Conference Notice and Calling for Papers｜The 6th International Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Management（iKM2025）
Topic: Innovation and Knowledge Management for the Modern Industrial System
Time: 31 October-1 November 2025
Place: International Academic Communication Center (1034 Hotel), Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
1.Conference Background
The 6th International Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Management (iKM2025) will be held on October 31-November 1, 2025 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. Co-organized by the Research Center for Technological Innovation of Tsinghua University, the Business School of Shenzhen Technology University, and Tongfang Knowledge Network Digital Publishing Technology Co., Ltd. The conference will invite more than 30 experts, scholars, and practitioners all over the world, such as Prof. He Liu, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), Prof. Wei Lu from Wuhan University, Prof. Jin Chen from Tsinghua University, Prof. WB Lee and Prof. Eric Tsui from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Prof. Aino Kianto from Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland, Prof. Jacky Fok Loi Hong from University of Macau, Prof. Wim Vanhaverbeke from University of Antwerp Belgium, etc., to talk about the future of innovation and knowledge management. The International Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Management has been held for five times from 2017 to 2023, with more than 400 participants in each time, providing an effective platform to promote the exchange of scholars and practitioners in knowledge management and innovation around the world.
2.Organizers:
Research Center for Technological Innovation of Tsinghua University
Business School of Shenzhen Technology University
Tongfang Knowledge Network Digital Publishing Technology Co., Ltd.
3.Keynote speakers (More to be announced soon)
He Liu
Professor Liu, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and Professor at the Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED), CNPC. He is a distinguished expert in energy and mining engineering management. As a leading expert in China’s oil recovery engineering field, he has dedicated decades to the Research and Development of oil recovery engineering technologies and equipment, as well as the innovation and practice of engineering management. He established the “Continuous Integration” engineering management model for oil recovery engineering technology and management, resolving core technical challenges such as fine stratified water injection and stratified polymer injection. His work accelerated the iterative upgrade and industrial application of new technologies, driving leapfrog advancements in both technical and managerial domains, and enabled the effective utilization of tailings and low-grade resources. In recent years, focusing on the practical deployment of AI in the oil and gas field, he has served as the chief designer of the major AI project of CNPC, and completed the development plan and top-level design for AI in the oil and gas industry. He has won 1 Special Prize and 3 Second Prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 Second Prize of the National Technological Invention Award, as well as honors such as the Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award and the Sun Yueqi Energy Grand Prize.
Wei Lu
Professor Lu is from the School of Information Management, Wuhan University, currently serving as a Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Wuhan University, Director of the Big Data Research Institute of Wuhan University, Deputy Director of the National Center for Applied Mathematics in Hubei, and Director of the Institute of Intelligence and Innovation Governance. He also holds concurrent positions including Member of the Ministry of Education’s Steering Committee on the Teaching of Management Science and Engineering, Member of the Philosophy and Social Sciences Expert Group of the National Textbook Committee, Vice President of the China Society of Indexers, Vice President of the China Association for Information System (CNAIS), and Editor-in-Chief of Data and Information Management. He has been selected for honors such as the New Century Excellent Talents Support Program of the Ministry of Education, the inaugural Young Scholar and Distinguished Professor under the National Talent Program, recipient of the State Council Special Allowance, and Leader of the first batch of Philosophy and Social Sciences Innovation Team designated by the Ministry of Education. He has presided over ten major national research projects, including the National 2030 "New Generation Artificial Intelligence" Major Project, Major Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China and National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Projects of the National Key R&D Program, etc. He also has been awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences by the Ministry of Education.
Jin Chen
Professor Chen is at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, and serves as the Director of the Research Center for Technological Innovation at Tsinghua University. He has dedicated his career to research in knowledge and innovation management and has been honored with prestigious awards including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, State Council Special Allowance, the National "National Hundred-Thousand Talent Project", and the Changjiang Distinguished Professor. He currently holds leadership roles in academic organizations such as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Management Science, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society for Science of Science and S&T Policy, etc. In academic publishing, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies and International Journal of Innovation Studies, and Associate Editor of Technovation, Science of Science and Management of S.& T., and Journal of Management Engineering.
WB Lee
Professor Lee is the Founding Director of the Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Centre at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He currently serves as the Global Chairman of the MIKE Award Committee. His previous roles include President of the Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Chairman of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (Hong Kong Branch), member of the Engineering Panel of the Research Grants Council, and President of the Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (ASPEN). He concurrently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the international journals Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems and Journal of Knowledge Science and Systems Science, and previously held editorial positions including Regional Editor (Asia) for the International Journal of Materials Processing Technology and Editorial Board Member of the Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on advanced manufacturing technology, manufacturing strategy, and knowledge management. Professor Li co-founded Hong Kong’s first knowledge solutions laboratory, the "Digital Factory and Microsoft Enterprise Systems Center," with Microsoft. He launched Asia’s first online Master of Science (MSc) in Knowledge Management program and pioneered the research and application of knowledge management in manufacturing, public utilities, and healthcare sectors.
Eric Tsui
Professor Eric Tsui is from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a Vice President of the Hong Kong Knowledge Management Society, and also Vice President of the International Association for Knowledge Management (IAKM). He joined Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in 1989 and has been a full professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University since March 2005. Between 2015 and 2017, he was twice listed as an Outstanding/Exemplary academic in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's annual reports. With nearly two decades of experience in teaching and practicing knowledge management, he is also an honorary advisor in knowledge management to two departments of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government as well as consulted for governments and enterprises in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand and Malaysia. He was the Regional Editor for the Journal of Knowledge Management and served as Associate Editor for the VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems.
Aino Kianto
D.Sc. Aino Kianto is full professor of Knowledge Management at the LUT Business School, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Finland. She is the leader of the LUT Knowledge Management Team, one of the world’s leading academic laboratories working on knowledge-related management topics and executing the Master Programme on Knowledge Management and Leadership since 2001. Prof. Kianto’s research focuses on knowledge management, intellectual capital, and innovation, resilience, and organizational renewal. Her research on these topics has been published widely and acknowledged with several international awards. Her papers have appeared in, for example, Journal of Business Research, Technovation, R&D Management, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Intellectual Capital, and Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. Prof. Kianto has delivered keynote speeches and acted as a track chair in many international conferences and currently serves in the editorial board of four academic journals. She also is the vice president of the International Association for Knowledge Management, and a board member of The Finnish Association for Knowledge Management.
4.Academic support:
-English journals
lKnowledge Management Research & Practice
●International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies（There will be a special issue in IJKMS for iKM2025. Dr. Muhammad Saleem Sumbal from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Dr. Henri Hussinki from Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland are the special issue editors）
lInternational Journal of Innovation Studies
lManagement & Marketing- Challenges for the Knowledge Society
-Chinese journals
lScience of Science and Management of S.&T.
lInnovation Science and Technology
lJournal of Innovation Management
5.Topics covered for papers
(1)Practical wisdom and epistemology
(2)Data, artificial intelligence and knowledge management
(3)Knowledge creation and dynamic capabilities
(4)From efficiency-oriented organizations to knowledge-creating organizations
(5)Knowledge, innovation and learning society
(6)Open innovation, user Innovation and knowledge management
(7)Total innovation management, integrated Innovation and knowledge management
(8)Knowledge management in Industrial chain and innovation chain
(9)Intellectual property rights and transformation of academic spinoffs
(10)Knowledge management and innovation in multinational corporations
6.Requirements for submission
Submission deadline: 10 October 2025
Notice for acceptance: 20 October 2025
Langue for the paper: English
Number of words: 5000-7000 words (Excluding figures, tables, and references)
Format: Please refer to International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies.
Other notice: Please include Title, names and affiliations of authors, abstract on the first page of the paper. High-quality papers will be recommended to publish on the special issue of iKM2025 in International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies.
7.Academic Poster Submission
Deadline: October 20, 2025
Format: PDF file. Please bring a printed copy (recommended size: A1) for the poster presentation session during the conference. Best Poster Award will be presented in the closing ceremony.
8.Registration fee
|
RMB (Yuan) Standard |
RMB (Yuan) Early bird |
Registration fee |
2000 |
1800 |
Registration fee for students |
800 |
600 |
Note: The conference registration fee covers lunch on October 31 and November 1, dinner on October 31, and related handout materials. Registered attendees can access to all sessions during the conference.
9.Importance notice：
（1）For overseas participants, please send your information (including name, title, and organization) with a copy of your passport page to ikm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn for registration.
（2）Deadline for early bird registration：30 June 2025
（3）Deadline for registration：20 October 2025
10.Payment method
Bank Transfer Details
Beneficiary Name: SHENZHEN TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
Account Number: 8110301013500284551
Bank Name: China CITIC Bank Shenzhen Branch
Swift Code: CIBKCNBJ518
CNAPS Code: 302584043105
Bank Address: 8/F, Excellence Times Square Phase 2, No.8 Zhongxin Road 3, Futian District, Shenzhen, China
Post Code: 518000
Payment notes: iKM2025 + Participant's Full Name
Note: You can also pay by cash at the registration desk on 30 October 2025.
11.Registration, submission email and conference enquiry: ikm@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn
