Research Council Meeting IWI-HSG – Spring 2026«When Work Is No Longer Human-Only: Adapting the IT Organization»

Under this guiding theme, the IWI-HSG Spring Research Council Meeting brought together an exclusive group of IT leaders from industry and academia – in the inspiring setting of Kartause Ittingen.

The event opened with a compelling keynote by Sophia Belser, who used real-world examples to illustrate how autonomy and robotics are transforming the way we analyze incidents, build situational awareness, and make decisions under uncertainty.

The following day focused on the most pressing IT topics on participants' agendas, complemented by current research insights from the Institute of Information Management at the University of St.Gallen (IWI-HSG). In an interactive workshop, participants collaboratively developed concrete approaches for how IT organizations can become ready for a world of human-machine collaboration.