ISPC 2026 Aftermovie: Two Days at FHNW Recapped
Before the impressions fade, I cut an aftermovie. It captures two intense days at FHNW. Because this ISPC 2026 aftermovie shows what numbers alone can’t: the atmosphere, the encounters, the moments between the talks.
What Made Two Days at FHNW
On September 10, the E-Commerce Best Practice Day kicked things off. 37 practice-focused talks filled the program. On September 11, the actual ISPC 2026 followed, with ten parallel scientific tracks. According to conference figures, around 100 presentations came together in total. Authors traveled in from over 20 countries and roughly 50 institutions. Richard Geibel opened the second day with his “Strategy 2030.” Three principles carry this strategy, which I already covered in more detail in my last post.
An Award Moment That Stands Out
The raw numbers leave out the personal stories. Here’s one: Tamta Lekishvili and her team won the Best Paper Award. Her winning contribution was “AI-Driven Internationalisation: A Quality Management Framework for Universities.” She also brought a second paper, on AI-driven strategic waste management using Tbilisi as a case study. In her post, she describes the moment as recognition that becomes “especially meaningful” when it happens within such an international environment.
Anastasia Helms was recognized too, as a Young Scientist. She herself describes it as a “meaningful moment” in her academic journey. Moments like these capture exactly what Richard’s “Better Researchers” principle is really about: not just evaluating, but actually supporting people.
Track 8: From E-Commerce to Knowledge Transfer
One track was still missing from my last post: Track 8, “Digital Innovation, Knowledge Transfer & Recommendation Systems.” Yvonne Römer and Manuel Etzkorn moderated it. Both also presented their own paper there, together with Prof. Harald von Korflesch: “From E-Commerce to Knowledge Transfer: A Systematic Literature Review of AI-Driven Recommendation Systems.” It explores which principles from e-commerce recommendation systems can transfer to knowledge-transfer platforms. For Yvonne, it was already her third ISPC appearance this year. As she put it herself: “It almost felt like a reunion.”
Community, Not Just Conference
A comment from Marcel Dulgeridis really made me think. He quoted a line from Nicholas Hänny’s talk: “Community comes from participation.” That, for me, was the thread running through both days. It wasn’t the individual talks that mattered most, but what happened between them: conversations, new contacts, and shared projects that are only just beginning.
My Takeaway
This ISPC 2026 aftermovie is more than a recap. It’s above all a thank-you: to Richard Geibel for the vision, and to Darius Zumstein, Adele Dörner, and Anouk Hodel for organizing everything on the ground. And to everyone who became part of this community through a talk, a comment, or simply by being there.
For more on each day, check out my post on the E-Commerce Best Practice Day and my ISPC 2026 recap. Here’s to ISPC 2027!
The aftermovie and ISPC 2026 itself took place on September 10 and 11 at FHNW in Brugg-Windisch, organized by Prof. Dr. Richard Geibel together with the local team of Prof. Dr. Darius Zumstein, Adele Dörner, and Anouk Hodel.