The 1st American University in the Emirates International Research Conference (AUEIRC) will provide a platform for discussing recent trends in creative business and social innovation. AUEIRC will highlight the various aspects of creative business and social innovations that can scale for the benefit of communities.

Aims and Scope: AUEIRC aims to bring together academics, practitioners, researchers, policy makers and students to share and discuss challenges and solutions in contemporary disciplines. The scope of the conference includes a broad range of topics on areas that impact contemporary society. AUEIRC specifically aims to promote theory and practice as they apply to each area. Submission of applied research is especially encouraged. Best papers will be awarded by Springer.

Organizer: Prof Miroslav Mateev (Vice President Research and Advancement/ General Chair), American University in the Emirates, Dubai

Topics of Interest include (Non-Exhaustive List):

Media for Smart Cities
1. Mass Media and Public Relations
2. Security and Intelligence
3. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

Smart Technologies and Innovation
1. Technology Trends
2. Communications
3. Information Security
4. E-Learning
5. E-Business
6. Cyber Security
7. Machine Vision
8. Electronics
9. Intelligent Systems

Creative Industries and Social Innovation
1. Creative Industries, Education and Social Innovation
2. Film and TV Production

Creative Business and Social Innovation
1. Strategic and Change Management
2. Operation and Supply Chain Management
3. Human Resource Management
4. Accounting and Finance
5. Insurance and Risk Management
6. International Trade and Economy
7. E-Commerce and Marketing
8. Healthcare Management

Education and Social Innovation
1. Counselling for School Success
2. Education Technology and Pedagogy

Governance and Legislation
1. Legislation
2. Liability
3. Intellectual Property
4. Real Estate
5. International Law
6. Labour Law
7. Conflict of laws
8. Trade Law

Conference Venue: The conference will take place at the beautiful site of the American University in the Emirates, Dubai. The conference organizing committee will provide a list of nearby hotels.

Paper Selection Process: The initial submission should comprise an abstract which describes the proposed paper. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and authors will be notified within 2 weeks and asked to submit full papers if accepted. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in edited volumes following their specific fields as printed volumes as well as online in the digital library SpringerLink. Authors of some selected best papers will be invited to submit the extended version of their AUEIRC papers for peer review after the conference. These papers will be published in cooperation with Springer in journals related to the paper.

Submission Guidelines: All papers (Abstract/Full) are subject to a double-blind peer review process by at least two reviewers. Submission guidelines can be accessed by clicking this hyperlink. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the Conference
proceedings of AUEIRC 2017 and submitted for publication to the digital library SpringerLink.

Important Dates:

Abstract submission . . . . . . . .May 15, 2017
Acceptance Notification . . . . . .June 1, 2017
* Final Paper Submission . . . . . September 1, 2017
Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . November 15 – 16, 2017

* Only Full papers will be considered for publication.

Registration Fee:

Presenters 350 USD
Attendees 250 USD
Students 150 USD

Submit you paper: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aueirc2017