This week, we welcome Jim Spohrer, Founder & Board Member at the International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP) and Birgit Mager, our Co-Founder & President of the Service Design Network, for a unique cross-community conversation. In this exchange, we’ll explore the overlap between service design and service innovation, two practices driving value creation in…
ISSIP Welcomes Dr. Jochen Wirtz Tuesday 24 June at 8 PM ET / 5pm Pacific, as the coauthor of Generative AI Meets Service Robotics This session will take place on ISSIP Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82742714529?pwd=MhQvfaDOrFYj0ELesC8FzYH6Y53RsI.1 Meeting ID: 827 4271 4529 Passcode: 690677 This session will be moderated by ISSIP Ambassador Kevin Clark who contributed to this paper…
Semi-Annual ISSIP Progress Call Moves to JUNE All global participants welcome – New Format! In response to feedback from our global community about the difficulty of scheduling in July, and a desire for more interactive exchange, ISSIP is adjusting both timing and format of our semiannual Progress Calls with the ISSIP board of directors. Our…
Everyone is welcome to the quarterly welcome facilitated by Vaishali Mane, to share why you connect in ISSIP global Community - and share why you give, what you'd like to get and how you'd like to grow, whether it is to GIVE in a volunteer service role, GET new skills or knowledge, GROW a larger…
Many thanks to the organizers, panelists, and participants for a lively discussion on the topic of AI augmentation and automation across service systems. Recording: https://youtu.be/KmkfRxWwDgk Summary & Chat: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/20250715-roundtable-on-systems-in-service-series-ai-augmentation-and-automation-docx/281643335 Topic: Where can service systems benefit more from Intelligence Augmentation (IA), over AI Automation? Register here. Intelligence Augmentation (IA) enhances and elevates human’s ability, intelligence, and…
The 16th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2025) and the Affiliated Conferences will be in Orlando July 2025! The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of human factors and ergonomics. This will be accomplished through the following…
As a member on the Technical Steering Committee for the Responsible AI Workstream under the Generative AI Commons at the Linux Foundation for Data & AI, Professor Haluk Demirkan led the publication of the Responsible Generative AI Framework (RGAF), released on March 19, 2025. He will give an overview of RGAF which is designed to…
Thank you for attending and/or registering for the ISSIP Quarterly Welcome event on October 8. SessionA_Recording: https://youtu.be/7xDjqniFhrE SessionA_Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/20251008-quarterly_welcome-sessiona-pptx/283745349 SessionB_Recording: https://youtu.be/SAlmIClIJiY SessionB_Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/20251008-quarterly_welcome-sessionb-pptx/283745429 Congratulations Dinesh, Michael and Hemant on sharing knowledge! My Career Journey - Service Design & Strategy (shard with DYPU School Of Architecture): URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hiteshbagai_marchud-on-instagram-design-thinking-innovation-activity-7247665352644395010-UA6r Empowering Rural America - A New Model Emerges By Michael Sotire (August 2, 2010)…
Use code: ISSIPSDGCSDGC25 takes place over 3 days, with workshops on Oct 15 and the main conference program on Oct 16-17. On sale: Early Bird tickets! Register by May 31 to receive a €200 (≈ $225) discount on the regular in-person ticket, and a €50 (≈ $55) discount on the regular virtual ticket. Conference Workshops…
In person event! Ask Jim Spohrer < spohrer@gmail.com> to be added to the calendar invitation for lunch and guided tour.
HICSS-59 The 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) will take place at Hyatt Regency Maui on January 6-9, 2026. The conference hotel is about a 40-50 minute drive from Kahului Airport (OGG). Call for Participation The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) invites submission of: Papers Application for Pre-Conference Doctoral Consortium Application for Pre-Conference Junior…
On Wednesday January 14th, new ISSIP participants are invited to join a zoom meetings to introduce themselves to each others. All ISSIP participants are also welcome to join to meet new participants. Everyone is welcome to share their give-get-grow professional development plans, whether its to give as a volunteer service role, get new skills or…