AIS SIG Advances in Sourcing Pre-ICIS Event, December 4th 2023 The AIS SIG Advances in Sourcing is inviting you to attend our annual meeting that will be virtual and will take place as PRE-ICIS event, December 4th 2023, 9:00am-12:00pm CET. We prepared an exciting program for these 3 hours: 9:00am - 9:15am Annual General Meeting - Review of SIG Sourcing activities last 12 months - Voting for SIG leadership roles for 2024-2025 9:15am - 10:45am: Keynote speaker, Thomas Fischer, PhD: "The IS Sourcing Journey of a Swiss Bank - An Insider's Perspective" 9:45am-10:00am: Awards ceremony 10:00am – 12:00pm: paper development workshop We invite extended abstracts that investigate topics relating to outsourcing, offshoring, crowdsourcing and platforms. In particular, the workshop will endeavor to present the views from client, supplier, platform owner, platform complementors and advisory, from strategic, operational and social perspectives. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this workshop are: • Sourcing decision making • Sourcing configurations (multi-sourcing etc.) • Supplier and client capabilities and competences • Contractual and relational governance • Sourcing eco-systems • Impact sourcing • Cloud services • Crowdsourcing • Digital platforms (e.g. role of platforms in sourcing) • Captive (in-house) and shared service centres • Backsourcing/re-shoring • Innovation in outsourcing/offshoring • Cultural and social aspects of sourcing practice • Sustainability and the impact on sourcing • ML/AI sourcing services • Emerging topics and concepts in sourcing not covered above We are interested in papers that are both conceptual and empirically-based. Extended abstract should not exceed 5 pages (double spaced) excluding references Important Dates November 15th: Deadline to submit extended abstract to ilan.oshri@auckland.ac.nz<mailto:ilan.oshri@auckland.ac.nz> with the title: SIG SOURCING SUBMISSION November 20th: Accept/reject decisions December 4th: Workshop We look forward to your submissions and to see you online December 4th. Ilan On behalf of the SIG Sourcing team.