Dear Members of SIG Digital Sourcing, Platforms, and Ecosystems,
Hoping that you are all fine, we want to share some news with you.
Reflection and Discussion with Leslie Willcocks at the Annual Meeting & Pre-ICIS Workshop 2025
We are happy to announce that the 2025 SIG DSPE Annual Meeting & Workshop will feature a reflection and discussion with Emeritus Professor of Work, Technology and Globalisation Leslie Willcocks from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Leslie's work, especially his work on IT sourcing, IT management, and automation, has tremendously influenced the IS discipline as well as industry. Leslie will reflect on major developments and the interesting challenges that lie ahead of us. We will have time for in-depth and stimulating discussions.
As noted before, the Annual Meeting and Workshop will take place as one pre-ICIS online event. The Annual Meeting directly precedes the workshop and covers reports on activities, elections, and community planning.
When & where:
Online on Wednesday, 10 December 2025:
Annual Meeting 08:00–09:00 UTC (09:00–10:00 CET);
Workshop Reflection and Discussion with Leslie Willcocks 09:00–10:00 UTC (10:00–11:00 CET).
Additional information will soon be posted on the workshop page: https://communities.aisnet.org/sigdspe/conferences/sigam
In-Person Meeting at ICIS 2025 on Sunday, 14 December
Those of you traveling to Nashville are invited to an informal get-together of the SIG DSPE in the evening of Sunday, December 14. Kindly block the slot in your schedule. We will send you an update with the details and the location as the conference approaches.
ECIS 2026 — Track “Platforms, Sourcing, and Governance in the Digital Age”
The SIG DSPE is proud to organize the track “Platforms, Sourcing, and Governance in the Digital Age” at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2026, which will take place June 15–17, 2026 in Milan, Italy. This track examines how platformization and evolving sourcing models transform IS governance. The track chairs invite studies on platform design and governance, multilateral sourcing configurations (multi-/plural-/crowd-/cloud-sourcing), responsible/AI-enabled governance, data governance, and ecosystem resilience—using empirical, conceptual, design, simulation, and mixed methods: https://ecis2026.it/track-descriptions/platforms-sourcing-and-governance-in-the-digital-age/
Submission deadline: 17 November 2025, 23:59 CET for completed and short papers.
See “Call for Submissions & Important Dates.”: https://ecis2026.it/call-for-submissions/
AMCIS 2026 — Track “Digital Sourcing, Platforms, and Ecosystems”
Members of the SIG DSPE will also chair the track “Digital Sourcing, Platforms, and Ecosystems” at the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2026, which will take place 20–22 August 2026 in Reno, Nevada (USA). Building on our previous AMCIS activities, the 2026 track will again welcome broad work on digital sourcing choices and outcomes; governance of platform ecosystems and partnerships; co-innovation and development processes; and implications for organizations and society. Expect minitracks spanning crowdsourcing and gig/sharing platforms, platform thinking in incumbents, and transitions from product- to platform-centric organizing.
Submission deadlines and minitrack details: to be announced at https://amcis2026.aisconferences.org/submissions/call-for-papers/
17th Digital Sourcing, Platforms, and Ecosystems Workshop (8–11 February 2026, Obergurgl)
Our flagship alpine workshop fosters deep, constructive discussion of ongoing research in an intimate setting—short presentations with extensive feedback, editorial insights, and time for collaboration and networking. Those of you with accepted extended abstract submissions, please keep an eye on the deadlines.
https://communities.aisnet.org/sigdspe/conferences/dspeworkshop
SIG Membership: Registration in your AIS Profile
If you have not yet registered your SIG affiliation with AIS, please do so to stay up to date with information from your SIG DSPE. SIG DSPE membership offers plenty of benefits. To complete the registration, go to https://aisnet.org/store/ListProducts.aspx?catid=172957&ftr=sigdspe or https://communities.aisnet.org/sigdspe/join
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We look forward to seeing you all at the info sessions and the annual meeting,
Your SIG DSPE Team