Discourse on digitalization is shifting from uncritical enthusiasm for technological innovation toward a more sober recognition of its risks and unintended consequences. While the transformative potential of digital technologies across all sectors of society is indisputable, it is increasingly questioned whether their development and deployment alleviate—or instead exacerbate—persistent challenges such as inequality, injustice, human rights violations, social polarization, environmental degradation, and global conflict. These concerns have fueled growing critique and the introduction of digital policies and regulations. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence further intensify these challenges and significantly complicate policymaking and regulatory efforts.

Track Chairs;
Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia
Jan Leimeister, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sagar Samtani, Indiana University

Schedule
2026
Monday, December 14th
12:00 AM

Adaptive AI Regulation Beyond Aspiration: Regulatory Learning and the AI Act

Charuni Attanayake, University of Oulu
Arto Lanamäki, University of Oulu
Karin Väyrynen, University of Oulu

12:00 AM

AI Regulation and Venture Capital Investment

Jie Zheng, Purdue University

12:00 AM

Anticipatory Regulation of Digital Phenomena: The Case of Digital Nomadism

Jachin Wong, University of New South Wales
Michael Cahalane, University of New South Wales
Daniel Schlagwein, The University of Sydney

12:00 AM

From Human-in-the-Loop to Stakeholdersin-the-loop: A Multi-Stakeholder Governance Mechanism for AI Decision Making

Şaban İbrahim Göksal, Tallinn University of Technology
Anastasija Nikiforova, University of Tartu

12:00 AM

Governance Remediation in Supranational Digital Infrastructure Initiatives - Harmonizing EU Maritime Reporting Data

Mathias Karlsson, Umeå University
Adrian Bumann, Umeå University
Johan Sandberg, Department of informatics
Richard T. Watson, University of Georgia

12:00 AM

Governing Open Finance: A Comparative Analysis of Regulation, Standards, and Stakeholder Strategy

Sarah Zhang, Alliance Manchester Business School
Wendy Currie, Audencia Business School

12:00 AM

Regulations as a Percolative and Turbulent Force in Cybersecurity

Jukka Vuorinen, University of Jyväskylä
Jonna Järveläinen, University of Jyväskylä

12:00 AM

REIT Frameworks as FinTech Infrastructure: Banking Complementarity and Corporate Innovation in the EU

Michał Bilczak, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Kornelia Szmit, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

12:00 AM

Rights by Architecture: A Human-Compatible Sociotechnical Layer for Digital Protection Across Regulatory Regimes

Soheil Human, Vienna University of Economics and Business

12:00 AM

The Influence of Regulatory Intermediaries on AI Deployment in Organizations

Adrian Yeow, Singapore University of Social Sciences
Christina Soh, NTU
Candice Balete, NTU
Wee-Kiat Lim, Singapore University of Social Sciences

12:00 AM