DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

We invite you to nominate your doctoral students to participate in for the 30th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) Doctoral Consortium, to be held in person in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 4–5 July 2026, at Artotel Thamrin, Jakarta.

The PACIS Doctoral Consortium is an interactive event in which students have the opportunity to network with and learn from mentors and their peers.  Nominees should be PhD candidates in Information Systems who have an established dissertation plan and would benefit from receiving detailed feedback from senior scholars. The Consortium offers doctoral students an opportunity to present their research, refine their ideas, and build relationships with peers and internationally recognized faculty advisors.

Our faculty advisors are leading information-systems researchers from top universities worldwide and hold editorial roles in the discipline’s premier journals. The Consortium promises to be a landmark event for emerging IS scholars across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

The participants of Doctoral Consortium will:

1. 1. Have opportunities to network with peers and faculty
   2. Discuss research challenges and opportunities in the age of intelligent technologies
   3. Strategize about their research, teaching, and career plans
   4. Help create a positive and inclusive culture in the AIS community

Important Dates

• Nomination Deadline: March, 31st 2026 April, 15th 2026 (Extended)
• Acceptance Notification: May, 1st 2026 
• Doctoral Consortium: July 4th – 5th 2026

DC Activities

Location: Artotel Thamrin

Nomination Eligibility

Who may be nominated: PhD candidates in Information Systems whose dissertation work is well underway—with a defined research plan—but who still have at least 6 months of research remaining and can benefit from constructive feedback.

Language requirement: Nominees must have sufficient English proficiency to participate fully; all Consortium activities will be conducted in English.

Regional priority: While preference is given to students from Asia-Pacific institutions (AIS Region 3), outstanding candidates from other AIS regions are welcome and encouraged. 

Nomination Process

Ranking multiple candidates: Institutions may submit more than one nomination but must rank their nominees. First-ranked nominees will be considered on equal footing with first-ranked (or sole) nominees from other schools. Programs with large cohorts may see multiple students admitted.

Who submits: Nominations must be made by the chair/PhD coordinator/head of the IS unit (or the unit housing the IS program), not by individual faculty members.

What to include:
1.Candidate proposal (including, Research topic and key question(s), Theoretical framework, Proposed methodology, Current stage of the project, Timeline to completion);
2. Nomination letter (from the chair/head certifying that the candidate is the institution’s official nominee and meets the eligibility criteria above.)

Nomination Submission Requirements

Proposal format: A short paper (max 9 pages per PACIS guidelines, not counting the cover or nomination letter) that summarizes the strongest study from your dissertation.

Nomination letter: Must list the candidate’s full name; university, school, or department; complete contact information for both the nominee and the nominating official.

Supervisor details: The proposal should name the candidate’s principal faculty supervisor.

Templates: Use the official nomination form and paper template provided below.

• Download here for Doctoral Consortium Nominee Form
• Download here for Doctoral Consortium Paper Template

Mentors

• Prof. Sue BROWN, University of Arizona
• Prof. Daniel CHEN, Baylor University
• Prof. Cheng Suang HENG, National University of Singapore
• Prof. Sherah KURNIA, University of Melbourne
• Prof. Chih-Hung PENG, National Taiwan University
• Prof. Yu TONG, Zhejiang University
• Prof. Ofir TUREL, University of Melbourne
• Prof. Xiao XIAO, Copenhagen Business School
• Prof. David XU, City University of Hong Kong

Registration and Cost

For any questions, please contact Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs

Prof. Jason.B.Thatcher, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.
Email: jason.thatcher@colorado.edu 

Prof. Achmad Nizar Hidayanto, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Email: nizar@cs.ui.ac.id 

Assoc. Prof. Qiqi Jiang, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Email: qj.digi@cbs.dk

More information coming soon.