Following previous successes, the 2026 UM Accounting and Business Analytics Conference will be held on the beautiful campus of the University of Macau, Macau SAR, China, on June 8, 2026, in collaboration with Wuhan University.

 

TOPICS

We are inviting submissions in the broad areas of accounting and data analytics, including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Financial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Auditing
  • Taxation
  • Artificial Intelligence in Accounting Research
  • Data Analytics
  • Machine Learning in FinTech
  • Financial Econometrics
  • High‑Dimensional Data Analytics related to Accounting and Finance
  • E‑Commerce
  • Digital Economy
  • Production and Service Operations
  • Supply Chain Analytics
  • Platform and Retail Operations
  • Operations/Information Systems Interface
  • Operations/Marketing Interface

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (IN ALPHABETIC ORDER)

  • Kai Wai Hui – The University of Hong Kong
  • Wenqiang Xiao – New York University

 

PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Please submit your paper in PDF format via email to

Katherine Chan (email: katherinechan@um.edu.mo) (all papers)

The first page of the submitted PDF file should include author details (i.e., name, institution, and email address). For the subject of your email, please use “UM Accounting and Business Analytics Conference”. The deadline for submissions is May 11, 2026 (Monday), midnight Beijing Time. No submission fee will be charged.

In consideration of the international nature of the conference, the working language of the conference is English. Only papers written in English will be considered. Authors will be notified of the acceptance decision by May 15, 2026 (Friday).

 

PARTICIPANTS

You are also welcome to attend the conference as a non-presenting participant. Invitations will be sent to participants separately. We have only limited slots for participants without paper acceptance. We will invite participants on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

The conference schedule allows plenty of room for in-depth interactions in a niche, small group setting. Presenters and participants are expected to stay for the whole conference to benefit from it.

There will be no registration fees for the conference. Refreshments, lunchboxes, and the conference dinner will be provided to all participants of the conference. We are unable to reimburse travel or other expenses for presenting authors or participants.

We look forward to seeing you in University of Macau in June!

REGISTRATION: The conference registration details will be posted on the UM website: (https://fba.um.edu.mo/aim/department-events/) by May 2026.

 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE (IN ALPHABETIC ORDER)

  • Grace Fu – University of Macau
  • Baojun Gao – Wuhan University
  • Rubin Hao – University of Macau
  • Xiao Li – University of Macau
  • Yan Lin – University of Macau
  • Yunhui Lin – University of Macau
  • Morris Liu – University of Macau
  • Hongbo Pan – Wuhan University
  • Jason Xiao – University of Macau
  • Wenyang Zhang – University of Macau
  • Katherine CHAN – Secretary, University of Macau

 

Further information

Please contact Katherine Chan (email: katherinechan@um.edu.mo), Jason Xiao (email: jasonxiao@um.edu.mo) and Yan Lin (email: yanlin@um.edu.mo).