PACIS 2025 Names Best Paper Winners

Thank you to everyone who presented, attended, and volunteered during PACIS 2025, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from July 7-9, 2025. This year’s conference successfully gathered a vibrant, diverse global community, featuring over 500 submissions and 242 accepted papers (44.5% acceptance rate).

Keynotes, paper sessions, and panels showcased impactful research across 19 tracks, and the PACIS 2025 proceedings are now available in the AIS eLibrary, where attendees can continue engaging with the papers and their authors asynchronously.

PACIS 2025 Awards:

Best Completed Research Paper Award

Winner
Duong Dang

Theorising Community-Driven Digital Transformation Adoption: A Community Digital Transformation Enablement Framework
https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2025/conftrack/conftrack/9

First Runner-Up
Jiayuan Zhang, Cheng Yi, Chong (Alex) Wang, Sean Xin Xu, Yufang Wang, Lei Xia

How Do Interactive Features Improve Digital Learning Performance? A Test of Competing Hypotheses on the Role of Guidance
https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2025/general_topic/general_topic/12

Second Runner-Up
Hairui Tang, Nannan Xi, Juho Hamari

What Kinds of Users Engage with Different Types of Motivational Design: A Machine-Learning Study in GitHub
https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2025/dig_plat/di/17

Best Short Research Paper Award

Winner
Yaxin Deng, Chenxi Ma, Shiying Zheng, Shuning Zheng, Alain Chong

Interoperability Challenges in Natural Disaster Management Information Systems

https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2025/iot_smartcity/iot_smartcity/5

First Runner-Up
Xinyan Yao, Yue Katherine Feng

Unpacking the Impact of Streamer Presentation on Product Returns

https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2025/dig_plat/di/11

Second Runner-Up
Haoyan Li

Enhancing the Shopping Experience for the Elderly: A Study of Menu Navigation in-‘Elderly Mode’

https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2025/dig_plat/di/16

Best Associate Editor & Reviewer Commendation Awards

PACIS 2025 also recognized the exceptional contributions of our Associate Editors (AEs) and Reviewers who ensured the quality of the program.

• Best AE Commendation Award Recipients: Tian Lu, Yao Zhao, Jinghui (Jove) Hou, Mairead O’Connor, Jun Zhang, Vivek Kumar Singh, Xiuyan Shao, Chih-Yuan Chou, Cheng-Kui Huang, Lim Ean Heng, Fenfen Zhu
• Best Reviewer Commendation Award Recipients: Haowen Deng, Francis Costello, Shuyi Fang, Rayen Jui-Yen Chang, Saraswathy Shamini Gunasekaran, Yang Liu, Neil Chueh-An Lee, Chun-Der Chen, Zeyuan (Stephen) Hong, Hua Liu, Le Wang

The conference was a testament to the diversity and inclusion of the PACIS community, with participants from over 25 countries spanning Asia, Europe, North America, and beyond.

We look forward to seeing you at PACIS 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia!

Upcoming Conferences in 2025:

AMCIS: Montreal, Canada – August 14-16

ICIS: Nashville, USA – December 14-17