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Dates: October 1416, 2026 | Columbus, OH</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Website: </span><span style="color: rgb(83, 118, 176);"><a href="https://fisher.osu.edu/ai-in-business" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-outlook-id="71a69604-4d4e-48f0-914e-6a8ef280d3f2" style="color: rgb(83, 118, 176);">https://fisher.osu.edu/ai-in-business</a></span></div>
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Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026 (rolling decisions through August 15)</div>
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THEME: AI Innovation at Scale</div>
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OVERVIEW</div>
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This year's expanded 2.5-day program brings together academic researchers and business practitioners to examine how AI is reshaping industries, institutions, and the people within them.</div>
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The conference runs across two overlapping tracks:</div>
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Industry & Practitioner Track Oct 1415 (WedThu)</div>
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Academic Research Track Oct 1516 (ThuFri)</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thursday serves as a shared bridge day, with sessions drawing from both tracks. Registration covers full access to all three days. Registration rates for industry, academic, and student attendees will be announced at
</span><span style="color: rgb(83, 118, 176);"><a href="https://fisher.osu.edu/ai-in-business" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-outlook-id="e8c67b2c-aee5-4be0-9e7a-b8a759c7f346" style="color: rgb(83, 118, 176);">https://fisher.osu.edu/ai-in-business</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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SUBMISSION TYPES</div>
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Industry Track</div>
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Case Study Presentation: Real-world AI in business experience; 2030 minutes with discussion</div>
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Panel Session: Moderated discussion with multiple perspectives on a shared topic; 45 minutes with audience Q&A. Panelists and moderator should be confirmed before submitting.</div>
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Other: Creative formats welcome; 2030 or 45 minutes. Describe format and attendee takeaways in your submission.</div>
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Academic Track</div>
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Research Presentations: Empirical, analytical, or theoretical papers</div>
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Poster Sessions</div>
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Best Ph.D. Student Paper Award ($1,000) full paper required, 32 pages max</div>
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Best Junior Faculty Paper Award ($1,000) full paper required, 32 pages max</div>
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All submissions: up to 1,000 words (PDF)</div>
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TOPICS OF INTEREST</div>
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All AI-in-business topics are welcome. Areas of particular interest include:</div>
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Generative and agentic AI in business operations, supply chain, marketing, finance, accounting, and HR</div>
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Multi-agent systems: coordination, emergent behavior, and AI-to-AI interaction</div>
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Human-AI collaboration inside organizations</div>
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Enterprise AI adoption, change management, and organizational transformation</div>
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AI governance, explainability, accountability, and ethics</div>
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Legal, compliance, and risk implications of AI deployment</div>
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AI and competitive strategy, business model disruption, and firm performance</div>
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AI's impact on workers, labor markets, and reskilling</div>
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AI in healthcare, education, and other high-stakes domains</div>
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Benchmarking, evaluation, and ROI of AI systems</div>
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CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS</div>
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Vince Castillo | Yuheng Hu | Hun Lee | Rakesh Mallipeddi | Yufeng Wu</div>
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Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Questions: </span><span style="color: rgb(83, 118, 176);"><a href="mailto:fisher-aib-conference@osu.edu" class="ms-outlook-linkify" data-outlook-id="c7a038d9-7bca-44c4-a54e-2d6c9ed68d6d" style="color: rgb(83, 118, 176);">fisher-aib-conference@osu.edu</a></span></div>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">We look forward to seeing you in Columbus this October.</span></div>
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