The 1st International Online Conference on Administrative Sciences
The 1st International Online Conference on Administrative Sciences
Part of the International Online Conference on Administrative Sciences series
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
10 November 2025
1 December 2025
30 January 2026
Public Management, Leadership, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship
Abstract Submission Deadline Extension
Upon receiving requests from a few authors to extend the abstract submission deadline, we are delighted to extend it to 10 November 2025.
Submit your abstracts HERE.
Welcome from the Chair
Dear colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to join the 1st International Online Conference on Administrative Sciences. The conference is organized by the MDPI open access journal Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387, Impact Factor: 3.1) and will be held online from 4 to 5 February 2026.
The agenda of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
S1. Public Management;S2. Leadership;
S3. Strategic Management;
S4. Entrepreneurship.
IOCAS 2026 will enable you to share and discuss your most recent research findings, with the active engagement of the audience in question-and-answer sessions that will take place online without any registration fee.
The conference committee will review the submitted abstracts. The authors of accepted contributions will have their work displayed in an abstract collection. Following the conference, outstanding contributions will be invited to be submitted as a full-length paper for publication in Administrative Sciences with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
We hope you will join us, present your work at IOCAS 2026, and be part of this exciting online event.
Best regards,
Prof. Dr. Isabel María García Sánchez
University of Salamanca, Spain
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Event Chair
Department of Economics and Economic History, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
She has a PhD. in Economics and Business Administration by the University of Salamanca (Spain). She writes for interdisciplinary indexed journals. Her research interests include financial accounting, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, environmental innovation, greenwashing, and assurance.
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Natalia Aversano
Department of Management and Innovation Systems, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
NATALIA AVERSANO is a Full Professor in Accounting and Financial Reporting at the Department of Management and Innovation Systems of the University of Salerno (Italy), where she teaches courses in Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, and Non-Financial Reporting. She holds a PhD in Public Sector Accounting. Her research interests include IPSASs, Public Sector Accounting, Heritage Assets, Performance Measurement Systems in universities, Intellectual Capital, Non-Financial Disclosure, Gender Diversity, and Accounting Education. She is a member of the Italian Society of Accounting and Business Economics Professors (SIDREA), the Italian Academy of Business Administration and Management (AIDEA), the European Academy of Management (EURAM), and the European Accounting Association (EAA).
IPSASs; Public Sector Accounting Harmonization; University Performance Measurement System; SDGs; Non Financial Information; Integrated Reporting; Gender Reporting; Accounting Education
Prof. Dr. Julia E. Hoch
Department of Management, Nazarian College of Business, California State University, Northridge, USA
Prof. Dr. Julia E. Hoch is a Professor of Management at the Nazarian College of Business, California State University, Northridge, Greater Los Angeles Area, California, USA. She teaches courses in Organizational Behavior, Human Resources and Leadership. Her research published in Journal. of Applied Psychology, Journal. of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Human Management Review, Journal of Personnel Psychology, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Journal of Business and Psychology, among others; She is on the editorial board of Human Resource Management Review and Research in Human Resource Management. In 2023, Julia and her colleagues received the Scholarly Impact Award by the Academy of Management for their paper “Do ethical, authentic, and servant leadership explain variance above and beyond transformational leadership? A meta-analysis” published in 2018. During her career she consulted with many companies such as Audi, Avaya, Bosch, Medtronic, BWM, and Porsche Consulting.
Leadership; New Forms of Leadership; Team Leadership; Shared Leadership; Distributed Leadership; Management of Groups and Teams; Teams and Diversity; Virtual Teams
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Clive Smallman
Australian Guild of Education, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Clive Smallman is an experienced business strategist, educator, and academic leader with over 40 years of expertise in leadership, management, and business transformation. He advises owners and leaders of universities and institutes of higher education, contributing to governance, strategic development, and accreditation processes in higher education. Clive has collaborated with global organizations and educational institutions to address complex challenges and implement sustainable growth strategies. He is also the author of Sorted: Taming Wicked Problems with Smart Leadership Thinking, and Decision Making for New Product Development in Small Businesses (with Mary Haropoulou) with extensive experience in strategic business planning, governance, and higher education policy. Clive is wide published with 100 plus h=journal papers, including the Academy of Management Journal. He has an h-index of 29.
Strategic Management; Organizational Strategy; Digital Transformation; Competitive Advantage; Leadership in Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Resilience; Strategic Performance Metrics; Business Agility; Innovation in Strategy
Dr. Matteo Cristofaro
Department of Management and Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Matteo Cristofaro is Associate Professor in Management at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and he is Chair of the Management History Division at the Academy of Management 2023-2027. His interests lie mainly in strategic decision-making, behavioral strategy, and organizational adaptation. In particular, his work draws from the established concept of bounded rationality and tries to advance the strategic/managerial decision-making literature, proposing an Affect-Cognitive Theory of management decisions. His research papers have appeared in several refereed international journals. He acts as Editor, Associate Editor, and Editorial Board Member of several international journals (e.g., Administrative Sciences, Journal of Management History, Management Decision, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, and others).
Entrepreneurship; International Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Innovation Management; International Business; Emerging Markets/Economies; Critical Perspectives of Accounting and Finance; Start-Ups & New Ventures
Event Committee
Dr. Jorge Gomes is a seasoned academic, researcher, and consultant in the fields of Management and Project Management, with a distinguished career spanning over three decades. He holds a PhD in Management from ISEG – Universidade de Lisboa, where his research focused on organizational maturity and its impact on information systems and technology (IS/IT) projects in healthcare. He is currently a professor at Universidade Lusófona and researcher at ADVANCE/Research ISEG and INTREPID Lab/Universidade Lusófona. His academic teaching covers undergraduate to postgraduate levels in subjects including Business Strategy, Management Control, Project Risk Management and Operations Management. Dr. Jorge Gomes is a certified project manager (IPMA) and an ISO 9001 Quality Auditor. His expertise extends to integrated management systems, environmental awareness and negotiation. As a prolific scholar, Dr. Jorge Gomes has authored and co-authored numerous academic articles, book chapters, particularly in IS/IT project management, healthcare systems, digital transformation, and benefits management. He is a reviewer and editorial board member for multiple international journals across publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, MDPI among others.
Project Management; Organizational Maturity; Information Systems and Technology (IS/IT); Digital Transformation; Benefits Management; Healthcare Information Systems; Strategic Alignment; Balanced Scorecard; Enterprise Governance; Public Sector Innovation
Faculty of International Business and Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Ramona Iulia Dieaconescu is Associate Professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies within the Department of International Business and Economics. With a Ph.D. in Economics awarded in 2011, Dr. Ramona Dieaconescu has over 18 years of teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, specializing in International Logistics, Negotiations, Global Business Environment and Foreign Trade. Her research interests lie at the intersection of international business, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, negotiation, logistics, digital transformation and sustainability, with a notable focus on the logistics strategies of firms in emerging markets, particularly in Romania. Dr. Ramona Dieaconescu is author or co-author of over 40 articles published in academic journals and/or presented at scientific conferences, 4 books/book chapters and numerous research reports. She is a member of the Executive Committee of The Research Center in International Economic Relations (CCREI) and is also involved in organising scientific conferences and reviewing for different academic journals.
International business; corporate governance; entrepreneurship; logistics; negotiation; sustainability; business performance
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Corrado lo Storto received his PhD in Science of Industrial Innovation from the University of Padua, Italy. He also holds a Laurea in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, and an MBA (joint degree) from STOA’ – Istituto per la Direzione e Gestione d’Impresa (IRI Group) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He is currently an Associate Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II, where he leads the research team “Applied Economic Analysis and Policy.” His teaching interests include managerial economics, infrastructure economics, public investment evaluation, and the financial analysis of infrastructure projects. His current research focuses on efficiency and productivity analysis, strategic benchmarking and performance analysis, and the regulation and liberalization of utility markets. On these topics, he has published several papers in peer-reviewed international journals, as well as book chapters and conference proceedings. He also serves on several technical evaluation units, providing expert advice on socio-economic impact assessment, as well as the evaluation of investment projects and programs for the public sector in Italy. He is a member of the Regulatory Impact Assessment Unit at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and serves as coordinator of the Investment Evaluation and Monitoring Unit at the Ministry of the Interior.
Infrastructure economics; public investment evaluation; efficiency and productivity analysis; strategic benchmarking and performance analysis; utility market regulation and liberalization
Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Dr. Lukáš Jurík is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Industrial Engineering and Management, the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Since 2022, he has been the Vice-Director for Research and Development at the Institute of Industrial Engineering and Management. He provides lectures and exercises in the subjects Strategic Management, Production Management and Logistics, and conducts exercises in the subject Operational Research. In the past, he provided lectures and exercises in the subject Basics of Industrial Engineering and conducted exercises in the subject Ergonomics. In his scientific research and publishing activities, he focuses on multi-criteria optimization, industrial engineering with a focus on production management, logistics and lean production, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and strategic management. He is the author or co-author of 77 publications, including journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters. He is a project team member of several domestic and international projects in the mentioned fields of his interest with scientific, research and practical character.
industrial engineering; industrial management; strategic management; operational research; sustainable development; corporate social responsibility; production management; lean production
Department of European Studies and Governance, Faculty of European Studies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Diana-Gabriela Reianu is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and she developed through her academic experience strong skills in areas of teaching and research. In the sphere of academic publications and research activity, Diana is the author of two books and several WoS indexed articles published in various journals in Romania and abroad, all focusing on public sector administration and public policy – dealing mainly with topics of public health and public education – and how the public sector responds to customer needs and engages with other stakeholders to meet citizens’ interests. Her last publications reviewed the achievements and the shortcomings in the field of public administration in candidate countries (Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) and included comparative analyses of measures taken in this field of public policies (human resources, public procurement, digitalization, e-government) by countries that are now member states. Besides her individual projects, Diana have contributed significantly to team projects, collaborative efforts, and achievements at her faculty, through her critical thinking, team spirit and organization abilities.
public administration; public management; public policy
Giorgia Masili is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Roma Tre University. She earned her Ph.D. in 2020 from the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” with a dissertation on the internationalization processes of Born Global firms. In 2018, she spent a research period as a visiting Ph.D. student at the Department of International Marketing of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). From 2020 to early 2023, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Management and Law, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” focusing on innovation management, digital transformation, and business models - topics that remain central to her current research. Her research interests also include the study of well-being in cultural and entrepreneurial contexts, as well as the analysis of business models in the cultural and creative sector.
innovation; business models; digital transformation; well-being; cultural and creative sector
Anita Talaja, PhD, is a full professor at the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split. Her research and teaching interests are related to managing strategy, change, and innovation.
strategy; strategic management; innovation; change management
Department of Management, Business Administration, and Tourism at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Suceava, Romania
Aurel Burciu is a professor in the Department of Management, Business Administration, and Tourism at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration from “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania. Professor Burciu is a Ph.D. supervisor in Business Administration and has over 30 years of teaching & researching experience in three areas: management, international business, and comparative management. Professor Aurel Burciu has studied for one semester at different European universities (Greenwich University, London- 1995-1996; UT Paul Sabatiers, Toulouse-1996-1997; Trent University, UK-1997 etc.).He has been Senior Fullbright at the University of Florida during 2001-2002 academic year. With extensive academic experience, he has authored numerous studies and publications on business administration and organizational management. He actively collaborates with national and international researchers to explore innovative solutions to economic and managerial challenges. Area of expertise: Management, Economics, International Business, KM, LO, Organizational Culture, Strategic Management, Comparative Management, AI Techniques in Economics, Keiretsu Groups in Japan, Corporate Management in the US and EU, Sustainable Development at Economy/Firm Level, etc., MNCs & SMEs Management, Business Ethics, Knowledge and Innovation."
management; economics; sociology; culture; KM; LO; AI applied in economics
Department of Entertainment Industries, Faculty of Creative Industries, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH), Vilnius, Lithuania
Dr. Paulius Šūmakaris has authored over a dozen publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers. His work is published in internationally indexed journals and proceedings and contributes to the fields of business, management, organizational studies, creative industries, and green economy. His research interests are strategic management, green innovation, international entrepreneurship, organizational transformation, and sustainable business models.
innovation; green innovation; sustainability; innovation management; strategic management; business; management; business economics; entrepreneurship; internationalization; international business; digitalization; business models; decision support systems
Department of Public Service and Healthcare Administration, Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University, Boston, USA
Dr. Aroon P. Manoharan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Service and Healthcare Administration, Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University, Boston. He is also the Director of the National Center for Public Performance at Suffolk University. His research interests include digital government, performance measurement, strategic planning, public communication, administrative capacity, and comparative public administration. His books include E-Government and Information Technology Management: Concepts and Best Practices; and E-Government and Websites: A Public Solutions Handbook. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Rutgers University-Newark, and chairs the ASPA Section on International and Comparative Administration (SICA).
public management; digital government; strategic planning; public communication
Department of Cultures and Society, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Walter Vesperi is Research Fellow in Organization Theory and HRM at University of Palermo (IT). His research topics are on knowledge transfer, university entrepreneurship and agri-food sector. His publications appeared in academic journals and presented his research at several international conferences. Also he is member of editorial board of several International Journal.
organization studies; knowledge management; agrifood; family business
Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Pier Luigi Giardino is a Ph.D. candidate in Management at the University of Trento and Affiliated Research Fellow at the University of Oklahoma – Michal F. Price College of Business. His research addresses behavioral strategy, strategic decision-making, and managerial psychology. He currently serves as Communications Director for the Management History Division at the Academy of Management (2023-2027).
strategic leadership; strategic management; executives’ psychology; behavioral strategy
Department of Economy, Engineering, Society and Business, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Riccardo Camilli is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Tuscia (Italy). His main research interests are in the accounting judgment and decision-making domain, with particular regard to the role of cognitive biases and heuristics in the accounting practices. He also studies the development process towards sustainability management and reporting of national and international firms. He is especially keen on the use of qualitative methodologies, such as behavioral experiments, interviews, surveys, literature reviews, bibliometric analyses. His works have been published in reputable international journals, such as Accounting Forum and Production, Planning & Control. He is member of the Academy of Management, contributing to the division’s program through scholarly presentations and peer-review activities. He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the domain of Accounting at the University of Tuscia and University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy).
accounting judgment and decision-making; behavioral accounting; accounting; sustainability accounting
Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L’Aquila, Rome, Italy
Ivo Hristov is Professor in Sustainability Management Accounting and Performance at the University of L’Aquila, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics. He is also Contract Professor in Sustainability Performance and Reporting at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Management and Law. He has published extensively in leading international journals, including the Accounting Forum, Long Range Planning and Business Strategy and the Environment. His research focuses on sustainability performance measurement, integrated reporting, and the integration of sustainability principles into management control systems.
performance management; sustainability management control; management accounting; sustainability accounting; behavioral accounting
Miha Marič, Ph.D., is a researcher in the field of leadership, management and organizational sciences. He holds a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana. He is currently employed as an associate professor at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Organizational Sciences. His research interests are power, leadership, organizational behavior, human resource management, organization and management. He is the author of numerous original scientific articles, professional articles, papers at scientific conferences, scientific monographs, editorial board member, was an editor and reviewer, and a programme committee member of several international conferences. He also participates in research projects and consulting work.
power; leadership; organizational behavior; human resource management; organization and management
School of Business, Slippery Rock University (SRU), Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Amatucci is an Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (SRU) in the United States. Her research and teaching interests include sustainability, entrepreneurship, strategic management, and gender and diversity. Her research has been published in major academic journals such as the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Venture Capital, and the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Dr. Amatucci visited Alcoa Russia’s Moscow and Samara facilities to write a case study for the Business of Humanity Project at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Chair of the SRU School of Business AACSB Accreditation Committee and served as Co-Chair of the SRU President's Commission on Sustainability for which she was awarded the inaugural DEIB in Excellence Award in 2023. She also served as Secretary and Treasurer on the SRU President's Commission on the Status of Women. Dr. Amatucci is a member of Sustainable Pittsburgh, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), and the Academy of Management. She participates in the Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Management Responsibility Affinity Groups of AACSB. She holds a BSBA from the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and an MBA and Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.
entrepreneurship; sustainability; strategic management; diversity
Department of Marketing, The University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia
Invited Speakers
Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy,
Gnosis: Mediterranean Institute for Management Science, School of Business, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
The Evolution of Real-Time Entrepreneurship among AI, Business Intelligence, and Knowledge Management
Armando Papa is Full Professor of Business Management and International Marketing at the Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno. He is a Fellow (F-EMAB) of the EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI) and Research Member of GNOSIS – Mediterranean Institute for Management Science at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He previously held the position of Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Teramo and was a Research Fellow at the ICxT Innovation Center, University of Turin. He holds a PhD in Management from the University of Naples Federico II and a Postgraduate Masters degree in Finance. In 2020, he obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor. In recognition of his outstanding scientific contributions, in 2024 he was listed among the Stanford University–Elsevier Top 2 Percent Scientists for scientific impact and among the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers, which identifies scholars ranked in the top 1 percent worldwide for citations. In 2024, he was also named a Top Scholar by ScholarGPS, ranking among the top 0.5% of scholars worldwide. He achieved a global top-10 ranking in Knowledge Management for research impact over the previous five years. In 2025, he was recognized in the Best Scientists H-Index Ranking in Business and Management by Research.com. Prof. Papa has received several Best Paper and Highly Commended Paper Awards from leading international journals. His research interests include Knowledge Management, Open Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, and Family Business. He actively contributes as a peer reviewer for numerous high-impact international journals and is widely acknowledged for his influence in advancing research at the intersection of innovation and management. Prof. Papa is also recognized as an Innovation Manager by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and collaborates with the IPE Business School in Naples.
knowledge management; intellectual capital; digital transformation; marketing innovation; family business; corporate governance
Department of Business Sciences – Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
From Knowledge and Risk to Intelligence: Emerging Technologies as Drivers of Strategic Effectiveness
Mirko Perano (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Sciences – Management & Innovation Systems at the University of Salerno. He teaches Corporate Intelligence, Knowledge & Risk Management, and Business Ethics. He has held leadership positions in prestigious international universities (including Department Director and Rector roles), as well as in the corporate sector (CEO and Board Member). He is the Head of the International Research Center K.R.E.S.S.M. at the University of Salerno and coordinates several international research groups. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Knowledge, Risk and Sustainable Management (Emerald) and as a member of the editorial boards of journals such as the Journal of Knowledge Management and Long Range Planning.
strategic management; knowledge and risk management; corporate intelligence; emerging technologies; business ethics
Registration
The registration for IOCAS 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Instructions for Authors
Deadline for abstract submission: 9 October 2025 10 November 2025
Deadline for abstract acceptance notification: 9 November 2025 1 December 2025
You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical submission is necessary.
1. The abstract should include an introduction, methods, results, and conclusion sections, and be within 200-300 words in length.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 minutes. We recommend a 12-minute presentation, leaving about 3 minutes for a Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Poster Presentation
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38.1 width x 54.2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
- You can use our free template to create your poster.
The poster template can be downloaded here. We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
1. Administrative Science Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in Administrative Science (ISSN 2076-3387, Impact Factor: 3.1), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Administrative Science in the Proceedings (ISSN: 2504-3900); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCAS 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
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Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide six awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
Best Oral Presentation Award
- Eligibility: Open to all authors selected as oral speakers who have delivered their presentation.
- Criteria: Evaluation based on content quality, delivery clarity, audience interaction, and overall impact.
Best Poster Award
- Eligibility: Open to all authors who have presented their work through posters.
- Criteria: Evaluation based on scientific merit, creativity, and ability to attract and engage viewers.
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
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Organizers
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Conference Secretariat
Ms. Napaporn Chintagavongse
Ms. Ang Kai Lin
Ms. Coco Hou
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
Email: iocas2026@mdpi.com
