The Professional Development Workshops (PDW) Track will facilitate 90-minute sessions that actively engage ICIS participants to develop, update, and enhance their professional skills in research and teaching. We invite PDW proposals for expert-led, active learning on topics, theories, or methods related to IS research or teaching. In addition to conceptual discussions, we welcome demos and practical interaction with systems. This year, we are especially interested in PDWs that tackle how AI is changing the nature of research. This is an issue that all scientific fields face. We call for PDWs willing to challenge our field to think boldly, differently, and imaginatively. How can the IS research field stay on the front foot as AI changes the many elements of the research workflow (from ideation to impact and back again).

Track Chairs;
Nina (Ni) Huang, University of Miami
Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, The University of Hong Kong
Eric Monteiro, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology

Schedule
2026
Monday, December 14th
12:00 AM

Autonomous Scholarship: An AI-led Research Experience

Martin Bichler, Technical University of Munich
Heng Xu, University of Notre Dame
Nan Zhang, University of Notre Dame
Tobias Zimmermann, University of Münster

12:00 AM

Computational Design in the Age of Generative AI: Opportunities and Demonstrations

Kezia Oketch, University of Notre Dame

12:00 AM

Generative AI and Computational Theory Construction: Challenges and Opportunities

Katharina Drechsler, University of Cologne
Thomas Grisold, Vienna University of Economics and Business

12:00 AM

Human-in-the-Loop AI Research: A Hands-on Workshop on Integrating AI into the Research Workflow

Ryan T. Wright, University of Virginia
Harry Wang, University of Delaware
Dorothy Leidner, University of Virginia
Reza Mousavi, University of Virginia

12:00 AM