The proposed conference is a prestigious yearly event, attracting wide participation from the academia, industry and research establishments from across the globe. As organizers of the previous (2nd in the series) conference, the School of Management at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, as well as the Indian Sub-continent Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) would be the other knowledge partners in the event.

While IIT-Bombay needs no introduction, the ISDSI is a sub-division of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, a professional, independent, not-for-profit organization of the academia and practitioners interested in promoting excellence in teaching and research in the field of decision sciences.