Program

PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, April 8th Thursday, April 9th Friday, April 10th

Wednesday, April 8th

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09:00-09:15 Session 1: UKAIS 2026 Doctoral Consortium Welcome and Opening

Chairs:

Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)
Jun Zhang (University of Sheffield, UK)
Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

09:15-10:15 Session 2: Doctoral Consortium Keynote - Professor Pamela Abbott

Chair:

Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

09:15

Pamela Abbott (University of Sheffield, UK)

The constant churn of IS research priorities: a strength or a weakness of the field? (abstract)

10:15-11:15 Session 3A

Due to severe travel issues, Violet Li will be presenting her doctoral presentation and discussion online.

Chairs:

Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)
Crispin Coombs (Loughborough University, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 5, The Wave

10:15

Violet Li (HEC Paris, France)
Huiran Li (Shanghai Customs University, China)
Xitong Li (HEC Paris, France)
Yuanhong Ma (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
Ruohan Zhan (UCL School of Management, UK)

Chatbot Conversations Predict Suicidal Ideation (abstract)

10:15-11:15 Session 3B

Chairs:

Dinara Davlembayeva (Newcastle University Business School, UK)
Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

10:15

Christianah Akinyemi (University of Salford, UK)

The Impact of Digital Transformation on the Productivity of UK SMEs (abstract)

10:15-11:15 Session 3C

Chairs:

Guy Fitzgerald (Loughborough University, UK)
Jun Zhang (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

10:15

Himasmita Das (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Leuphana University Lüneburg, India)
P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India)
Paul Drews (Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany)

Essays on Digital Technologies and Small Businesses (abstract)

11:15-11:45 Tea/Coffee

Location: Foyer A

11:45-12:45 Session 4A

Chairs:

Guy Fitzgerald (Loughborough University, UK)
Gamila Shoib (University of Bath, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 11, The Wave

11:45

Anxhela Leshi (University of Bolton, UK)

An analysis of the post-implementation support of EPR system to enhance staff engagement and ensure long-term success: a case study of Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (abstract)

11:45-12:45 Session 4B

Chairs:

Crispin Coombs (Loughborough University, UK)
Dinara Davlembayeva (Newcastle University Business School, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

11:45

Amal Alshehri (Durham University, UK)
Nelly Bencomo (Durham University, UK)
Amir Atapour-Abarghoue (Durham University, UK)

Enhancing Trust in Legal AI: Optimising Span-Level Retrieval Architectures on LegalBench-RAG (abstract)

PRESENTER: Amal Alshehri

11:45-12:45 Session 4C

Chairs:

Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)
Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

11:45

Jonas Brouwer (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
Carol Ou (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
Henk Akkermans (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
Florian Pethig (Tilburg University, Netherlands)

Digitalization Meets Legitimacy: Exploring Their Mutual Influence in the Sustainability Context (abstract)

PRESENTER: Jonas Brouwer

12:45-13:45 Lunch

Location: Foyer A

13:45-14:45 Session 5A

Chairs:

Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Jun Zhang (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 11, The Wave

13:45

Seki Liu (Lancaster University, UK)
Mahsa Honary (Lancaster University, UK)
Niki Panteli (Lancaster University, UK)

From Immersion to Interaction: Developing a Visual Communication Design Strategy in Social Media for Eating Disorder (abstract)

PRESENTER: Seki Liu

13:45-14:45 Session 5B

Chairs:

Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)
Gamila Shoib (University of Bath, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

13:45

Henry Oni (Lougborough University, UK)

Exploring new configurations of human-AI interaction: impacts on work and organisational structure (abstract)

14:45-15:45 Session 6: Professors Laurence Brooks, Crispin Coombs, Pamela Abbott & Guy Fitzgerald

An interactive panel session discussing the different approaches to academic journal publishing aimed at UKAIS doctoral consortium members

Chair:

Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

15:45-16:00 Tea/Coffee

Location: Foyer A

16:00-16:15 Session 7: UKAIS 2026 DC closing session

Chairs:

Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)
Jun Zhang (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

16:30-18:30 UKAIS receptions and drinks (University Arms)

Thursday, April 9th

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08:30-09:00 Arrival Refreshments

Location: Foyer A

09:00-09:15 Session 8: UKAIS 2026 Conference welcome and opening

Chairs:

Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)
Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Maria Kutar (Information Systems, Organisations and Society (ISOS) Research Centre, University of Salford, UK)
Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)
Jun Zhang (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

09:15-10:15 Session 9: Keynote 1 - Dr James Muldoon - On the social and emotional impact of AI

Chair:

Jun Zhang (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

09:15

James Muldoon (University of Essex, UK)

Relationship AI: On the social and emotional impact of artificial intelligence. (abstract)

10:15-11:15 Session 10A: Digital Accountability, Sustainability, and Innovation

Chair:

Dinara Davlembayeva (Newcastle University Business School, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 5, The Wave

10:15	Maggie Chimbwanda (Loughborough University, UK) Mumin Abubakre (Loughborough University, UK) Peter Kawalek (Loughborough University, UK) Incentivised Learning Platforms - The Effectiveness of Blockchain-Based Educational Platforms on User Motivation and Engagement (abstract)
10:45	Prateek Paul (University of Galway, Ireland) Umair Ul Hassan (University of Galway, Ireland) Towards Sustainable Data Sharing Ecosystems: The Value Proposition of Data Spaces (abstract)

10:15-11:15 Session 10B: Sustainable and Responsible AI: Ethics, Impact and Innovation

Chair:

Chekfoung Tan (University College London, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

10:15	Maksym Koghut (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Beyond AI Ethics: The Structural Incompatibility of Artificial Intelligence and Moral Understanding (abstract)
10:45	Nafisa Usman (UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, UK) Marie Griffith (UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, UK) Yun Chen (UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, UK) Digital Trust and Resilience for All: Intelligent Approaches to Inclusive Cybersecurity (abstract) PRESENTER: Nafisa Usman

10:15-11:15 Session 10C: Information Systems, Organisations and Society (ISOS)

Chair:

Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

10:15	Yogesh K. Dwivedi (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia) Elvira Ismagilova (School of Management, Swansea University, UK) Mohamamed A. Al-Sharafi (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia) Responsible Consumer Adoption of Robo-Traders: A Conceptual Framework (abstract) PRESENTER: Elvira Ismagilova
10:45	Naimah Alrasheedi (University College Cork, Ireland) Stephen McCarthy (University College Cork, Ireland) David Sammon (University College Cork, Ireland) Wejdan Alhammad (UUC, Cork, Ireland) Shedding Light on the Unsung Hero: Workforce Transformation as a Catalyst for Digital Transformation (abstract) PRESENTER: Wejdan Alhammad

10:15-11:15 Session 10D: General Track

Chair:

Efpraxia Zamani (Durham Business School, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 11, The Wave

10:15

Vinay Gundaveni (University of Salford, UK)
Maria Kutar (University of Salford, UK)

Would You Trust an AI Chatbot? Public Attitudes Toward AI-Mediated Support in Sensitive Contexts (abstract)

11:15-11:30 Tea/Coffee

Location: Foyer A

11:30-13:00 Session 11A: Digital Inclusion and Global Issues

Chair:

Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 5, The Wave

11:30	Marcia Bermudez (Cranfield University, UK) Truth Lumor (Cranfield University, UK) The Development of a User Ability v Willingness Model for Digital Services: A Dual-Factor Approach to Digital Inclusion (On the adoption and use of digitalised public services: An ability vs willingness perspective) (abstract) PRESENTER: Marcia Bermudez
12:00	Samrat Gupta (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India) Anushri Gupta (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India) Moumi Roy (Wells Fargo & Company, India) Towards Dynamic Pricing of Data Assets in Data Marketplaces (abstract) PRESENTER: Anushri Gupta

11:30-13:00 Session 11B: Surveillance and Privacy

Chair:

Savvas Papagiannidis (Newcastle University Business School, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 11, The Wave

11:30	Georgia Donta (Durham University, UK) Efpraxia Zamani (Durham University, UK) The use of biometrics and the implications for privacy: An information systems perspective (abstract)
12:00	Muhammad Irfan Khalid (Department of Information Systems, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway) Ilias Pappas (Department of Information Systems, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway) Moatasim Mahmoud (Department of Research & Development and Innovation, Singular Logic, Athens, Greece) Stamatia Rizou (Department of Research & Development and Innovation, Singular Logic, Athens, Greece) Understanding Stakeholder Divergence in Ethical and Regulatory Perceptions of Metaverse Marketing: Evidence from a Qualitative Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Muhammad Irfan Khalid
12:30	Sahaana Theivaseelan (Nottingham Trent University, UK) Sina Khoshgoftar (Nottingham Trent University, UK) Reza Barenji (Nottingham Trent University, UK) Towards Personalized Intelligent Workflow Management: Low Code AI Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Sahaana Theivaseelan

11:30-13:00 Session 11C: Sustainable and Responsible AI: Ethics, Impact and Innovation

Chair:

Yuanyuan Lai (Royal Holloway, University of London,, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

11:30	Stephen Treacy (Cork University Business School, Ireland) Fan Wang (Cork University Business School, Ireland) Hoperodney Mboli Demesi (Cork University Business School, Ireland) Kemeng Wang (Cork University Business School, Ireland) Poornima Bhosle (Cork University Business School, Ireland) Sean Twiss (Cork University Business School, Ireland) Jack O'Neill (Cork University Business School, Ireland) Ciara Heavin (Cork University Business School, Ireland) Responsible AI in Philanthropy: Determinants of Adoption Across Technology, Organisation and Environment (abstract) PRESENTER: Stephen Treacy
12:00	Oluwatunmike Olowe (Loughborough University, UK) Kayode Odusanya (Loughborough University, UK) Peter Kawalek (Loughborough University, UK) Ahmad Asadullah (Loughborough University, UK) Beyond the Badge: Rethinking Meaningful Work in UK Policing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (abstract) PRESENTER: Kayode Odusanya
12:30	Nishant Kumar (IIT Madras, India) Imon Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India) Prescribing Partnership: Operationalizing Trust and Control in Human-AI Delegation (abstract)

11:30-13:00 Session 11D: Social Media and Digital Communication in a Networked Society

Chair:

Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

11:30	Victoria Uren (Aston University, UK) Sian Joel-Edgar (Northeastern University London, UK) Yu-Chun Pan (Northeastern University London, UK) Socio-Technical Talk: How Speech Acts Coordinate Student Project Work in Digital Group Messaging (abstract) PRESENTER: Victoria Uren
12:00	Muhammad Naeem Khan (Beaconhouse National University Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan) From Storytelling to Storyliving: Entrepreneurial Narratives and Audience Engagement in the Age of Social Media (abstract)
12:30	William Emerson (University College Cork, Ireland) Joseph Feller (University College Cork, Ireland) Frederic Adam (University College Cork, Ireland) THEORISING THE DIGITAL NEWS OBJECT: TOWARDS AN ONTOLOGY FOR CONTEMPORARY NEWS ECOSYSTEMS (abstract)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

Location: Foyer A

14:00-15:00 Session 12A: Education

Chair:

Maria Kutar (Information Systems, Organisations and Society (ISOS) Research Centre, University of Salford, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 5, The Wave

14:00	Godfrey Haonga (University of Cape Town, Tanzania) Lisa Seymour (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Designing a Framework to Guide Personalisation of the Learning Process in the Context of African Higher Open and Distance Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Godfrey Haonga
14:30	Stefan Ullmann (Universität Hohenheim, Germany) Mareike Schoop (University of Hohenheim, Germany) Harnessing Generative AI for Automated Exam Feedback Generation (abstract)

14:00-15:00 Session 12B: Information Systems, Organisations and Society (ISOS)

Chair:

Marie Griffiths (University of Salford, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

14:00	Niki Panteli (Lancaster University, UK) Boineelo Nthubu (York St John University, UK) Meaningful Gender Diversity within a Responsible Cybersecurity Profession (abstract)
14:30	Safiah Alharbi (University of Sheffield, UK) Pamela Abbott (University of Sheffield, UK) Angela Lin (University of Sheffield, UK) Onboarding New Employees in the Era of Intelligent Technologies (abstract)

14:00-15:00 Session 12C: Metaverse

Chair:

Efpraxia Zamani (Durham Business School, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

14:00	Phylicia Babb (University of Agder, Norway) Stratos Baloutsos (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece) Ariana Polyviou (Cyprus University of Technology, 115 Spyrou Araouzou, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus, Cyprus) Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou (University of Agder, Norway) Uncovering the Metaverse Governance Tensions for Public Sector Compliance (abstract)
14:30	Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Chin Eang Ong (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Victoria Jackson (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Metaverse Lessons: Matching Expectations with Learning (abstract)

15:00-15:30 Tea/Coffee

Location: Foyer A

15:30-16:30 Session 13: Keynote 2 - Katie Heard - How can technology level up the playing field and 'make the world a better place'?

Chair:

Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

15:30

Katie Heard (Good Things Foundation, UK)

How can technology level up the playing field and 'make the world a better place'? (abstract)

16:30-17:30 Session 14: UKAIS Community Opportunities, AGM, and Award Ceremony (All Welcome)

Chair:

Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

18:30-22:30 UKAIS 2026 Gala Dinner

UKAIS Gala Dinner, will be held at the Mowbray from 18:30. Address: 118 Mowbray St, Neepsend, Sheffield S3 8EN, United Kingdom

Friday, April 10th

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08:30-09:00 Arrival Refreshments

Location: Foyer A

09:00-10:00 Session 15: Keynote 3 - Professor Isabel Fischer - AI Adoption in teaching & learning: Is it a question of trust?

Chair:

Maria Kutar (Information Systems, Organisations and Society (ISOS) Research Centre, University of Salford, UK)

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave

09:00

Isabel Fischer (Warwick University, UK)

AI Adoption in teaching & learning: Is it a question of trust? (abstract)

10:00-11:00 Session 16A: Legal IS

Chair:

Guy Fitzgerald (Loughborough University, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 11, The Wave

10:00	Hendrik Petersen (Unversity of Hohenheim; Chair of Intelligent Information Systems, Germany) Mareike Schoop (Unversity of Hohenheim; Chair of Intelligent Information Systems, Germany) When Logic Meets Language: The Challenge of Consistency in Contracts (abstract)
10:30	Niki Panteli (Lancaster University & Norwegian University of Science and Technology, UK) Kaspar Ludvigsen (Durham University, UK) Tash Buckley (Cranfield University, UK) Oli Buckley (Loughborough University, UK) AI-based technologies and the Future of the Legal Profession (abstract)

10:00-11:00 Session 16B: ICT4D

Paper 63 (The untold narratives of Digital ID programmes: A critical analysis of the UK and the Caribbean) will be presented jointly by Sharon Wagg and Pamela Y Abbott

Chair:

Dorothea Kleine (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

10:00	Sara Vannini (University of Sheffield, UK) Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK) Pamela Y Abbott (University of Sheffield, UK) The untold narratives of Digital ID programmes: A critical analysis of the UK and the Caribbean (abstract) PRESENTER: Sharon Wagg
10:30	Aishatu Lawan Mohammed (University of Salford, UK) Maria Kutar (University of Salford, UK) Developing Responsible AI Awareness among SMEs in Northern Nigeria to Bridge the AI Divide: A Participatory Case Study (abstract)

10:00-11:00 Session 16C: Health IS

Chair:

Gamila Shoib (University of Bath, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

10:00	Yuanyuan Lai (Royal Holloway, University of London,, UK) Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) More Than Informational? A Literature Review and Social Competence Design Framework for Healthcare Chatbots (abstract)
10:30	Ciara Heavin (University College Cork, Ireland) Wendy Rowan (University College Cork, Ireland) Research Review - Digital Transformation of Healthcare: A Gordian Knot (abstract) PRESENTER: Wendy Rowan

11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee

Location: Foyer A

11:30-13:00 Session 17A: Education

Paper 14 (Agile-Community of Inquiry Approach to PGT Education Development: A Case Study of MSc Managing AI in Business), will be presented jointly by Yun Chen and Marie Griffiths

Chair:

Marie Griffiths (University of Salford, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 5, The Wave

11:30	Yun Chen (The University of Salford, UK) Marie Griffiths (The University of Salford, UK) Agile-Community of Inquiry Approach to PGT Education Development: A Case Study of MSc Managing AI in Business (abstract) PRESENTER: Yun Chen
12:00	Boineelo Nthubu (York St John University, UK) Tariq Alsafi (London College of Contemporary Arts, UK) Fostering Inclusion in times of AI Agents – A case of Widening Participation Student-generated Podcasts (abstract)
12:30	Roba Abbas (IEEE SSIT Technical Activities, University of Wollongong, Australia) Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Maria Kutar (University of Salford, UK) Genevieve Smith-Nunes (King's College London, UK) Savvas Papagiannidis (Newcastle University, UK) Exploring pedagogy and pedagogical transformation from an Information Systems (IS) perspective (abstract)

11:30-13:00 Session 17B: Space

Chair:

Jun Zhang (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 11, The Wave

11:30	Efstathios Papanikolaou (Durham University, UK) Spyros Angelopoulos (Durham University, UK) Andreas Alexiou (University of Southampton, UK) Governance by architecture for sensitive, reusable data in the space economy: The promise of Data Spaces. (abstract)
12:00	Tingjun Zhou (UCL Centre for Systems Engineering, University College London, UK) Chekfoung Tan (UCL Centre for Systems Engineering, University College London, UK) Space Sustainability: Insights from a Systematic Literature Review (abstract)

11:30-13:00 Session 17C: HCI & Wearables

Chair:

Fay Giæver (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

11:30	Fay Giaver (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Jostein Engesmo (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Niki Panteli (Lancaster University, UK) Smartwatches for emotion regulation in the digital workplace (abstract) PRESENTER: Fay Giaver
12:00	Ashish Kumar Jha (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) K. Mohamed Jasim (Ajman University, UAE) HUMAN-AI INTERACTION: ANALYZING JOINT AI-HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY FOR CREATIVITY (abstract)
12:30	Rania Kaja (University College Cork, Ireland) Karen Neville (University College Cork, Ireland) Stephen Treacy (University College Cork, Ireland) Simon Woodworth (University College Cork, Ireland) Refining Theory-Informed Interview Guides Through Human–AI Socio-Technical Prototyping (abstract) PRESENTER: Rania Kaja

11:30-13:00 Session 17D: General Track

Chair:

Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

11:30	Abdelsalam Busalim (School of Enterprise Computing and Digital Transformation, Technological University Dublin, Ireland) Fulya Acikgoz (University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, UK) Uncovering consumer insights on EV charging services through topic modelling (abstract) PRESENTER: Abdelsalam Busalim
12:00	Chen-Yu Tsai (Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taiwan) Gen-Yih Liao (Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taiwan) Preliminary Findings on How Contextual Performance Affects Social Emotions and Well-Being in Virtual Teams: Why Giving Is More Blessed than Receiving (abstract) PRESENTER: Chen-Yu Tsai
12:30	Fabian Helms (TU Dortmund University, Germany) Jonas Meurer (TU Dortmund University, Germany) Manuel Wiesche (TU Dortmund University, Germany) Prompt Jams: How Online Collaboration Shapes the Use of Text-to-Image Generative AI (abstract)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

Location: Foyer A

14:00-15:00 Session 18A: Education

Chair:

Gamila Shoib (University of Bath, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

14:00	Karen Neville (University College Cork, Ireland) Nora McCarthy (University College Cork, Ireland) Rania Abdulhai Kaja (University College Cork, Ireland) Integrating AI into Assessment: Insights from a Business Continuity Management Project-Based Learning Module (abstract) PRESENTER: Rania Abdulhai Kaja
14:30	Liam Perez (University College London, UK) Chekfoung Tan (University College London, UK) Guidelines for the Ethical Integration of Generative AI in Postgraduate Education at UK Universities (abstract)

14:00-15:00 Session 18B: Enterprise Systems

Chair:

Efpraxia Zamani (Durham Business School, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 5, The Wave

14:00	Jinyong Zheng (University of Manchester, UK) Institutional Complexity in the Implementation of Enterprise AI Projects: Evidence from Chinese Technology Providers (abstract)
14:30	Jerry Bature Ansen (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Lisa Seymour (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Contract and management rotation in a local government: Inhibitors for ERP benefit realization. (abstract) PRESENTER: Jerry Bature Ansen

14:00-15:00 Session 18C: Creativity and IS

Chair:

Sharon Wagg (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 11, The Wave

14:00	Louis-David Benyayer (ESCP Business School, France) Petros Chamakiotis (ESCP Business School, Spain) Isabelle Beyneix (ESCP Business School, France) Understanding the Role of GenAI during the Scriptwriting Creative Process (abstract) PRESENTER: Louis-David Benyayer
14:30	Chen-Yu Tsai (Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taiwan) Gen-Yih Liao (Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taiwan) Gratitude Intervention for Online Gamers to Reduce Perceived Toxicity: A Conceptual Study through the Lens of Stress Buffering (abstract) PRESENTER: Gen-Yih Liao

14:00-15:00 Session 18D: Emotions & Relationships

Chair:

Dinara Davlembayeva (Newcastle University Business School, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

14:00	Yuanyuan Lai (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Rhea Gallon (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Oliver George Kayas (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Bytes of Support, Bits of Concerns: A Process Model of the Human-Chatbot Relationship Development for Social Companionship (abstract)
14:30	Dinara Davlembayeva (Newcastle University Business School, UK) Davit Marikyan (Newcastle University Business School, UK) Savvas Papagiannidis (Newcastle University Business School, UK) Simos Chari (Alliance Manchester Business School, UK) Digital Nostalgia – a Psychological Resource or a Burden? (abstract)

15:00-15:30 Tea/Coffee

Location: Foyer A

15:30-16:30 Session 19A: Knowledge & Information

Chair:

Chekfoung Tan (University College London, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 5, The Wave

15:30

Stephen Treacy (University College Cork, Ireland)
Mark Looney (University College Cork, Ireland)
Sergey Semenov (University College Cork, Ireland)
Amey Jingare (University College Cork, Ireland)
Pooja Prasannakumar (University College Cork, Ireland)
Shobhit Agnihotri (University College Cork, Ireland)
Wendy Rowan (University College Cork, Ireland)

Beyond Implementation: Sustaining AI-Driven Knowledge Documentation in Organisations (abstract)

16:00

Ashish Kumar Jha (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
K. Mohamed Jasim (Ajman University, UAE)

Quantifying Strategy and Execution: Analyzing the Impact of Different Information Signals (abstract)

15:30-16:30 Session 19B: Data Governance & Administration

Chair:

Jun Zhang (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 4, The Wave

15:30	Idris Adekeye (University of Salford, UK) Maria Kutar (University of Salford, UK) Gordon Fletcher (University of Salford, UK) Vicki Harvey (University of Salford, UK) Rosie Rodwell (Greater Manchester Combined Authority, UK) The benefits and challenges of information sharing to support data-driven public administration: A case study (abstract)
16:00	Wejdan Alhammad (University College Coek, Ireland) David Sammon (University College Cork, Ireland) Ciara Heavin (BIS University College Cork, Ireland) Conceptualising Data Governance: A Comparative Literature Review and Research Agenda (abstract) PRESENTER: Wejdan Alhammad

15:30-16:30 Session 19C: Digital Transformations

Chair:

Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK)

Location: Seminar Room 1, The Wave

15:30	Yingqian Wang (University of Manchester, UK) Jaco Renken (University of Manchester, UK) Natalie Cunningham (University of Manchester, UK) From Divergence to Disillusionment: A Sensemaking Perspective on Digital Transformation in Chinese SOEs (abstract) PRESENTER: Yingqian Wang
16:00	Laurence Brooks (University of Sheffield, UK) Siyuan Sun (University of Sheffield, UK) Perceptions of Fake News on Chinese Social Media Platforms (Douyin) (abstract) PRESENTER: Laurence Brooks

16:30-16:45 Session 20: UKAIS 2026 Conference closing

Chairs:

Location: Lecture Theatre 4, The Wave