At the closing ceremony of the ASIALICS 2017 Conference, Prof. Kong-Rae Lee, senior fellow of the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) and one of the ASIALICS board member, announced that the next ASIALICS conference will be held in the beautiful city of Hangzhou in China. The information provided by Prof. Kong-Rae Lee were as follows:

ASIALICS Conference 2018:

Venue: Hangzhou

• Capital city of Song dynasty
• One of the most beautiful cities in China
• West Lake and Grand Cannel: historical heritages of China
• Hometown of famous entrepreneurs: Alibaba, Geely, Hikvisin, etc.
• Venue of G20 and B20 last year.

Date: July or August (to be decided soon)

Host organization: Zhejiang University

• Organizer: Prof. Xiaobo WU
• Dean, School of Management
• Qiushi Chair Professor of Innovation and Strategic Management
• Associate editor-in-chief of AJTI
• Web: http://www.som.zju.edu.cn
• Email: xbwu@zju.edu.cn