Dear Members of SIG Advances in Sourcing,
As the last quarter of 2024 is at the doorstep, we want to share some news on developments in the SIG, awards, and conferences with you.
SIG Name Change: Please Vote
Following up on the discussion at last year’s annual meeting about changing the name of the SIG according to its evolved positioning, the SIG leadership team has initiated the formal renaming process with AIS. The proposed new name for our SIG is: AIS Special Interest Group (SIG) on “Digital Sourcing, Platforms, and Ecosystems”, abbreviated as DSPE. All members of the SIG should have received messages from SIG president Thomas Huber providing details on the rationale and the process.
We kindly ask for your support in this name change and the associated updates to the SIG’s statement of purpose and community activities. We therefore invite you to vote on this name change. The voting period is open for one week, from midnight EST on September 27, 2024, to October 4, 2024. On Sept 27, every current member of the SIG should have received a formal invitation to cast their vote on the renaming of the SIG via the AIS platform. Please make sure to vote.
Nominations for Early & Mid Career Award
The Early & Mid Career Award honors the most promising early to mid-career researcher in the focus areas of the SIG based on publications in leading IS journals. Candidates can be nominated by November 1, 2024, via the nominations website (link).
Annual Meeting and Paper Development Workshop
As an ancillary meeting to ICIS 2024 in Bangkok, we will hold the SIG Annual Meeting and conduct a paper development workshop on Dec 15, 2:00PM-5:00PM (local time) at the main conference hotel. The workshop aims to foster the exchange of ideas and research among scholars interested in various aspects related to the sourcing and platformization of IT, software development, business processes, software services, and data within the digital global economy. Submissions to the workshop are possible until Oct 4 via email to dspe.workshop@gmail.com.
Preliminary Program of the Event:
- Report on SIG activities and latest developments
- Keynote by Panos Constantinides
- Workshop on Sourcing and Platforms
Kindly make sure to register for the annual meeting and workshop when registering for ICIS.
SIG Sourcing at IS Conferences: Upcoming Conferences
The SIG Sourcing continues to have a strong presence at the major IS conferences, with tracks chaired by SIG members and SIG members acting in leading editorial roles. Please consider submitting your work to the tracks related to sourcing, platforms, and ecosystems where SIG Sourcing members act in editorial roles:
SIG Annual Meeting and Workshop: Ancillary meeting to ICIS 2024, Dec 15, 2:00PM
- Kindly make sure to register for the meeting during your ICIS registration process
- Final submission deadline for workshop papers: Oct 4, 2024
ECIS 2025 - Track "Platforms, Sourcing, and Governance in the Digital Age", Jun 12-18, Amman, Jordan
- Track chairs: Oliver Krancher, Thomas Huber, Andreas Hein, Ilan Oshri
- Submission deadline: Nov 17, 2024, 23:59 CET
AMCIS 2025 - Track “Digital Sourcing, Platforms, and Ecosystems”, Aug 14-16, Montreal, Canada
- Track chairs: Maximilian Schreieck, Julia Kotlarsky, Andreas Hein
- Submission deadline: Feb 28, 2025, 5:00PM ET
We look forward to seeing you at the paper sessions of the tracks at upcoming workshops and conferences where SIG Sourcing members take leading roles:
ICIS 2024 - Track "Sharing Economy, Platforms, Crowds"
- Track chairs: Thomas Kude, Kevin Hong, Mengxiang Li
ICIS 2024 - Track "Governance, Digital Strategy, and Value"
- Track chairs: Daniel Beimborn, John Dong, Min-Seok Pang
Digital Sourcing, Platforms and Ecosystems Workshop, Mar 4-7, 2025, Obergurgl, Austria
- Organizers: Ilan Oshri, Maximilian Schreieck, Julia Kotlarsky, Leslie Wilcocks
- To everyone accepted and registered: Keep in mind that full papers are due Oct 31
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 Sourcing. SIG Sourcing membership remains free of charge and offers plenty of benefits. To complete the registration, go to https://aisnet.org/store/ListProducts.aspx?catid=172957&ftr=sigsourcing or https://communities.aisnet.org/sigsourcing/join
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