About this Event
BEST AI Conference 2026
The BEST AI Conference 2026 is an international, interdisciplinary forum bringing together academics, policymakers, practitioners, and doctoral researchers to explore how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping organisations, education systems, and society.
The conference focuses on a central and timely question:
How can organisations, institutions, and societies build meaningful AI capability?
While much attention has been given to the potential of AI, significantly less is understood about the processes, structures, and strategies required to move from experimentation to implementation and scale.
The conference aims to bridge this gap by fostering dialogue across three interconnected domains:
- Business transformation
- Education transformation
- Societal and policy transformation
Special Emphasis
The conference places particular emphasis on research addressing AI capability building, including:
- how organisations develop AI capabilities
- how universities adapt to AI
- how societies respond to AI-driven transformation
Submissions that explicitly engage with capability building, implementation, and real-world impact are especially encouraged.
Conference Themes
We invite submissions that address AI-related challenges and opportunities across the following three thematic areas:
🔹 Track 1: AI in Business Transformation
- AI adoption and implementation in organisations
- AI strategy, leadership, and organisational capability building
- Digital transformation and AI-enabled business models
- AI maturity models and readiness frameworks
- AI-driven innovation and productivity
- Organisational learning and change in the AI era
🔹 Track 2: AI in Education Transformation
- Institutional responses to AI
- Redesigning higher education for the AI era
- AI in teaching, learning, and assessment
- Generative AI and student learning
- Academic integrity and assessment innovation
- AI literacy and future skills development
🔹 Track 3: AI in Society and Policy
- AI governance, regulation, and ethics
- Workforce transformation and reskilling
- Societal impact of AI adoption
- Regional and national AI capability development
- Responsible and inclusive AI
- Public policy and digital transformation
Types of Submissions
We welcome contributions in the following formats:
🔹 Extended Abstracts
- Completed or near-completed research (empirical or conceptual)
- Work-in-progress research
- Early-stage ideas with clear theoretical and methodological grounding
🔹 Case-Based and Practice-Oriented Papers
- Studies based on real-world AI implementation
- Particularly encouraged for SME and organisational transformation contexts
Submission Guidelines
🔹 Extended Abstracts
- Maximum length: 1,000–1,500 words (excluding references)
Formatting Requirements
· Times New Roman, 12 pt
· 1.5 line spacing
· Standard margins
· All submissions must be in English
· Include title, abstract, keywords, and author information
Review Process
All submissions will undergo a peer review process.
Submissions will be evaluated based on:
- Relevance to conference themes
- Theoretical and methodological rigor
- Originality and contribution
- Clarity and structure
- Alignment with AI capability building focus
Important Dates
· Submission deadline: 1 May 2026
· Notification of acceptance: 15 May 2026
· Conference dates: 25–27 June 2026
Conference Format
The conference will include:
- Keynote speeches from leading scholars and practitioners
- Panel discussions with academics, policymakers, and industry leaders
- Academic paper presentation sessions
- SME implementation showcases
- Doctoral Colloquium (separate application required)
Why Participate?
Participants will have the opportunity to:
- Engage with a high-level, interdisciplinary community
- Contribute to shaping the emerging field of AI capability building
- Connect with academics, policymakers, and practitioners
- Present research in a curated, intellectually engaging environment
- Explore opportunities for collaboration, publication, and funding
Publication Opportunities
Selected papers may be invited to:
- Participate in a post-conference paper development workshop
- Contribute to special issue proposals or edited collections (subject to interest and quality)
Submission
Please submit via email: [email protected]
Contact
For enquiries, please contact: [email protected]
Also part of the BEST AI Conference series
Main event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/best-ai-conference-2026-ai-deployment-from-theory-to-practice-tickets-1986588481626?aff=oddtdtcreator
Doctoral colloquium: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/best-ai-conference-2026-doctoral-colloquium-tickets-1986596988069?aff=oddtdtcreator
Student Bazaar: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/best-ai-conference-2026-student-bazaar-tickets-1986598040216?aff=oddtdtcreator
Business and Policymakers: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/best-ai-conference-2026-business-and-policy-forum-tickets-1986597654061?aff=oddtdtcreator
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University Of The West Of England - Frenchay, Coldharbour Lane, Stoke Gifford, United Kingdom
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