About this conference

While Industry 4.0 witnessed the beginnings of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and big data, the new digital revolution will take a societal approach to digitalization. Therefore, it is essential to prepare for the upcoming revolution starting today. With the ongoing advancement in technology, from AI to the metaverse, the phenomenon of the digital divide has become more prominent, particularly post-pandemic. Thus, hindering and limiting equal opportunities among countries and societies for economic diversification, business innovation and sustainable development. The digital divide refers to the disparities and inequalities among societies in Information and Communications Technology access, usage, and impacts. Sustainable technologies such as AI and big data offers us new ideas and methods to understand society and undertake the epic mission of economic diversification, business innovation and sustainable development with a new impetus. Nevertheless, digital inequalities restrict compliance and effective implementation of the SDGs in several countries around the world. Thus, it is particularly necessary to improve access to technologies, data, and the exchange of information between different organizations and countries. This is only possible by democratizing digital resources, information, data and in particular scientific knowledge. The purpose of this conference aims to bring together leading researchers, academics, scientists, research scholars and industry professionals to exchange their ideas, present their research, and offer solutions to important issues such as economic diversification, digital inequalities, business innovation for sustainability and the circular economy. This conference further aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform to discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and approaches which will support economic diversification strategies and address concerns faced by businesses in the era of the digital economy.

Important Dates

Submission deadline 30th September 2022
Acceptance notification 30th October 2022
Camera ready paper (final revised version) 15th November 2022
Conference dates 22nd to 23rd November 2023

Tracks

Big Data Governance & Sustainability (Track 1)

  • Big Data Applications for Finance, Business, Accounting, Education, Telecommunication, Healthcare
  • Using Big Data for sustainable development goals
  • Big data for social innovation
  • New data standards and regulations
  • Big data management
  • Data stewardship and governance
  • IT Governance in the digital era
  • Blockchain governance
  • Sharia Governance in the digital era
  • Redefining governance mechanisms for big data and analytics
  • Corporate governance and its role in the digital era
  • Economic governance for cryptocurrency
  • Big data analytics and business intelligence
  • Big data analytics and Internet of Things
  • Ethical implications of big data and business analytics
  • Trust, accountability, privacy, and security issues

Metaverse & IoT (Track 2)

  • IoT for sustainability
  • IoT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Industry 5.0 and its implications
  • Metaverse and sustainability
  • Metaverse Applications for Finance, Business, Accounting, Education, Real estate, Telecommunication, Healthcare
  • Challenges and solutions of extended realities
  • Virtual objects trading and NFTs
  • Ownership in the Metaverse
  • Awareness and acceptance of metaverse applications
  • Social and cultural acceptability concerns
  • Cyberbullying, cybersecurity, and privacy concerns
  • Blockchain technology for the Metaverse
  • The role of FinTech in the Metaverse
  • Sharia and regulations for the Metaverse
  • Halal marketing in the Metaverse

Business Analytics, Blockchain, & Cybersecurity (Track 3)

  • Business analytics and intelligence for sustainability
  • Sustainable cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity and ESGs
  • Business Analytics for SMEs and Innovation
  • Decision Intelligence systems
  • Self-service Business Intelligence
  • Emerging trends in business analytics
  • Energy Efficiency and Intelligence
  • Applications of Blockchain technology (beyond cryptocurrencies)
  • Solutions for cryptocurrency mining wastage

Digitalization and Sustainable Technologies (Track 4)

  • Academic institutions and unions in the digital economy
  • Digital media usage and sustainability awareness
  • Sustainable data centers
  • Sustainable education and sustainable technologies
  • Future and challenges of the digital transformation in the Arab region
  • Economic diversification in the digital era
  • Legislations and policies for the digital economy
  • Artificial Intelligence applications in the digital era
  • Sustainable Urban Planning and Architecture
  • IOT for tracking climate change
  • Big Data Analytics and social media
  • Digitalization of Islamic Banking and Finance

Paper Submissions

Original & Anonymized Papers

The ICGER 2022 conference will consider high-quality papers subjected to double-blind peer reviews by at least three (3) independent reviewers. The conference welcomes submissions with clear significance, originality, and contributions to the literature.

The ethical* requirements for authors mandate that submitted work should not have been published elsewhere and should not be intended to be published elsewhere during the review period. furthermore, authors are not allowed to change the affiliation (institution) they had used during the submission process even if in reality their affiliation (institution) has been changed while preparing the camera-ready paper and the copyright unless they provide us with written permission from their previous affiliation.

Authors should submit original and anonymized papers in English, following author guidelines, not submitted elsewhere, below 15 % of similarity, as a single Word or LaTex document.

The paper reviewing process is double-blind, therefore before submitting the paper, authors are requested to remove the names from the title page. This includes noticeable references to the authors in the text (if any). Authors are recommended not to shorten references and to put DOIs. This will allow for more accurate citation and attribution.

Submissions will be through the submission link and email. * The program committee chairs retain the right to eliminate any papers in violation of these requirements and to exclude the authors of such papers from future. You can submit your paper via email to the following address: submission.icger@gmail.com.

Word Count

Submitted papers should be at most 5000 words & 12 pages including references.

Review Process

All submissions deemed suitable for peer review will be reviewed by at least three (3) independent reviewers based on a 70% acceptance rate. Reviewers will be allotted a maximum period of 10 days to complete the review process.

The revised articles will be reviewed by the initial reviewers.

All the papers with minor and major revisions will be entered into a second (final) round of review after addressing the reviewers' comments.

Authors will have 7 days to submit their revised manuscripts along with a Point-By-Point Response Letter to all reviewers’ comments. Corrections done must be marked in another text color.

Authors of accepted papers are expected to consider review recommendations while producing their camera-ready versions.

Conference Presentations

Upon acceptance, at least one author must register to present at the conference. Non-adherence to this policy will result in the paper being dropped from the Conference and Conference Proceedings or Publications.

Camera-ready Paper Requirements

The Camera-Ready papers with final acceptance need to be prepared as per the publisher's guidelines and submitted by 15th November 2022.

Authors of selected papers presented at the conference will be invited to submit extended versions of their manuscripts for publication in selected international journals. .

Authors are not allowed to change their contact details and affiliations after submitting the camera-ready paper along with the copyrights. .

Authors are not allowed to change the sequence of their names on the camera-ready papers and they have to abide by the sequence provided in the copyright forms. .

Any inquiries about the publication process by the co-authors should only be made by the corresponding author whose name and details are stated in the copyright form. .

Registration Fees

Presenter Type Conference Fees
Physical Virtual

Note: Payments are non-refundable under any circumstances. The Full Package includes attendance, a certificate, presenting, publishing, and the ICGER activities.

Publication Opportunity

All English accepted manuscripts will be published in the Conference Proceedings and will be submitted to be indexed by Scopus.

It is planned to publish the proceedings with Springer in their Communications in Computer and Information Science series (final approval pending).

Selected papers will be invited to be published in the following journals as special issues or regular issues.

Organizers

Sponsors

Strategic Partners

Publishing Partners

Professional Partners and Industry

Contact Us

General Enquiries

EMAIL ADDRESS

info.icger@ahlia.edu.bh

amasartawi@hotmail.com

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