{"id":284,"date":"2026-07-21T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:16:07","slug":"special-issue-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/?page_id=284","title":{"rendered":"Special Issue and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"special-issue-announcement\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; color: #222; max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #1f4e79; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n    MDPI <em>Knowledge<\/em> Special Issue and Conference Awards<\/h2>\n<p>We are pleased to announce that a Special Issue associated with LTEC\/KMO 2026 has been launched in the MDPI journal <em>Knowledge<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #1f4e79; margin-top: 25px;\">Special Issue Title<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Generative AI for Sustainable Knowledge Systems, Learning, and Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #1f4e79; margin-top: 25px;\">Guest Editors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Iraklis Varlamis, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Gregory S. Ching, National Chengchi University, Taiwan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Special Issue invites conceptual, empirical, methodological, review, and practice-oriented papers examining how Generative Artificial Intelligence is transforming knowledge creation, knowledge management, organizational learning, education, decision-making, innovation, human\u2013AI collaboration, and sustainable knowledge systems.<\/p>\n<p>Expanded and substantially revised versions of selected papers from LTEC 2026 and KMO 2026 are welcome, provided that they offer clear additional contributions beyond the original conference proceedings version.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, recipients of the <strong>Best Paper Award<\/strong> and <strong>Best Presentation Award<\/strong> may be considered for an MDPI Article Processing Charge (APC) waiver or discount, subject to the final sponsorship arrangement, journal policies, and editorial decision.<\/p>\n<p>All submissions to the Special Issue will be subject to the journal\u2019s standard editorial screening and peer-review process. Acceptance in the LTEC\/KMO 2026 conference proceedings, or receipt of a conference award, does not guarantee acceptance for publication in the Special Issue.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #1f4e79; margin-top: 25px;\">Topics of Interest<\/h3>\n<p>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Generative AI and knowledge creation, sharing, and management<\/li>\n<li>Human\u2013AI co-creation, creativity, and meaning-making<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable knowledge systems and responsible knowledge governance<\/li>\n<li>AI-supported organizational learning and decision-making<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge management for sustainable innovation and social impact<\/li>\n<li>GenAI in education, learning technologies, and knowledge-based education<\/li>\n<li>AI literacy, future skills, and human-centered learning environments<\/li>\n<li>Trust, authenticity, authorship, and transparency in AI-generated knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Data ethics, privacy, accountability, and responsible AI governance<\/li>\n<li>Green digital transformation, sustainable AI infrastructures, and knowledge technologies<\/li>\n<li>GenAI for public good, SDGs, community resilience, and knowledge equity<\/li>\n<li>Methodological innovations for studying AI-enabled knowledge systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #1f4e79; margin-top: 25px;\">Manuscript Submission<\/h3>\n<p>Manuscripts should be submitted through the MDPI online submission system. Research articles, review articles, and short communications are invited. For planned papers, authors may send a title and short abstract of approximately 250 words to the Editorial Office for assessment.<\/p>\n<p>The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in <em>Knowledge<\/em> is <strong>1000 CHF<\/strong>, unless a waiver or discount applies.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #1f4e79; margin-top: 25px;\">Special Issue Website<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/knowledge\/special_issues\/B54MC286MM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #0056b3; font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>\n      Visit the Special Issue Website<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 25px;\">\n    We warmly encourage LTEC\/KMO 2026 participants and the wider research community to consider contributing to this Special Issue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDPI Knowledge Special Issue and Conference Awards We are pleased to announce that a Special Issue associated with LTEC\/KMO 2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmo2026.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}