• ISSIP Progress Update with Board: All Welcome!

    ISSIP Progress Update - Jan 28 Event - Final Event Materials Presentation (ISSIP Slideshare): https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/20260128-progress-update-with-board-presentation-pptx/285723377 Recording (ISSIP YouTube): https://youtu.be/RXxw414wMFQ Minutes: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/20260128-progress-update-with-board-minutes-docx/285723514 Presentation with embedded videos (ISSIP Google Drive): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1T6fGCaep_MR0Xd0vPqalGZG2QaMXbAAb/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105937985217136001453&rtpof=true&sd=true The final Wednesday of  the month of January and June are always reserved for the twice annual ISSIP Presidents' Progress Update with Board of Directors: Everyone Welcome! update zoom meeting.…

  • Rethinking Work in an Unbounded World: Challenges and Opportunities for Individuals and Teams

    On behalf of Professors Sumita Raghuram and Elisa Mattarelli, we are pleased to invite you to attend an LCOB School of Management and U.S. National Science Foundation sponsored one-day academic workshop: Rethinking Work in an Unbounded World: Challenges and Opportunities for Individuals and Teams This one-day academic workshop brings together leading scholars and practitioners to…

  • Quarterly Welcome of New Participants

    On Wednesday April 8th, 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…

  • IHIET-AI 2026 Conference – Valencia, Spain

    Conferences

    You are cordially invited to submit an abstract for paper presentation or poster demonstration at the 16th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications (IHIET-AI 2026) which will be held at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, April 23-25, 2026. (https://www.ihiet-ai.org). The scientific and technical program looking great and available online: https://www.ihiet-ai.org/program.html IHIET-AI 2026 will be…

  • TShape Development – ISSIP Speaker Series

    Weekly Speaker Series

    Next Upcoming Event When: Wednesday May 13th, 2026 (Kick-off 2026 Series) Times (USA PT/ET, Europe CET, Australia AEST): 9am PT/12noon ET, 18:00 CET, 0:200 AEST Series Topic and Host On 2nd Wednesday of each month, all those interested in T-Shaped Development are invited to this series of interviews, talks, and panels. Jim Spohrer and Lou Freund are…

  • The Spring Servitization Conference & Doctoral Symposium

    Bochum, Germany
    Conferences

    SSC2026 | Servitization as a Multilevel Transformation: Business Models, People, Organisations, and Ecosystems The Spring Servitization Conference (SSC2026) is dedicated to understanding how organisations develop and adapt their business models through servitization and advanced services. The 2026 conference will be held in Bochum, Germany, with the overall theme of ‘Servitization as a Multilevel Transformation: Business Models,…

  • For-Fee Credentials and Curriculum Planning and Development

    Discovery Summits

    On the 3rd Wednesday of Every Month in 2026, ISSIP leaders will be convening the ISSIP For-Fee Credentials and Curriculum Planning and Development - Cadence Meetings. All ISSIP participants are also welcome to join to discuss their favorite service innovation topics (tools & methods, etc.) The co-hosts are Haluk Demirkan, Andrea Biancini, and Jim Spohrer…

  • AI as a Service Series

    Discovery Summits

    AI as a Service Series Chair - Cecilia Lee Next Event: May 20, 1pm PT – Jim Spohrer Interview – (register here) Upcoming event When: Wednesday, May 20th, 2026 Time: USA PT/ET 13:00/16:00,  Europe CET 22:00 CET, Asia Singapore 7:00 Chair: Cecilia Lee (ISSIP Ambassador) Speaker(s):  Jim Spohrer All those interested in "AI as a Service" are invited to…

  • ISSIP Progress Update with Board: All Welcome!

    Governance

    The final Wednesday of  the month of January and June are always reserved for the twice annual ISSIP Presidents' Progress Update with Board of Directors: Everyone Welcome! update zoom meeting.  All ISSIP participants are welcome to join in, and Board members provide their perspectives and priorities at the end of the one hour online meeting.…

  • 2026 Frontiers In Service

    Helsinki, Finland
    Conferences

    The Frontiers in Service Conference is the world’s leading annual event for service research. In 2026, the conference will be hosted by the Hanken School of Economics in the heart of Helsinki from June 29 to July 2, bringing together top scholars and thought leaders to explore the future of service. Frontiers in Service -…

  • Quarterly Welcome of New Participants

    Governance

    On Wednesday July 8th, 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…

  • AHFE 2026 International Conference

    Istanbul, Turkey
    Conferences

    The Human Side of Service Engineering (HSSE) Conference is organized within the framework of the International Conference  on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) as an Affiliated Conference. IIf there is any one element to the engineering of service systems that is unique, it is the extent to which the suitability of the system for…