AMCIS Outstanding Conference Service Leadership Award

About the Award

The AMCIS Outstanding Conference Service Leadership Award was created to recognize members who have made outstanding service contributions to the Americas Conference on Information Systems. 

Qualifications for the Award

The winner of this award should show substantial engagement with AMCIS conferences and/or AMCIS ancillary events in a leadership position over a period of time (minimally, over two years or conferences).

Potential considerations for nominations:

  • Impact on conference
  • Contribution over a period of time
  • Involvement in multiple roles
  • Contribution to community via AMCIS involvement
  • Time commitment required for the position(s) served
  • Jacqueline Corbett,  Université Laval
  • Fiona Nah, Singapore Management University
  • Ramesh Sharda, Oklahoma State University
  • Monica Garfield, Bentley University
  • Marie-Claude (Maric) Boudreau, University of Georgia
  • Amy J. Connolly, James Madison University
  • Alexandre Reis Graeml, Federal University of Technology
  • Ashish Gupta, Auburn University
  • Eleanor T. Loiacono,  College of William & Mary
  • Lakshmi Iyer, University of North Carolina Greensboro
  • Martin Santana, Universidad ESAN
  • Keng Siau, University of Hong Kong
  • Troy J. Strader, Drake University
  • Alanah Mitchell, Drake University
  • Rob Nickerson, San Francisco State University
  • Stacie Petter, Wake Forest University

AMCIS Outstanding Conference Service Leadership Award Committee

The Award Committee shall consist of five members:

  • AIS VP Conferences (Chair)
  • Region One VP
  • A prior AMCIS Conference Chair Representative,
  • A prior AMCIS Conference Program Chair Representative
  • One at large member who has served in a SIG leadership role

The Selection Process

The AIS Outstanding Conference Service Leadership Committee shall widely solicit nominations from members from the Information Systems community. Nominees must be in good AIS membership standing with the association at the time of the award. Nominations will be valid for three (3) years. It is possible that in some years there will be no qualified candidates, in which case there will be no award given. The Chair of the Committee will notify award recipients. New honorees will be inducted and presented with a plaque by the Chair of the Committee and the Region One VP for the conference at a ceremony held at AMCIS each year. The Chair of the Committee will widely announce the names of newly selected honorees. Committee members are ineligible for this award.