Publication Opportunities:

Accepted papers will be considered for publication in international peer reviewed journals (Indexed in ISI, SCOPUS, ProQuest and IBSS) if desired by the contributors.

• Jurnal Teknologi
• Advance Science Letters
• Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences
• City University Research Journal
• Journal of Management Research
• Journal of Quantitative Methods
• Empirical Economic Review
• Journal of Information Systems Research
• Service and Marketing Review
• Operations Management Research
• Contemporary Finance and Accounting Review

Conference invites work in the form of research paper, conceptual paper, and technical report addressing the timely issues and developments in education, information management, business, development studies, management and technology. We welcome both theoretical and empirical papers in but not limited to the subjects of:

Paper Submission
All manuscripts are subject to double blind peer review and will be assessed by the reviewers based on quality, originality and relevance. Papers will be reviewed and feedback will be given to authors as soon as possible to complete the review process within one month. Authors should write and format their manuscript according to author guidelines. Accepted papers will be published in the refereed conference proceedings. Authors are invited to submit full text papers including results, tables, figures and references. Contributors can submit their papers as an email attachment: [email protected], [email protected] in doc or docx format.

Best Paper Award
Best paper in each session will be awarded Best Paper Certificate. Best papers will be notified by the session chair at the end of each session of the conference. All the best papers will be published in journals if desired by the authors.

Online Presentation
We are providing online presentation facility to authors who are unable to travel to Malaysia/ conference venue.

All attending conference participants must pay the registration fee. For each paper, at least one author must attend and pay the registration fee to be included in the conference proceedings. However, author can register in absetia if unable to attend the conference. One author can submit more than one paper and need to pay an additional registration fee for each additional paper. In case the paper is multi-authored and more than one author will attend the conference, each attending author needs to register separately.

Note: Registration fee is non-refundable, exclusive of bank charges and can be paid in equivalent AED or USD. Contributor(s) can submit fee through bank transfer or credit card.

All non-member delegates can pay registration fee of Members by adding USD100 in the registration fee of Members and hence become Members.

Registration fee includes: Conference attendance, daily tea breaks, luncheon and publication of accepted papers in the refereed conference proceedings. Registration fee does not include hotel accommodation, transport and Journal Publication. Participants have to arrange visa at their own.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (also known as UTM) is a public research University in Malaysia and a research-intensive university in engineering, science and technology. It is located in Johor Bahru, the southern city in Iskandar Malaysia. UTM has two campuses – the main campus is in Skudai, and was the first university in the state of Johor. It has an area of 1148 hectares , and is the second largest public university after Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). It is about 20 km north of the state capital, Johor Bahru, and is close to the Sultan Ismail Airport, Senai.

Location: E07, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Open in google maps)

Note: It is pertinent to mention here that the conference organizers do not provide accommodation. We suggest you to make an early reservation at  nearby hotel.

We will publish both full paper and abstract book double blind peer reviewed conference proceedings with ISSN 2307-8588 (CD-ROM). Authors have the choice to opt any of the available options. Refereed conference proceedings will be included in each conference registrant’s packet. Participants can collect their conference packet from the registration desk on the day of the conference.

Please click the link below to download the conference program

Conference Program book

Conference Chair
Dr. Muhammad Adil Khattak, PhD Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Saqib Muneer, PhD Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Conference Convener

Prof. Mohd Nasir Tamin, PhD, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Members

Prof. Hermann Gruenwald, Ph.D., Burapha University International College, Bangsaen, Thailand

Prof. Rishidaw Balkaran, Ph. D., Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Dr Fahad Sultan, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan-Pakistan

Ayhan Kapusuzoglu, Ph. D., Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey

Prof. Nek Kamal Yeop Yunus, Ph. D., Univerisiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris , Perak, Malaysia

Prof. Dileep Kumar M. PhD., University Gorgasali, Georgia, Malaysia Center

Prof. Johan de Jager, Ph. D., Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Dr Muhammed Ibrahim Khan, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan-Pakistan

Wei-Bin Zhang, Ph. D., Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan

Katalin Jackel, Ph. D., Budapest Business School, Budapest, Hungary

Pratibha Samson Gaikwad, Ph. D, Shivaji University of Pune, India

Dr Syed Mohsin Ali Shah, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan-Pakistan

Izah Mohd Tahir, Ph. D., University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia

Chux Gervase Iwu, Ph. D., Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Somnath Sen, Ph. D., University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Susantha Herath, Ph. D., St. Cloud State University, USA

M. Saman Dassanayake, Ph. D., University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr Syed Haider Khalil, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan-Pakistan

Hamdan Said, Ph. D., Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru Johor, Malaysia

Boubker Sbihi, Ph. D., I-shcool ESI, Rabat, Morocco