IDIMT – Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks
2-4 September 2026, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

This year the following partners organise the conference:
Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice (SK)
Johannes Kepler University of Linz (Austria)
Prague University of Economics and Business (Czech Republic)

Topics:

Special session A: Early Career & Student Showcase

Papers on various topics related to the other sessions submitted by Ph.D. students, which present ongoing, i.e. not completely finished, work-in-progress.

Session coordinator:   Michael Sonntag <michael.sonntag@jku.at>

Topic B: New Paths to tackle Complex Crisis: Decision support by AI and decentralized data management
Topics: AI enhanced knowledge management: AI agents; RAG; data spaces; decentralised data management; capability requirement matching

Session coordinator:   Georg Neubauer <georg.neubauer@ait.ac.at> Karin Rainer <karin.rainer@ages.at>

Topic C: Cyberresilience for Security

Topics: ICT security, Security & Business, Privacy, Legal aspects of security, Cyber forensics

Session coordinator:   Michael Sonntag <michael.sonntag@jku.at>

Topic D: Multiple ethical aspects and limits of ICT resilience

Topics: Social media user behaviour and ethics and its impact on deep neural learning AI content creation, potential use (misuse) of ethical behaviour modelling for AI content creation

Session coordinator:   Anton Lisnik <anton.lisnik@stuba.sk>

Topic E: Data, AI and Digital-Driven Transformation: Shaping Sustainable Digital Futures

Topics: Digitalization; digital transformation; digital technologies; data science and AI; digital innovation; sustainability

Session coordinator:   Andreja Pucihar <andreja.pucihar@um.si>

Topic F: Resilience for Autonomous Systems

Topics: Autonomous systems in mobility; smart manufacturing; AI-driven autonomy – safety, security, reliability, resilience, ethical and societal considerations; standards and compliance.

Session coordinator:   Erwin Schoitsch erwin.schoitsch@ait.ac.at Abdelkader Shaaban <abdelkader.shaaban@ait.ac.at>

Topic G: Data Governance, Data Analytics & AI

Topics: Theoretical and research perspectives in Data Governance, Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI); data quality, interpretability of analytical results, and reliability of data-driven decision-making; ensuring that analytical and AI models are based on relevant, well-managed, and contextualized data — avoiding the phenomenon commonly described as “garbage in → mystery out”.

Session coordinator:   Petr Doucek <doucek@vse.cz>, Miloš Maryška <m.maryska@vse.cz>

Topic H: Social Media, Creativity and Innovation: Synergies and Tensions

Topics: Social Media as a catalyst for organizational innovation; AI-enhanced creativity; crowdsourcing innovation via social platforms; digital communities as innovation ecosystems; AI, memes and participatory creativity; from content creation to co-innovation.

Session coordinator:   Antonín Pavlíček <antonin.pavlicek@vse.cz>

Topic I: AI & Data-Driven Supply Chain Management

Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Data-Driven Supply Chain, Predictive Analytics, Decision Automation, Supplier Risk Assessment, Sustainable Supply Chains, Generative AI in SCM

Session coordinator:   Radoslav Delina <radoslav.delina@tuke.sk>, Michal Tkáč <michal.tkac1@euba.sk>

Topic J: From Campus to Company: Collaborative Innovation in the Age of AI

Topics: Academic-industrial collaboration; innovation through AI; artificial intelligence and collaboration; value co-creation

Session coordinator:   Tomáš Pitner <pitner@muni.cz>

Topic K: Business, Trade and Marketing in the Age of AI

Topics: Generative AI in branding and content creation; AI in sales support and B2B processes; sustainable marketing strategies powered by AI; trust and transparency in AI-driven marketing; competitive advantage in the age of AI.

Session coordinator:   Mária Ria Janošková <maria.ria.janoskova@euba.sk>

Call for Papers