2026 International Conference on Smart Society and Sustainable Development (SSSD 2026)

Speakers

Prof. Qingyuan Li,Wuhan University, China
Introduction : 
Professor (Level 2), PhD Supervisor, Vice Dean, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University
Director of the Institute of Finance and Accounting, Wuhan University
Yangtze River Distinguished Professor, Ministry of Education
He was selected as Young Yangtze Scholar, Young Top-notch Talent of the Central Talent Coordination Office, New Century Excellent Talent of the Ministry of Education, and Academic Leading Talent in Accounting of the Ministry of Finance.
He completed his postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University, and was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA.
He has presided over multiple national research projects including the Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China and the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
His papers have been published in top international accounting and finance journals such as The Accounting Review, Review of Financial Studies, as well as leading Chinese academic journals including Economic Research Journal and Management World.
His research achievements have won numerous awards, such as the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award in Higher Education (Ministry of Education), the First Prize of Hubei Provincial Social Science Achievement Award, the Second-Class National Teaching Achievement Award, and the International Best Paper Award of the American Accounting Association.
He serves as a Member of the Accounting Teaching Steering Subcommittee, Ministry of Education. He has long committed to interdisciplinary innovation in economics and management, the construction of the New Liberal Arts, and academic exchanges at home and abroad.

Prof. Kefan Xie,

Wuhan University of Technology, China

Introduction:

PhD in Management Science and Engineering

Professor (Level 2), PhD Supervisor, School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology

Counselor of Wuhan Municipal People’s Government

He completed postdoctoral research at Kyoto University, Japan, and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Toronto, Canada. He previously served as Vice Dean of the School of Management and Director of the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Wuhan University of Technology.

He holds concurrent positions including Standing Director of the China Association of Soft Science, Vice Chairman of Hubei Association of Science of Science and Science & Technology Policy, and Vice Chairman of Wuhan Systems Engineering Society.

His main research interests cover risk management, emergency management, and science & technology innovation management.

He has presided over multiple national research projects, including 5 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China, and Major National Soft Science Projects. He has published more than 100 CSSCI papers and over 30 SCI/SSCI papers, and received more than ten provincial and ministerial research awards.

He has long been engaged in interdisciplinary research on management science, and actively promotes academic exchanges as well as industry-university-research collaborative innovation in the fields of management science, emergency management and innovation management at home and abroad.