Association for Information Systems

The Association for Information Systems (AIS) is an international, not-for-profit, professional association for scholars of information systems that was established in 1994. It brings together teachers, researchers, and managers who study how people and technology work together. The AIS shares ideas through journals, conferences, and meetings for people who are learning or teaching about information systems.

The association is led by a president who is chosen each year from one of three areas of the world—the Americas, Europe and Africa and Asia-Pacific—taking turns. The group that makes decisions includes leaders chosen from these same areas.

The AIS holds four big meetings each year for people who study information systems. One of these is the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), which moves between the three areas of the world. There are also three smaller meetings: the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), and the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS). These meetings help everyone share what they have learned.

European Conference on Information Systems

The European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) is an annual event for people who study and work with information systems and technology. It is connected to the Association for Information Systems. Since 2017, ECIS has been the main conference for this area in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

ECIS is a top event for sharing ideas and research about information systems. It includes discussions and presentations of carefully chosen research papers. The first ECIS conference was held in 1993 in Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom.

Publications

The Association for Information Systems shares knowledge through many important journals. Some of these journals are the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, and AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction. There are also journals connected to the association, like Business & Information Systems Engineering and Management Information Systems Quarterly.

All of these journals are available in the AIS eLibrary. Members can access this library to read and learn from the many articles and studies published by the association.

LEO Award

Since 1999, the Association for Information Systems has given out the Leo Award each year to people who have done amazing work in the study and use of information systems. Many important experts in this field have received this award over the years.

Some of the people who have won the Leo Award include C. West Churchman, Börje Langefors, Enid Mumford, Jay Nunamaker, Paul Gray, Frank Land, John F. Rockart, William Richard King, Rob Kling, Andrew B. Whinston, Izak Benbasat, Ephraim McLean, Dewald Roode, M. Lynne Markus, E. Burton Swanson, Bob Galliers, Rudy Hirschheim, Kalle Lyytinen, Allen Lee, Vallabh Sambamurthy, Ritu Agarwal, Arun Rai, Cynthia Beath, Varun Grover, Suzanne Rivard, Geoff Walsham, and Sudha Ram.

Other Awards

The Association for Information Systems gives out several awards. These include prizes for the best papers in the field and for educational success.