Celebrating Excellence at PACIS 2026

Thank you to everyone who presented, attended, and volunteered during PACIS 2026, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from July 4-8, 2026. This year’s conference successfully gathered a vibrant, diverse global community, featuring 683 submissions and 251 accepted papers (36.75% acceptance rate).

PACIS 2026 Awards:

Best short paper awards Winner 

The Friction-Performance Paradox: How Procedural Ease Degrades Decision Quality in Generative AI, by Martin H. Möhle (University of Würzburg), Frédéric Thiesse (University of Würzburg), https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2026/adv_theory/adv_theory/3/

Runner-up

No-Belief and Verification Friction: How Evidence Presentation Shapes Reliance on AI-Generated Health Explanations, by Yi-Chen Lee (National Sun Yat-sen University), Choon-Ling Sia (City University of Hong Kong), Chih-Hung Peng (National Taiwan University), Chia-Chen Hsieh (National Sun Yat-sen University), https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2026/ishealthcare/ishealthcare/2/

Best complete paper awardsWinner

Spatial Spillover Effects of Virtual Queue Services on Local Businesses, by Hyeonju Ju (Korea University Business School), Jin Soo Han (KAIST), Hyeokkoo Eric Kwon (Nanyang Technological University), Gunwoong Lee (Korea University Business School), https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2026/iot_smartcity/iot_smartcity/9/

Runner-up

Discouraging the Non-Expert, Motivating the Expert: The Differential Effects of Feedback Inequality in Crowdsourcing Contests, by Chen Peng (Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China), Luning Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China), https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2026/sharing/sharing/3/

We look forward to seeing you at PACIS 2027 in Auckland, New Zealand!  https://pacis2027.aisconferences.org/