Keynote & Plenary Addresses

2025

  • 3rd Annual Conference on Information Systems (IRAIS)
    • Keynote Speaker | July 19 | Iranian Scholars Chapter of the Association for Information Systems.

2023

  • 16th Annual Doctoral Consortium, Queensland University of Technology
    • Keynote Speaker | November 23 | School of Information Systems | Brisbane, Australia.

2020

  • Big 12+ MIS Meeting
    • Keynote Speaker | April | Denver, CO. (Postponed due to COVID-19)
  • Virginia Research Seminar Series
    • Keynote Speaker | March | Williamsburg, VA. (Postponed due to COVID-19)

2019

  • SIGPHIL@ICIS Workshop: The End of Theory in IS and Analytics
    • Plenary Keynote | December 15-16 | International Conference on Information Systems | Munich, Germany.
  • ISOneWorld Conference
    • Keynote Topic: “Innovative Theory in a Big Data World”
    • April–May | Las Vegas, NV.

2018

  • SIG-PHIL Workshop (ICIS)
    • Plenary Topic: “Indigenous Theory: Caveats of Moving to the Edges”
    • December | International Conference on Information Systems | San Francisco, CA.

2016

  • JAIS Theory Development Workshop (ICIS)
    • Keynote Speaker | December | International Conference on Information Systems | Dublin, Ireland.
  • 15th Wuhan International Conference on E-Business
    • Keynote Speaker | May–June | Wuhan, China.

2013

  • DIGIT Workshop
    • Panel Keynote Topic: “Embracing Theoretical and Methodological Breakthroughs in IT Adoption and Diffusion”
    • Co-panelists: Bernard Tan and Arun Rai | December | Milan, Italy.

2012

  • 10th Annual International Smartsourcing Conference
    • Keynote Topic: “Three Worlds of Academic Research, Media and Practice in Outsourcing”
    • June | Solbridge International School of Business | Daejeon, South Korea.

2011

  • 12th Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) World Conference
    • Keynote Topic: “The Playground for Information Systems Research: Moving to the Edges”
    • June | Las Vegas, NV.

2010

  • Pacific Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) Doctoral Consortium
    • Keynote Topic: “Launching a Research Career”
    • July | PACIS.
    • Also served as Panelist on “How to do Impactful Research” with R. Agarwal, D. Straub, K. Lyytinen, and J. George.

2009

  • Pre-ICIS Workshop on Enterprise Systems
    • Keynote Topic: “Is IS Research Contributing? Implications for Process and ERP Research”
    • December | Phoenix, AZ.
  • KPMG PhD Project
    • Keynote Topic: “Research Ideas, Projects, Publications & Programs – Talking about Doing”
    • August 5 | San Francisco, CA.
  • 8th Wuhan International Conference on E-Business
    • Keynote Topic: “Aspirations and Contributions of Information Systems Research”
    • June | Wuhan, China.

2008

  • 9th Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) World Conference
    • Presidential Luncheon Keynote Topic: “Musings, Aspirations, and Ideals of Information Systems Research in a Global Environment”
    • Atlanta, GA.

2006

  • 4th Annual Conference on Information Technology and Management
    • Plenary Keynote | July | Sponsored by the Information Institute (USA), CII, and MDI | Chandigarh, India.

2003

  • Second Annual Outsourcing Conference
    • Keynote Speech | August | Sheraton Hotel & Towers | New York, NY.

2000

  • First Global Flexible Systems Management Conference
    • Plenary Address | New Delhi, India.