The 60th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) will take place at Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island on January 5-8, 2027. The conference hotel is about 25 minute drive from the Kona International Airport (KOA).

Information for Presenting Authors

Depending on a number of papers in a session, a presentation should be 10-15 minutes. Each presentation will be followed by 10-15 minutes of Q&A and discussion.

When preparing slides to support your presentation, please use a minimum font size of 24 points. Preferred fonts include Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, and Helvetica. Lastly, please do not crowd your slides with texts.

If you wish to make slides available to other participants, please submit it to our Conference Management Platform. It can be done now or during the conference. Note that it can only be done by the authors who made the initial submission.

Lastly, please plan to attend the meeting with your Minitrack Chairs on January 5 at 5pm. At this meeting, Minitrack Chairs will 1) provide an overview of how sessions will be conducted, 2) ​confirm the time allowed for each presentation, 3) coordinate logistics for the sessions.

Call for Participation

The Digital and Social Media Track will again host a special session of short talks that identify opportunities for the future. The “Ignite” presentation is a structured, high-energy, short talk in which you share your passion for and creative ideas about digital and social media research. If you are excited about a new perspective, issue or practice related to Digital and Social media, this session is a place to get others excited about it as well.

Important Dates

December 1, 2026:     Deadline for proposal
December 9, 2026:     Notification of acceptance/rejection
December 30, 2026:   Deadline for slides for your talk, if your proposal is accepted
January 6, 2027:          Ignite Talks at 8:00AM – 9:30AM HST

To meet the deadline, submissions must be made by 11:59pm HST.