The broad goal of the DIET forum is for practitioners from the information systems (IS) industry and IS academic researchers to meet and understand each other’s work. Though both groups, practitioners and academics, have synergies, IS conferences traditionally have not enabled a forum for them to interact, learn from each other, and gain insights. This forum aims at initiating this interaction through research presentations, round table discussions, pitching competitions, panel discussions, and keynote talks.

Some specific takeaways from the forum would be:

• Insights from leading experts and digital enabled start-ups.
• Policy, research, and practical implications for both academic researchers and practitioners on IT/IS products and services.
• Enhance awareness of both groups about current activities and trends.

The forum will focus on two key domains:

1. Entrepreneurship and Startups – focus on IT products and services startups, the innovations that are underway and being planned, and the challenges faced by entrepreneurs.

2. Digital Transformation and Citizen Services – Focus on issues of digitalization in firms and organizations, and on the vast scope of enabling citizen services through digital platforms, understand the challenges of high-scale, high-diversity populations (as in India).