Professor Yanqing Duan was invited to give a keynote speech in the International Conference of E-Business and Applications (ICEBA) on 24 February 2018 in Dong A University, Da Nang, Vietnam.

Based on BISC’s research on Big Data and Analytics, Professor Duan’s speech focused on research opportunities and challenges for E-Business Applications in the Era of Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT). She argued that although E-Business applications have attracted considerable research attention over the last two decades, the emergence of Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT) and Business Analytics, has created unprecedented opportunities as well as new challenges.

Firstly, from a business impact and innovation perspective, Prof Duan’s speech highlighted the current development of data driven business models and innovation and discussed the challenges on creating business value from Big Data and IoT.

She then shared her research experiences and reflections on the current research gaps and emerging research opportunities for advancing e-business application research from both theoretical and practical perspectives.