About Global AIS Digest
Global AIS Digest is an independent, reader-supported online publication that tracks the chapter-level activity of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) community worldwide. We are not affiliated with the AIS itself, with any individual chapter, with any university, or with any vendor or sponsor.
Our editorial premise is straightforward: the AIS has dozens of national, regional, and special-interest chapters around the world, each running its own annual symposia, workshops, doctoral consortia, and member activities. Most of this activity is reported only locally — in chapter newsletters, on individual conference websites, or through fragmented social channels. We aggregate it.
What we cover
- Annual symposia, workshops, and conferences hosted by AIS chapters globally
- Doctoral consortia and early-career programs run under chapter auspices
- Chapter leadership transitions, founding announcements, and structural milestones
- Research trends emerging from specific national and regional IS communities
- The role of AIS chapters in emerging-economy research capacity building
Coverage approach
We aim for short, factually accurate, contextualized reporting — closer to a trade publication than to a peer-reviewed venue. Where we attend an event, we note our presence. Where we rely on chapter announcements, program PDFs, or secondary sources, we say so. We try to write at a level that is useful both to IS scholars who want to keep track of regional activity outside their immediate orbit and to early-career researchers deciding where to submit work or build community.
Independence and funding
The Digest is produced by a small distributed editorial team and operates without paid sponsorship, advertising, or institutional funding. We do not run sponsored content and we do not accept compensation for coverage decisions. Hosting and infrastructure costs are minimal and currently covered by the editors directly.
Corrections
We welcome corrections and clarifications. Please write to the editorial address in the site footer; published corrections are noted at the foot of the relevant article.