KM Conference 2026, 24 - 27 June 2026

Hosted by the ADVANCE/ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Portugal.


Themes: Knowledge Management, Cybersecurity, Learning, and Information Technology

Join us also for an exciting Pre-Conference Industry Day on 24 June 2026



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Important Dates/Deadlines

  • Submission deadline of complete papers or extended abstracts: March 1, 2026
  • Reviews and responses to authors: April 10, 2026
  • Submission of the final version of accepted papers or extended abstracts: May 10, 2026

What to Submit

  • Full research papers (including work-in-progress)
  • Extended abstracts or short papers
  • Industry or practitioners presentations/papers
  • Panels presentations/papers

All submissions are double-blind refereed. See submission requirements here.

High-marked papers from the conference will be fast-tracked for publication in the Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM - ISSN 2325-4688), the official publication of the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management. Additionally, high-marked papers in the context of information security and cybersecurity will be considered for further review for publication in the Emerald's journal of Information and Computer Security (ICS - ISSN 2056-4961). Other papers and abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Registration Fees:

Pre-Conference Industry Day Registration (Free)

Conference (In-Person) Early Registration (on or before April 30, 2026), €475

Conference (In-Person) Late Registration (after April 30, 2026), €525

Suggested Topics

KM Conference invites empirical and conceptual papers dealing with theoretical and practical aspects of applied knowledge management, cybersecurity learning, and information technology including, but not limited to:

  • Adaptive systems
  • Architectures and design of KM systems
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in KM
  • Cybersecurity and Information Security
  • Cybersecurity Management
  • e-Learning, m-Learning, Experiential Learning, and Gamification
  • Ethical and Privacy Concerns, Risk Management, and System Auditing
  • Global and Cross-Cultural Aspects of KM
  • Healthcare and Health Informatics
  • Human Computer Interaction, Generative AI, Multimedia, and Knowledge Visualization
  • Human, Intellectual, Social, and Structural Capital
  • Information Society and Social Networks
  • Integration of Knowledge
  • KM - Analytics, Intelligence and Problem Solving
  • KM - Conceptual Paradigms, System Theory and Development
  • KM – Innovation, Future Applications and Technology
  • KM - Health and Medicine
  • KM - Project and Risk Management
  • KM - System Initiation, Implementation, and Continuance
  • Knowledge Acquisition, Creation, Discovery, and Sharing Mechanisms
  • Knowledge Economy, Evaluating, and Sourcing Knowledge
  • Knowledge Innovation
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  • Knowledge Services and Sharing – Applications in Business, Education, Government, Healthcare, and More
  • Learning Organization and Organizational Learning
  • Managing Higher Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning
  • Mobile and Ubiquitous Communications
  • Organizational and Interorganizational KM
  • Research Methods and Advanced Statistics in KM
  • Search, Semantics, and Content Management
  • Strategic Aspects of KM
  • Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC)
  • Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR)


KM2026 Leadership Team


Conference Co-Chairs

Joanna Krywalski-Santiago Tiago Emanuel Rodrigues Gonçalves
ISEG - Lisbon School of
Economics & Management,
Portugal		 ISEG - Lisbon School of
Economics & Management,
Portugal
joannas@iseg.ulisboa.pt tgoncalves@iseg.ulisboa.pt


Program Co-Chairs

Melissa Carlton Meir Russ Molly Cooper
Lindsey Wilson University,
USA		 University of Wisconsin
- Green Bay, USA		 Ferris State University,
USA
carltonm@lindsey.edu russm@uwgb.edu MollyCooper@ferris.edu


Local Organizer and Industry Day Chair

João Estevão Nuno Pena
ADVANCE/ISEG - Lisbon School of
Economics & Management,
Portugal		 Universidade Lusófona - Lisboa,
Portugal
joaoestevao@iseg.ulisboa.pt nuno.raposo.pena@gmail.com

Industry Day ISACA Student Showcase Co-Chairs

Michelle Ramim Celina Sołek-Borowska Vered Silber-Varod
Nova Southeastern University,
USA		 Warsaw School of Economics,
Poland		 Tel Aviv University,
Israel
ramim@nova.edu csolek@sgh.waw.pl veredsv@tauex.tau.ac.il



General Conference Organizers

Yair Levy Shonda Brown
Nova Southeastern University,
USA		 IIAKM, USA
levyy@nova.edu contact@iiakm.org


Conference Workshop Co-Chairs

Christiaan Maasdorp Julita Haber
Stellenbosch University,
South Africa		 Fordham University,
USA
chm2@sun.ac.za jhaber7@fordham.edu

KM2026 Program Committee


Program Committee Chairs
Melissa Carlton Lindsey Wilson University, USA
Meir Russ University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA
Molly Cooper Ferris State University, USA

Program Committee Members
[Coming soon!]




KM2026 Conference Sponsoring Schools and Organizations






KM2026 Conference Partner Organizations







Updated: 22 October, 2025