Meet the Nominees for VP 2027
Meet the Nominees for ISSIP VP 2027 Please meet the outstanding nominees for ISSIP VP 2027! ISSIP participants are requested to please vote for one candidate (vote here). Kevin Clark Julie Cook Driton Sahiti
Yueming Xu to Manage ISSIP Matching Programs Like Benevity to Grow Funding for ISSIP
In 2024, ISSIP applied to become an approved charity that Benevity would pay matching funds to volunteer hours of employees to, at the urging of former ISSIP president Heather Yurko, then with Mastercard, and successfully became an approved non-profit cause…
ISSIP Student Innovation Award Announced at EURASHE Conference
Competition Opens June 2026 - To Be Awarded January 2027 Exploring collaborations between EURASHE - SMRT.BIO - ISSIP for Student Innovation Awards. Frank Melis (CEO SMRT.BIO and ISSIP Ambassador) is lead and asked me to create this short video to play…
ISSIP 2026 Excellence in Service Innovation Award Program Awardees
ISSIP Announces 2026 Excellence in Service Innovation Awards for Impact to Business, Society and to Innovation Ten Additional Teams Earn Distinguished Recognition for Their Innovations "This year’s submissions represented the best of the ISSIP community across industry, academia, NGO and…
Share Your Work at the 2027 Hawai’i International Conference on the Systems Sciences
It’s time to start planning your submission to the ISSIP-managed minitrack—Practitioner Research Insights: Applications of Science and Technology to Real-World Innovations at the Hawai’i International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), Jan 5-8, 2027, hosted at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on…
Cognitive World and ISSIP Announcement
We’re excited to announce a new strategic collaborative alliance between ISSIP (International Society of Service Innovation and Professionals) and Cognitive World. This collaboration brings together ISSIP’s global community of service innovation leaders, researchers, and practitioners with Cognitive World’s platform for…
Call for contributions: “Discover Internet of Things” (Springer Nature publication)
Collection on "IoT for Intelligent Decision-Making and Human-Centered Service Innovation" Deadline: June 2026. https://link.springer.com/collections/gbbgddjecf The Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved from a network of connected devices into a socio-technical backbone for data-driven, human-centered decision-making. Beyond sensing and connectivity, IoT…
ISSIP Presents 2026 President Prof. Haluk Demirkan with Inaugural Founders’ Mentoring Medal
The International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP) leadership is proud to announce that Professor Haluk Demirkan, the Senior Applied Research Scientist and Technologist, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the ISSIP Founders’ Mentoring Medal. This prestigious award,…
Welcome 2026 Ambassadors
Bringing the total to 146 Current ISSIP Ambassadors to Peer Organizations, Innovation Centers, Initiatives, Journals, and Conferences International Society of Service Innovation Professionals welcomes twenty-eight (28) new Ambassadors on the semi-annual Progress Call with ISSIP Board of Directors January 28,…
ISSIP Elects Christine Ouyang for VP 2026
IBM Distinguished Engineer and ISSIP Ambassador Leader will focus on AI era transformation for organization "I am committed to accelerating ISSIP’s growth by leveraging AI technologies to enhance member engagement, thought leadership, and global impact.” — Dr. Christine Ouyang, 2026…