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Xi Wu is an Assistant Professor at Tilburg University, where she studies how technologies shape the way firms capture and create value. Her work spans digital platforms, open-source software, and intellectual property, drawing on econometrics, analytical modeling, and machine learning.

Nicolai Fabian is an Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen. He studies how emerging technologies such as AI, cloud computing, and Big Data transform organizations, combining computational methods with econometric and configurational approaches. His work has appeared in the European Journal of Information Systems, the Journal of Business Research, and the Communications of the AIS, among others.

Tamara Thuis is an Assistant Professor in AI Ethics and Governance at VU Amsterdam's KIN Center for Digital Innovation. Using qualitative and ethnographic methods, she investigates how organizations put ethical values into practice when developing and deploying AI, and how they navigate an evolving regulatory landscape. She also co-founded EDSA, a foundation bridging academia, government, and industry around real-world AI dilemmas.

With these three presenters joining keynote speaker Eric van Heck, the program now covers a broad range of IS topics. A preliminary schedule is available on the program page; the final order will be confirmed in consultation with the speakers in the coming days.

Throughout his career, Eric has made numerous contributions to researching and teaching of Information Systems both in the Netherlands and internationally. More recently, he published the book Technology Meets Flowers, with the Dutch version Technologie en Tulpen, in which he reflects on circularity and digital innovation in the Dutch flower sector—further demonstrating his longstanding engagement with Dutch research and markets. The entire DISS 2026 team is thrilled to welcome Eric as a keynote speaker, and we look forward to welcoming him, and all of you, to Maastricht. If you already know you will attend, we would appreciate it if you could complete your registration. As this is the inaugural edition of DISS, we face considerable uncertainty regarding participant numbers, which makes logistics and catering planning challenging.