2026 Fisher AI in Business Conference Submission Form

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The 2026 Fisher AI in Business Conference is now accepting submissions. The conference is being held October 14-16, 2026 at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business in Columbus, OH. This year's conference spans three days, featuring industry sessions (Wednesday–Thursday) and academic presentations (Thursday–Friday).

Use the form below to submit your industry session proposal or academic research project for consideration. For industry session descriptions, please select the Industry track and scroll down to the session types.

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Industry track sessions can take the form of case study presentations exploring real-world experience with AI in business. Sessions are 20–30 minutes, with time for discussion.

This year's conference theme is AI Innovation at Scale. Our premise is that organizations that scale AI well do so because they have built the right foundations: grounded data, governed risk, and the organizational maturity to move deliberately rather than just fast. We invite you to share what that has looked like in practice — what worked, what didn't, and what you would do differently.

Strong submissions offer generalizable insight that advances the broader AI in business community. We are not looking for product demonstrations or vendor pitches. Please do not share proprietary data or trade secrets — the goal is transferable knowledge that practitioners and researchers can learn from regardless of industry or organization size.

Industry track panels bring together multiple perspectives on a shared topic in a moderated discussion format. Sessions are 45 minutes, with time for audience questions.

Strong panel submissions are grounded in the conference theme of AI Innovation at Scale or AI in business more broadly. We are looking for topics that spark genuine discussion — competing viewpoints, hard-won lessons, or emerging questions the field has not yet resolved.

Your submission should include your proposed panelists and moderator — please recruit and confirm their participation before submitting. We encourage panels that bring together diverse perspectives — across industries, functions, or roles — and that offer the audience something they could not get from a single presenter alone.

Have a session idea that doesn't fit neatly into a case study or panel format? We welcome creative proposals. Sessions may be 20–30 minutes or 45 minutes in length and should be relevant to the conference theme of AI Innovation at Scale or AI in business more broadly.

In your submission, please describe the format and explain what attendees will experience or take away.

Maximum 1,000 words. Describe your session: what attendees will learn, key topics covered, and your approach.
Maximum 1,000 words. Provide your research abstract including motivation, methodology, findings, and implications.
Doctoral students are eligible to enter the Best Doctoral Paper Competition. Submissions will be evaluated on both the written manuscript and the conference presentation by a multi-disciplinary panel of judges. If you would like to be considered, please upload your full manuscript. The manuscript should not exceed 32 pages.
Assistant Professors and Postdoctoral Researchers are eligible to enter the Best Junior Faculty Paper Competition. Submissions will be evaluated on both the written manuscript and the conference presentation by a multi-disciplinary panel of judges. If you would like to be considered, please upload your full manuscript. The manuscript should not exceed 32 pages.
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128 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf docx.

Opt in to the AIB Conference Knowledge Constellation

The AIB Conference Knowledge Constellation is an interactive tool that maps thematic connections across all conference sessions. It will be featured in the conference app and presented on the final day.

If you opt in, your abstract/session description will be included in the thematic mapping analysis and shown how it connects to other sessions and research accepted at the conference. Your name, email, title, and discipline will also be discoverable on the Constellation to facilitate networking among both practitioner and academic communities.

Presenter names, titles, and affiliations are listed in the conference agenda regardless. This opt-in pertains only to inclusion of your submission content in the Constellation analysis. All data is retained on university resources and used solely for conference purposes.