationally.