2026 Upcoming Ambassador-Hosted Speaker Series and Events

2026 Upcoming Ambassador-Hosted Speaker Series and Events

(1) AI as a Service Series – Cecilia Lee

Next Event: TBD- (register here)

Past Events:
Jim Spohrer’s Perspective on AI as a Service – (recording)
Haluk Demirkan – How to Implement Responsible AI – (recording)

(2) T-Shaped Development Series – Jim Spohrer & Lou Freund

Next Event: June 10th, 9am PT – Second Wednesday each month (register here)
Upcoming Events:
June 10, 2026 – Speaker Leonard Walletzky – Lab Group Update, see also A T-Shaped Model for Rethinking Higher Education Programs
July 8, 2026: Jim Spohrer – From 2T-Model (Disciplines & Systems) to 3T-Model (+Geographies/Cultures) to the ISSIP 6T-Model (+Advanced Technologies, +Work Practices, +Mindsets) based on ISSIP-NSF Future of STEM Report
August 12, 2026:
Speaker 1: Juha Saukkonen – T-shaped Capabilities of the next Generation: Prospecting for an Improved Model
Speaker 2: Patrik Prochazka – Concept of Multi-Centroid Graph Traversal for Explainable T-Shaped Curriculum Recommendation
September 9, 2026: Francesco Caputo – see also, A T-Shaped Model for Rethinking Higher Education Programs
October 14, 2026: TBD
November 11, 2026: TBD
December 9, 2026: TBD
January 13, 2027: TBD
February 10, 2027: TBD
March 10, 2027: Marialuisa Saviano – See also A T-Shaped Model for Rethinking Higher Education Programs
April 14, 2027: TBD
… then we will see…

Past Events:
May 13th – Kickoff Event – Lou Freund presenting MyTShape.com (recording)
Lou Freund’s AHFE HSSE Conference Presentation (recording)

(3) Study Guide Series – Jim Spohrer

Next Event: June 17, 7am PT – Series Registration Link (register here)

Past Event:
May 20 (3rd Wednesday) (recording)
April 15 (3rd Wednesday) (recording)

(4) Resources & Servitization – Julie Cook

Next Event: June 10, 7:30am PT Dr. Driton Sahiti, MBA will present Architecting Systemic Value: The SVISS Framework for Innovation and Diagnostics; SVISS is a Bridge for Resource-Intensive Product Companies to transform towards Systems-Aware Service Companies, Series Registration Link (register here)

Past Event: Ali Bigdali Interview – (recording)

(5) ISSIP Live Stream – Kevin Clark

Next Event: June 19, 7am PT – Series Registration Link (register here)
Upcoming Events:
June 19, 2026: Don Norman – Don Norman Design Award (2026 ISSIP Impact to Society Awardee)
July 17, 2026: Tentative, Markus Warg – Translational Service Research and Design Methodology (TSRDM)
August: Break
September: Haluk Demirkan Perspectives TBD (2026 ISSIP Inaugural Founders Mentoring Medal Awardee)
October: TBD
November: Yassi MoghaddamTBD
December: Break
Past Events:
May 29, 2026: Jim Spohrer ISSIP’s Origin Story (recording) (presentation)

(6) Book Author Series – Jim Spohrer

Next Event: Series Registration Link (register here)

Past Event: Itai Green – Innovation or Elimination: Winning in a World of Constant Change – (recording)

Past Event: Martin Fleming – Breakthrough: A Growth Revolution – (recording)

Past Event: Yaron Flint – Innovating Business Development – (recording)

Other upcoming

(7) Progress Update with Board – Michele Carroll, Haluk Demirkan, Jim Spohrer

Next Event: June 24 (Last Wednesday June) – (register here)

Past Event: January 28 (Last Wednesday January) – (recording)

(8) Quarterly Welcome – Vaishali Mane, Jim Spohrer, Michele Carroll

Next Event: July 8 Session 1 5am PT, Session B 5:30pm PT (register here)

Past Event: April 8 (2nd Wednesday of Quarter) – (recording)

(9) Self-nominate to be speak/be interviewed or volunteer to host an interview
Read blog post with more information here.

Finally grateful for 2025 ISSIP Ambassador Series & Hosts

(10) Roundtable on Systems in Service Series – David Ing & Gary Metcalf

Past Event: AI Augmentation and Automation (recording)

Past Event: Pandemic Learnings (recording)

(11) Treasure Hunt – Kevin Clark & Mike Wing

Past Event: Kickoff Event (recording)

(12) Excellence Awardee Interviews – Kevin Clark

Past Event: Excellence in Service Innovation – Overall Winner SMRT bio with Frank Melis (recording)

Past Event: Excellence in Service Innovation – Impact to Society Curious Learning with Tinsley Galyean (recording)

Past Event: Excellence in Service Innovation – Impact to Innovation EarthGrid with Troy Helming (recording)

Past Event: Excellence in Service Innovation – Impact to Business Virtual Engineer with Nikhil PC (recording)