Founded in 1994, the non-profit Association for Information has members in over 100 countries with locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as the Asia-Pacific region. The association publishes prestigious journals, organizes conferences and promotes exchange between individuals and organizations that are world leaders in the research, teaching, practice and study of information systems.
Jan vom Brocke will lead the international association as its 32nd president for three years from July 1, 2025. He is only the third president from the DACHLI region, after Claudia Loebecke (University of Cologne, 11th AIS President) and Helmut Krcmar (Technical University of Munich, 20th AIS President).
“I am delighted about the trust placed in me and the opportunity to help shape the Association. As President, I would particularly like to work towards further increasing the contribution of business informatics to socially and economically relevant challenges,” says Jan vom Brocke.
Jan vom Brocke held the Hilti Chair of Information Systems from 2007 to 2023, was Head of the Institute of Information Systems from 2018 to 2022 and was Vice Rector of the University of Liechtenstein between 2012 and 2018. He is co-founder of the discipline “Process Science”, which uses digital traces and AI methods to analyze and design processes in business and society.