Dear Members of SIG Digital Sourcing, Platforms, and Ecosystems,
ICIS 2025 and the SIG DSPE annual meeting are approaching quickly. Make your plans to meet your fellow SIG DSPE members and join the discussion with Leslie Willcocks.
Sign Up for a Get-Together After ICIS Welcome Reception
All SIG DSPE members traveling to Nashville for ICIS are invited to an informal community get-together after the ICIS welcome reception on Sunday, December 14. We will meet at 8:30 pm till about 10:00 pm at a restaurant close to the ICIS venue. Kindly sign up as soon as possible using the form below to let us know that you will participate.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2DDTh8B06eg4CRjMDhyA1Keq5l8gED-Vv0lho5Y7kj7oh5Q/viewform?usp=header
We look forward to seeing you in Nashville!
Save the Date: Reflection and Discussion with Leslie Willcocks at the Annual Meeting 2025
The 2025 SIG DSPE Annual Meeting & Workshop will feature a reflection and discussion with Emeritus Professor of Work, Technology and Globalisation Leslie Willcocks, who has influenced our field like very few others. We look forward to stimulating, in-depth discussions.
The Annual Meeting & Workshop will take place online. You will receive a separate message with the online meeting details in the next days.
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).
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.
Manuscript submission deadline: 1 March, 2026 | 17:00 PST (Reno/Los Angeles)
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
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/
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
Follow SIG DSPE on LinkedIn
Many of you have already noticed: The SIG DSPE is active on LinkedIn!
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Kindly follow us to keep up to date with the important news in the space of digital sourcing, platforms, and ecosystems.
We look forward to seeing you all at the annual meeting and in Nashville!
Your SIG DSPE Team