1. SIGOPEN Open Research and Practice Annual General Meeting
December 14, 2015
Ft. Worth, Texas, USA

2. Happy Birthday SIGOPEN!

3. Various Tracks and Special Issues 2001 Onwards
Our History
ICSE Workshops
OSS 2005 Onwards
(IFIP 2.13)
Various Tracks and Special Issues 2001 Onwards
2013 Webinar & ICIS Panel
2013 ECIS
and ICIS Workshops

4. Our Founding Officers
(PRESIDENT) Prof Joseph Feller, University College Cork, IRELAND.
(PRESIDENT ELECT) Prof Matt Germonprez, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA.
(SECRETARY) Dr. Matthew Levy, San Francisco State University, USA
(TREASURER) Dr. Lorraine Morgan, NUI Maynooth, IRELAND

5. The Largest Founding Group in AIS SIG History
Our Founding Members
Prof Pär J. Ågerfalk, Uppsala University, SWEDEN
Dr. JP Allen, University of San Francisco, USA
Dr. Pavel Andreev, University of Ottawa, CANADA
Prof Michel Avital, Copenhagen Business School, DENMARK
Prof Magnus Bergquist, University of Gothenburg, SWEDEN
Dr. Michael Cahalane, UNSW Business School, AUSTRALIA
Prof Kieran Conboy, NUI Galway, IRELAND
Prof Tony Cornford, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Prof Kevin Crowston, US National Science Foundation/Syracuse University, USA
Dr. Sherae Daniel, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Prof Brian Donnellan, NUI Maynooth, IRELAND
Dr. U. Yeliz Eseryel, University of Groningen, NETHERLANDS
Prof Pat Finnegan, UNSW Business School, AUSTRALIA
Prof Brian Fitzgerald, LERO/University of Limerick, IRELAND
Dr. Rob Gleasure, University College Cork, IRELAND
Dr. Sean Hansen, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Scott A. Hissam, Software Engineering Institute, USA
Prof Dirk Hovorka, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Dr. James Howison, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Prof Julie Kendall, Rutgers University, School of Business-Camden, USA
Prof Kenneth E. Kendall, Rutgers University, School of Business-Camden, USA
Dr. Juho Lindman, Hanken School of Economics, Finland
Prof Jan Ljungberg, University of Gothenburg, SWEDEN
Prof Björn Lundell, University of Skövde, SWEDEN
Prof Lars Mathiassen, Georgia State University, USA
Prof Jae Yun Moon, Korea University Business School, KOREA
Dr. Jeff Moretz, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, CANADA
Prof Jeff Nickerson, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Prof Jeffrey Parsons, Memorial University of Newfoundland, NEWFOUNDLAND
Dr. Kai Riemer, Business School, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Prof Matti Rossi, Aalto University, FINLAND
Dr. Daniel Schlagwein, UNSW Business School, UNSW, AUSTRALIA
Dr. Maha Shaikh, Warwick Business School, UK
Dr. Klaas-Jan Stol, LERO/University of Limerick, IRELAND
Prof Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economic Stockholm, SWEDEN
Dr. Brett Young, Georgia Gwinnett College, USA
The Largest Founding Group in AIS SIG History

6. Our Community 40
Founders 9
New Members 25
Listserv Only

7. Our Mission
To promote and support the research of IT-enabled open phenomena, e.g.
Peer Production of Knowledge Goods
Collective Intelligence, Action and Resources
Open Science and Education

8. Our Mission
To promote and support the practice of open approaches and strategies in scholarship, e.g.
Open Access and Data
Open Methods
Building a Scholarly Commons

9. ACTIVITIES IN 2015
(Some official SIG events, others organized by SIG members but not under the SIG banner.)

10. SIGOPEN Developmental Workshop at ECIS 2015 (7 Papers)
Mentors: Feller, Morgan, and Pär Ågerfalk
Reviewers: Levy, Feller, Germonprez, Morgan, Ågerfalk, Sherae Daniel, Pat Finnegan, Michael Cahalane, Jae Yun Moon
Thank you all!

11. Openness and IT Track at ECIS 2015 (14 Papers)
Chairs: Daniel Schlagwein, Feller and Morgan
AE’s: Pavel Andreev, Ivo Blohm, Ulrich Bretschneider, Michael Cahalane, Kevin Carillo, Kieran Conboy, Kevin Crowston, U. Yeliz Eseryel, Patrick Finnegan, Matt Germonprez, Rob Gleasure, Jeremy Hayes, George Kuk, Juho Lindman, Björn Lundell, Attila Marton, Jeffrey Moretz,
Niamh O’Riordan, Timothy Olsen, Pattarawan Prasarnphanich, Matti Rossi, Hendrik Send, Klaas-Jan Stol, Xiaofeng Wang.
Thank you all!
Special thanks to Daniel!

12. SIGOPEN Developmental Workshop at ICIS 2015 (11 Papers)
Chairs/Mentors: Feller, Germonprez, Levy and Morgan
Thank you all!
With support from:
The Lewis Charitable Foundation
via TOTO, University College Cork

13. Openness and Information Technology Special Issue of the
Journal of Information Technology
(due Jan 15)
Special Issue Editors: Daniel Schlagwein, Kieran Conboy,
Joseph Feller, Lorraine Morgan, Jan Marco Leimeister
AE’s: Pavel Andreev, Ivo Blohm, Ulrich Bretschneider, Michael Cahalane, Kevin Carillo, Kieran Conboy, Kevin Crowston, U. Yeliz Eseryel, Patrick Finnegan, Matt Germonprez, Rob Gleasure, Jeremy Hayes, George Kuk, Juho Lindman, Björn Lundell, Attila Marton, Jeffrey Moretz,
Niamh O’Riordan, Timothy Olsen, Pattarawan Prasarnphanich, Matti Rossi, Hendrik Send, Klaas-Jan Stol, Xiaofeng Wang.
Thank you all!
Special thanks to Daniel!

14. Activities Planned for 2016
SIGOPEN Developmental Workshop at ICIS 2016 (mentors and reviewers needed)
SIGOPEN Developmental Workshop at OSS 2016 (IFIP 2.13) (mentors and reviewers needed)
SIGOPEN Track at AMCIS 2016 (3 MT’s) (reviewers needed)
Openness and IT Track at ECIS 2016 (Schlagwein, Conboy, Feller)

15. More Opportunities in 2016
OSS 2016, 30 May - 2 June, Gothenburg, Sweden, Deadline Jan 4
JIT Special Issue, Deadline Jan 15
3rd International Workshop on Crowdsourcing in Software Engineering, at ICSE 2016, May 16, Austin, TX, Deadline Jan 22

16. More Opportunities in 2016
OpenSym 2016, August 17-19, Berlin, Germany, Deadline March 25
ICIS 2016, Dec 11-14, Dublin, Ireland, Tracks on Crowdsourcing, Crowdfunding, Blockchain and the Sharing Economy and on Social Media and Digital Collaboration Deadline May 6.
Special Issue of ISJ on Critical Perspectives on Information Systems and Openness due Sept 30

17. General Plan for SIGOPEN
Summer/Winter “Official” Workshops, evolving into an Workshop/Working Conference alternating model a la IFIP8.2
A track at every major IS conference
Continue to support and promote related events/SI’s
Package WS/Conf/SI expertise so members can proliferate events/publishing opportunities
Fully deploy the SIGOPEN Web
Elect a Social Media officer? Webmaster?
Hold full elections at ICIS 2016 AGM

18. Some Immediate Calls to Action
Join the SIG via AIS website
Join the Listserv
Consume Resources
Submit Papers to all these great WS/Confs/SI’s
Attend Events
Share Resources
Get involved in 2016 Events and beyond