CPR

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the annual Computers and People Research Conference -- ACM SIGMIS CPR 2016. For more than 50 years, ACM SIGMIS CPR has engaged the academic and practitioner communities in understanding the issues related to the information technology (IT) workforce. Increasingly, IT empowers organizations and communities to improve the world around them through positive connection, interaction, and presence. The ways that we engage, understand and communicate around major events in communities, on the national landscape, and in the media has solidified a legitimate role for technology for years to come. As a result, we selected the conference theme of organizational and social movements enabled by IT.

The papers, posters and panels within the proceedings address themes related to the recruitment, retention and turnover of IT professionals, demand for their skills and talents, their readiness for the workplace, and topics in IS education and management. This year, several papers, posters and panels specifically focus on organizational and social movements themes related to smart cities, the sharing economy, making Black lives matter, social media collaboration in virtual teams and emerging technologies. We also encourage attendees to attend the keynote presentation entitled "Organizational Design" by Dr. Scott Bernard who currently serves as the U.S. Federal Chief Enterprise Architect at the Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President. His valuable and insightful talk will guide us to a better understanding of a holistic enterprise architecture framework. We hope these proceedings serve as a valuable reference for computer and people researchers and practitioners in the coming years.