You are invited to submit your system science research to the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences to be held January 6-9, 2026 in Maui.  We once again welcome papers on the intersection of innovation, entrepreneurship, and system science.  With a Scimago h-index of 101, HICSS is among the world’s most cited conference proceedings, and accepted papers are considered for fast-track in almost 40 journals.  HICSS also hosts a Doctoral Consortium.  Tobias Peyerl, who leads Strategic Intelligence at Openai, and Keith Heyde, OpenAI’s Director of Physical Infrastructure, gave keynotes to attendees from over 45 countries at the 58th HICSS, and we expect next year to be even bigger.

In addition, if your research aligns with the topics below, consider submitting a paper to the HICSS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice minitrack (part of the Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems track, https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/). 

• Knowledge creation and management in innovation and entrepreneurship
• Information systems in digital, corporate, and social entrepreneurship and research translation
• Knowledge management and ideation, opportunity discovery, and design thinking
• Artificial intelligence in technology, education and policy
• Entrepreneurship ecosystems, including incubators, accelerators, and maker spaces
• Open, collaborative, and visualization systems in entrepreneurship

Important dates:

• June 15, 2025 | 11:59 pm HST: Research paper submission deadline
• August 17, 2025: Notification of acceptance/rejection
• September 22, 2025 |11:59 pm HST:  Deadline for final manuscript

Mahalo!

Your co-chairs Cesar Bandera (NJIT), Katia Passerini (Gonzaga), Michael Bartolacci and Sadan Kulturel-Konak (Penn State)