Founded in 2012 by IBM, Cisco, HP and a small cadre of leading universities, the International Society of Service Innovation Professionals supports the development of people-centered, data-intensive innovation that benefits business, economy, and society. Today ISSIP is: A global community of more than 1500 members, representing 300+ companies and 200+ universities in 42 countries. Recognized for semi-annual Discovery Summits featuring business and thought leaders in 'deep-dive' dialogue on topics and trends important to service innovation And annual ISSIP Service Excellence awards, presented in recognition of projects, service, product features and initiatives with positive impact on 1. Business, 2. Society, and 3. Innovation. ISSIP has more than 50 Ambassadors to peer entities (Membership Associations and other organizations who are focused on co-creating value of mutual member benefit. ISSIP Membership is (currently) free to individuals and structured in tiers for Institutional Members, across the spectrum of value co-creation opportunity - from speaking, writing, researching and publishing of peer-reviewed research and insights to leveraging the ISSIP platform to effect global, positive change. Please go to www.issip.org for more.