IATM 2026 (Spring) International Conference

Track and Session Chairs

1. AI Driven HR Transformations - Dr. Supriya Jain (GLA University, Mathura)

2. Beyond Compliance – Dr. Aparna Sajeev (University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala), Dr. Deepa Guleria (SVKM’s NMIMS, Chandigarh), and Dr. Harpreet Kaur (University of Delhi, New Delhi)

3. Building Trust in Intelligent Systems - Dr. Janardan Singh Chauhan (SATI, Vidisha) and Prof. Mohammad Rakibul Islam Bhuiyan (Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh)

4. Consumer Behavior and Digital Decision-Making - Dr. Rajeev Sirohi (Professor, GLBIMR, Greater Noida) and Dr. Roshee Lamichhane (WTO Chairs Programme Nepal; Kathmandu University School of Management, Kathmandu, Nepal)

5. Data Science to Actionable Insight: Methods in Machine Learning, Multivariate Analysis, and Optimization – Dr. Masood H. Siddiqui (Department of Statistics, University of Lucknow)

6. Digital Consumers and Intelligent Markets – Dr. Dorene Ciletti (Point Park University, Pittsburgh), Dr. Madhu Jasola (IILM University, Gurugram), and Prof. RJ Thompson (University of Pittsburgh)

7. Festival Economy & Hospitality – Dr. Padma Singhal (Chetana’s Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai)

8. Fintech Forward: Navigating the Digital Transformation of Financial Services – Prof. Alamuri Suryanarayana (Faculty of Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana) and Dr. Hiranya Dissanayake (Wayamba University of Sri Lanka)

9. Flexible Systems Management in the Age of AI – Prof. Sushil (IIT Delhi, India)

10. Gig Economy Culture, Global Partnerships, and the Future of Inclusive Transformation - Dr. Nimisha Singh (Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), Kanpur; IIIT, Lucknow) and Dr. Tanuj Singh (Voorhees University, South Carolina)

11. Green Hospitality, Smart Profits - Dr. Dipendra Mann (University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida)

12. Healthcare, Well-being, and Digital Health Systems – Dr. Vikas Tripathi (BIT Mesra Noida Campus) and Dr. Chiranjeev Kohli (California State University, Fullerton)

13. Human Technology Service Interactions - Dr. Kriti Swarup (Sparsh Global Business School, Greater Noida) and Dr. Ambrish Singh (REC Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh)

14. Immersive Marketing: Neuromarketing in the Age of VR, AR, and the Metaverse – Dr. Ranjan Chaudhuri (Department of Digital Marketing Business, EMLV Business School, France)

15. Leadership 4.0: The Next Evolution of Leadership – Dr. Michael Woody (Sigmund Weis School of Business at Susquehanna University) and Dr. Alison Binger (Southern New Hampshire University)

16. Reclaiming Intelligence – Dr. Anupma Singh (Drexel University, Philadelphia) and Dr. Priyanka Tripathi (IIT, Patna)

17. Sustainable Consumption and Green Digital Economies – Dr. Soniya Billore (Program Director, Linnaeus University, Sweden)

18. Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Dr. Anand Jaiswal (TERI SAS, New Delhi)

19. The Future of Work – Dr. Tanusree Chakraborty (Centre for Management Studies, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad)

20. Tourism, Hospitality, and Digital Experiences - Dr. Shad Ahmad Khan (University of Buraimi, Oman)

21. Special Track#1: Teaching Innovations Award – Dr. Nripendra Singh (Pennsylvania Western University)

22. Special Track#2: Doctoral Research Award - Dr. Heather Morgan (Kennesaw State University, Georgia)

23. Special Track#3: Student Research Award – Trustee Larry C. Pickett (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh)

Cluster 1: Responsible AI, Trust, and Governance

This cluster emphasizes ethical, transparent, and trustworthy AI systems that enhance decision-making while protecting human values. It integrates data science, social sciences, governance frameworks, and flexible systems to promote responsible digital transformation rooted in accountability, inclusivity, and human-centric principles.

Tracks # 1, 3, 5, 9, 16: AI-Driven HR Transformations • Building Trust in Intelligent Systems • Data Science to Actionable Insight • Flexible Systems Management • Social Sciences Shaping AI in Society

Cluster 2: Digital Consumers, Markets, and Marketing Innovation

Centered on the changing digital consumer landscape, this cluster explores how AI, immersive technologies, and intelligent markets shape behavior, engagement, and sustainable consumption. It highlights ethical personalization, immersive experiences, and green digital marketplaces that drive future marketing practices.

Tracks # 4, 6, 14, 17: Consumer Behavior & Digital Decision-Making • Digital Consumers & Intelligent Markets • Immersive Marketing (VR/AR/Metaverse) • Sustainable Consumption & Green Digital Economies

Cluster 3: Sustainable Business, Green Innovation & Hospitality Futures

This cluster examines sustainability through digital and AI-enabled solutions that enhance environmental responsibility while strengthening business performance. It spans green hospitality, festival economy, sustainable entrepreneurship, and technology-driven tourism to promote eco-friendly models and community well-being.

Tracks # 2, 7, 11, 17, 18, 20: AI-Powered Sustainability Policy • Festival Economy & Hospitality • Green Hospitality & Smart Profits • Sustainable Entrepreneurship • Tourism & Digital Experiences

Cluster 4: Work, Workforce, Leadership & Future Organizations

Focusing on the future of organizations, this cluster highlights AI-driven workforce shifts, leadership transformation, gig economy dynamics, and inclusive labor strategies. It supports developing agile, ethical, and human-centered management practices in an increasingly automated and globally connected world.

Tracks # 1, 10, 15, 19: Gig Economy & Global Partnerships • Leadership 4.0 • The Future of Work

Cluster 5: Fintech, Healthcare & Intelligent Service Ecosystems

This cluster brings together digital finance, digital health, and AI-powered service interactions. It explores how intelligent systems enhance quality, accessibility, security, and efficiency while creating inclusive and trustworthy service ecosystems across critical sectors.

Tracks # 8, 12, 13: Fintech Forward • Digital Health & Well-being • Human–Technology Service Interactions

Cluster 6: Tourism, Hospitality & Experience Innovation

This cluster focuses on AI-driven personalization, smart infrastructure, sustainability, and digital experience design across tourism and hospitality industries. It promotes responsible, culturally enriched, and digitally enabled visitor experiences that support economic growth and environmental stewardship.

Tracks # 7, 11, 20: Festival Economy • Green Hospitality • Tourism & Digital Ecosystems

Cluster 7: Academic Excellence, Pedagogy & Emerging Research

This cluster supports academic innovation through teaching excellence, student research engagement, and advanced doctoral contributions. Emphasizing AI-enabled learning and interdisciplinary inquiry, it encourages a community of knowledge sharing that strengthens the academic mission of inclusive digital transformation.

Tracks # 21, 22, 23: Teaching Innovations Award • Doctoral Research Award • Student Research Award

This conference will explore the transformative potential of Responsible AI, Digital Infrastructure, and Inclusive Innovation across domains including management, technology, business, policy, marketing, hospitality, sustainability, health, leadership, and education. There are 23 tracks covering 7 clusters. We welcome contributions broadly aligned with:

• Responsible, transparent, and trustworthy AI

• Digital infrastructure & transformation

• Sustainability and circular economies

• Future workplaces, leadership, and gig ecosystems

• Digital customers, immersive technologies, and global markets

• Smart tourism & hospitality

• Inclusive entrepreneurship and innovation

• Emerging pedagogies & impact-driven academic research

Please note that the clusters are designed to guide authors by highlighting broad thematic domains, while the actual paper submission should be made under the specific tracks listed within each cluster. Authors will select the appropriate TRACK — not the CLUSTER — when submitting their papers on the CMT portal.

TRACKS:

1. AI-Driven HR Transformations

This track explores responsible AI applications shaping talent acquisition, employee experience, performance evaluation, and workplace culture. It emphasizes fairness, transparency, and digital readiness while transforming HR systems for inclusive and data-driven decision-making.
Sub-themes: Talent analytics, algorithmic bias mitigation, AI-enabled learning, digital onboarding, predictive workforce planning, ethical HR automation.

2. Beyond Compliance: AI-Powered Policy Pathways to Sustainability

Focuses on regulatory innovation and AI-driven policy frameworks enabling sustainable business transformation. Discussions center on how digital tools enhance monitoring, reporting, and decision-making beyond minimal compliance.
Sub-themes: ESG analytics, AI in policy modeling, sustainability dashboards, carbon tracking, ethical regulation, circular economy policy design.

3. Building Trust in Intelligent Systems

This track examines how organizations can design, govern, and communicate trustworthy AI systems. It integrates technical transparency, ethical governance, and user-centered approaches to strengthen public confidence.
Sub-themes: Explainable AI, data governance, accountability frameworks, human-in-the-loop systems, AI risk assessment, digital trust metrics.

4. Consumer Behavior and Digital Decision-Making

Examines how AI tools, digital interfaces, and data-driven algorithms influence consumer choices. It highlights responsible use of personalization and nudging for ethical marketplace behavior.
Sub-themes: Algorithmic persuasion, digital heuristics, consumer analytics, emotion-AI, ethical personalization, online decision journeys.

5. Data Science to Actionable Insight

Focuses on contemporary methodologies in machine learning, multivariate statistics, optimization, and predictive modeling for business transformation. Emphasis is on responsible data-to-decision pipelines.
Sub-themes: ML modeling, deep learning, big-data pipelines, optimization techniques, advanced analytics, decision intelligence.

6. Digital Consumers and Intelligent Markets

Explores the evolution of markets shaped by digital ecosystems, intelligent platforms, and data networks. Focus is on inclusivity, market access, and fairness in digitally mediated exchanges.
Sub-themes: Platform economies, digital retailing, AI marketplaces, omnichannel behavior, social commerce, digital inclusivity.

7. Festival Economy & Hospitality

Highlights how digital tools, AI insights, and data ecosystems shape visitor engagement, festival planning, cultural tourism, and hospitality business models.
Sub-themes: Event analytics, festival tourism, crowd management tech, smart venues, cultural economy, visitor experience mapping.

8. Fintech Forward

Addresses innovations transforming financial services through AI, blockchain, automation, and digital infrastructure while ensuring transparency, inclusion, and security.
Sub-themes: Digital payments, blockchain finance, robo-advisory, fraud analytics, financial inclusion, AI in credit scoring.

9. Flexible Systems Management in the Age of AI

Focuses on adaptable organizational systems, dynamic strategies, and AI-driven resilience approaches that enable continuous innovation and responsive decision-making.
Sub-themes: Cyber-physical systems, agile governance, digital resilience, adaptive optimization, AI-enabled operations, systems thinking.

10. Gig Economy Culture, Global Partnerships & Inclusive Transformation

Examines the digital labor market, cross-border collaborations, and platform-mediated work structures while promoting fairness, inclusivity, and sustainable livelihoods.
Sub-themes: Platform work equity, global freelancing, AI job matching, cross-cultural collaboration, digital worker rights, inclusive digital labor.

11. Green Hospitality, Smart Profits

Explores how AI and digital tools enable environmentally responsible yet profitable hospitality practices. Focuses on operations, energy use, waste management, and customer experience.
Sub-themes: Eco-efficiency tech, smart energy systems, AI in hotel operations, sustainable design, green certifications, eco-customer engagement.

12. Healthcare, Well-being & Digital Health Systems

Discusses innovations in digital health, predictive analytics, telemedicine, and AI-enabled health platforms that improve access, quality, and patient empowerment.
Sub-themes: Telehealth, wearable sensors, AI diagnostics, population health analytics, mental-wellbeing tech, digital care pathways.

13. Human-Technology Service Interactions

Focuses on service encounters where AI agents, robots, and digital interfaces co-create value alongside humans. Emphasis on experience quality, ethics, and design.
Sub-themes: Service robots, conversational AI, human-AI co-production, service design, affective computing, user experience.

14. Immersive Marketing

Explores VR, AR, metaverse experiences, and neuromarketing insights shaping future consumer engagement and brand immersion.
Sub-themes: XR branding, virtual stores, biometric insights, metaverse retail, sensory design, immersive storytelling.

15. Leadership 4.0

Examines how leaders can leverage AI, data, and digital ecosystems to build resilient, ethical, and human-centered organizations.
Sub-themes: Digital leadership skills, ethical governance, AI-augmented decision-making, change management, inclusive leadership, future-ready cultures.

16. Reclaiming Intelligence: Social Sciences Shaping AI

Explores how social sciences contribute to responsible AI development, equitable education systems, and human-centered digital futures.
Sub-themes: AI in education, sociology of technology, policy ethics, digital literacy, cultural intelligence, equitable learning systems.

17. Sustainable Consumption & Green Digital Economies

Focuses on consumer transitions toward green lifestyles, supported by digital platforms and AI analytics enabling accountability and sustainable choices.
Sub-themes: Green consumerism, circular digital markets, sustainability data, ethical consumption, eco-nudging, carbon-aware shopping.

18. Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Examines AI-driven, innovation-centered, and environmentally responsible start-up ecosystems that create inclusive economic opportunities.
Sub-themes: Green innovation, digital start-ups, social entrepreneurship, impact investing, AI-driven venture development, sustainable value chains.

19. The Future of Work

Explores emerging workplace models shaped by AI, robotics, and digital infrastructures, highlighting upskilling, automation, and inclusive labor futures.
Sub-themes: Hybrid work, workplace AI, skill transitions, automation impacts, worker well-being, inclusive workforce planning.

20. Tourism, Hospitality & Digital Experiences

Covers how AI and digital tools shape travel behavior, destination management, and visitor experiences, while promoting sustainability.
Sub-themes: Smart destinations, travel analytics, AI itinerary planning, digital guest experiences, sustainable tourism, virtual tours.

21. Special Track #1: Teaching Innovations Award

Showcases pedagogical innovations leveraging AI, digital tools, and experiential learning to prepare responsible, industry-ready graduates.
Sub-themes: AI-enabled teaching, immersive classrooms, data-driven pedagogy, interdisciplinary learning, assessment innovation, digital course design.

22. Special Track #2: Doctoral Research Award

Highlights high-quality doctoral research aligned with responsible AI, digital transformation, sustainability, and interdisciplinary inquiry.
Sub-themes: Emerging methodologies, doctoral innovations, policy-relevant research, AI-society intersections, empirical contributions, cross-disciplinary insights.

23. Special Track #3: Student Research Award

Encourages undergraduate and graduate students to present innovative, ethical, and digitally enabled research addressing societal and business challenges.
Sub-themes: AI applications, sustainability solutions, digital business models, data analytics, youth innovation, problem-solving projects.

Conference Tracks

Submission Guidelines

Please note that all submissions are made on conference management system ‘Microsoft CMT’. Click on the link to submit paper https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IATM2026 (you will need to create an account to submit it). You might have to search for ‘IATM 2026 (Spring) Conference’ under 'ALL CONFERENCES'. Alternatively you can submit your papers via email iatmconference@gmail.com

1. Due Date, Eligibility, and Scope

- Due Date for paper Submission: Dec 30, 2025

- Papers should be original and not previously published or under consideration elsewhere.

- Submissions should align with the conference's themes and topics.

2. Submission Platform

- Abstracts and Papers must be submitted electronically on Microsoft CMT.

- Authors must create an account on https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ to submit abstract or paper.

- Click the link or the button to submit paper https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IATM2026

3. Submission Types:

(1) Refereed Papers: Refereed papers must not exceed 5,000 words including everything. The referred papers will be sent for double blind review and therefore DO NOT write authors names anywhere in the manuscript. Manuscript should have title, abstract (less than 250 words), less than 5 key words, main body (introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, implications, conclusion, and references) in APA style. Each track will have one BEST PAPER award from the refereed papers. Selected referred papers will be published in the partner journals. At least one author must register for the conference for ‘Best Paper’ award. Doctoral Students will have separate overall Best Paper Awards.

(2) Work-in-Progress (WIP) Papers: WIP papers are not completed research work. It should not be more than 1000 words. Template for WIP papers is similar to refereed papers. Accepted WIP papers will be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author must register for the conference. Undergraduate Students will have separate Awards.

(3) Panel Session Papers: Submit a proposal in not more than 500 words in the following format: (i) Topic, (ii) Description, (iii) Relevance. Panel Chair (proposer) should note that to have a panel session accepted, there should be atleast 2 or more registered panelists / presenters in the session. Each panel session paper should not be more than 1000 words to be published in the conference proceedings.

4. Format and Page Limit

- Font Size and Style: 12 Times New Roman with Single Line Spacing

- Refereed papers: Maximum 7000 words including references (considered for publication in Journal and book)

- WIP papers: Maximum 2000 words including references. (considered for publication in book if paper is later increased to 3000 words or more)

- Panel papers: Maximum 500 words. (considered for publication in conference proceedings)

5. File Format

- Submit the paper in Word Doc format.

- Ensure the file size does not exceed 10 MB.

6. Blind Review Policy

- Refereed papers will undergo a blind review process.

- Remove all author identifiers from the manuscript.

- Include author information only in the registration form and separate cover page, not in the manuscript.

7. Figures and Tables

- Figures and tables should be in paper with appropriate captions.

- If table, figure, or illustration has been taken from a third-party (outside) source, permissions to reproduce it should be submitted.

- Any supplementary material should be submitted as a separate file

8. Plagiarism

- Submit plagiarism report with less than 10% similarity score

9. Revision and Re-submission

- Late submissions will not be considered for PUBLICATION and PROCEEDINGS. So, adhere to due dates.

- Accepted papers may be required to make revisions as per reviewers’ comments.

10. Presentation Requirements

- At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the paper at the conference.

- Presentation can be done online or in-person using any format

For queries, please contact the conference organizing committee iatmconference@gmail.com

SPONSORS & ACADEMIC PARTNERS

IATM Advisory Board & Members wholeheartedly THANK all our Sponsors and Academic Partners... This conference would not have been possible without your generous donations and sponsorships. Appreciate your Support!