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August 20 - August 22
COP-PILOT Research Presented at AMCIS 2026 in USA
COP-PILOT was represented at the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2026) in Reno, Nevada, where researchers from the University of Bradford (UBRAD) and OneSource brought the project’s research on edge-cloud technologies, digital infrastructure, and impact evaluation into an international information systems community.
As chairs of the AMCIS mini-track “Edge Computing, AI, and Digital Governance: Towards Inclusive and Accountable Public Administration”, UBRAD and OneSource led discussions on the governance, value, and societal implications of emerging distributed technologies.
A key contribution presented at the conference was the paper “Beyond the Performance Trap: A Multi-Level IS Framework for Valuing Disruptive Technology Transitions.” The paper introduced the Multi-Level IS Value Framework (MIVF), which combines three complementary perspectives (IS Success, IT Business Value, and Digital Infrastructure / Service-Dominant Logic) to assess technology value beyond conventional technical performance metrics.
The framework was illustrated through COP-PILOT’s Smart Energy pilot, examining the transition towards edge-cloud technologies and showing how the same evidence can lead to different conclusions depending on whether value is assessed solely through traditional performance indicators or through technical, organisational and ecosystem perspectives.
The COP-PILOT team also extended the discussion beyond the conference through workshops at the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. These sessions provided opportunities to present the framework, gather feedback from international researchers and critically examine how effectively the approach captures value creation across different technological, organisational and ecosystem contexts.
The participation at AMCIS 2026 strengthened COP-PILOT’s international research and dissemination activities, while opening dialogue around a central project question: how can the value and impact of disruptive Cloud-Edge-IoT technologies be evaluated beyond technical performance, taking into account organisational transformation and wider ecosystem effects.
The conference contribution also demonstrated the growing relevance of COP-PILOT research beyond the project’s pilots, connecting its work on interoperable digital infrastructure and systemic technology transitions with wider international research on digital transformation, information systems and technology value.
