In a vote among the members of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), the global association for business informatics/information systems, Prof. Jan Marco Leimeister was elected Vice President Education. He will take up this position on September 1, 2021.

In this role, he is involved in all decisions of the global association as a member of the AIS Council / Executive Committee. In particular, he is responsible for research-oriented teaching and education in the field of business informatics/information systems.

With over 4,800 academic members in 98 countries, the AIS is the global association for researchers in the field of information systems. One of its most important goals is to develop solutions for the "grand challenges" of our society through information systems research and teaching. This also takes place at the major annual conferences, including the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), for which Prof. Leimeister has already assumed the important role of Program Chair in the past (ECIS 2014 and ICIS 2019)