ACIEK was initiated by Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge and has held 19 international conferences at top international universities. The ACIEK 2023 ESIC University, Madrid in Spain involved more than 560 participants from 78 countries and regions and around 275 papers were selected for journal publication (https://www.aciek-academy.com/). The International Society of Management Engineers (ISME) was founded in 2003 by the international institute of management engineers based at Waseda university and has held the 19 symposiums in Asia. As an important part of ISME, the International Symposium on Innovative Management, Information & Production (IMIP) was founded in 2010 and has held its 14th symposium in Asia(http://ismeip.org/).
These two conferences will be jointly held (ACIEK – IMIP) on 12–14 October 2024 in China. ACIEK – IMIP (2024) welcomes scholars seeking to acquire a deep understanding of innovation, knowledge and digitalization theory and practice, and aims to attract a leading international professionals to share ideas on frontier topics Digital transformation, carbon performance, green finance, carbon competitiveness, investment and financing, and high–quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt to promote profession advancement through collaboration on tools, processes and methodologies, and to provide a platform for further communications among researchers.