The idea of SIM began during a break session at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) conference held in Las Vegas in August 1968.

[citation needed] The first (founding) conference titled "Bridging the Gap Between the Management Function and Information Technology" with 250 attendees was held at the University of Minnesota on September 8–9, 1969.

Rouse 1985 Carl C. Williams 1986 Peter W.C. Mather 1987 Thomas E. Morin 1988 Paul Berger 1989 John M. Hammitt 1990 Larry Burdin 1991 John Owens 1992 Patricia Wallington 1993 Robert Rubin 1994 Warren Harkness 1995 Harvey Shrednick 1996 James Kinney[6] 1998 John Stevenson[7] 1999 June Drewry[8] | 2000 June Drewry 2001 Raymond Hoving[9] 2002 Steve Finnerty[10] 2003 Ed Trainor[11] 2004 Nancy Markle[12] 2005 Dave Luce[13] 2006 Stephen Pickett[14] 2007 Jim Noble 2008 Bob Keefe[15] 2009 Peter Whatnell 2010 Patricia Coffey 2011 Patricia Coffey 2012 Jim Knight 2013 Jim Knight 2014 Eric Gorham 2015 Eric Gorham 2016 Kevin More 2017 Kevin More 2018 Caren Shiozaki 2019 Caren Shiozaki 2020 Joel Schwalbe 2021 Joel Schwalbe 2022 Leo Pellerin 2023 Leo Pellerin 2024 Joseph Bruin Advanced Practices Council (APC) is a forum for senior IT executives who commission exclusive research and share cross-industry perspectives.

Host Cities 1969 Minneapolis, MN 1970 Washington, D.C. 1971 Denver, CO 1972 Montreal, Quebec 1973 Chicago, IL 1974 San Francisco, CA 1975 New York, NY 1976 Chicago, IL 1977 Los Angeles, CA 1978 Washington, D.C 1979 Minneapolis, MN 1980 Philadelphia, PA 1981 Denver, CO 1982 Chicago, IL 1983 San Diego, CA 1984 Chicago, IL 1985 Boston, MA 1986 Dallas, TX 1987 Seattle, WA 1988 Minneapolis, MN 1989 Atlanta, GA[19] 1990 New York, NY 1991 Chicago, IL[20] 1992 Los Angeles, CA 1993 Washington, D.C.[21] 1994 Salt Lake City, UT 1995 Boston, MA* 1996 San Francisco, CA 1997 Boston, MA 1998 Seattle, WA 1999 Atlanta, GA 2000 San Diego, CA 2001 Philadelphia, PA 2002 Salt Lake City, UT 2003 New York, NY 2004 Chicago, IL[22] 2005 Boston, MA 2006 Dallas, TX 2007 Memphis, TN 2008 Orlando, FL 2009 Seattle, WA 2010 Atlanta, GA 2011 Orlando, FL 2012 Dallas, TX 2013 Boston, MA 2014 Denver, CO 2015 Charlotte, NC 2016 Mohegan Sun, CT 2018 Dallas, TX 2019 Orlando, FL 2020 Austin, TX Rescheduled to Virtual SIM National Executive Retreat 2021 - Amelia Island, FL 2022 - Palm Springs, CA SIM TechExec 2023 - Amelia Island, FL 2024 - Scottsdale, AZ SIM Women is a network inside the Society for Information Management to promote communication, mentorship and career development amongst the female members.

In September 2008 the ladies of Tennessee, Central and South Florida chapters were asked to participate, and Atlanta and Alabama joined in October.

RLF offers a curriculum of intense reading,[24] open exchanges on leadership practices, and interactive learning focusing on team-building, creative thinking and listening skills.

Founded by Richard Dooley, the first RLF was held in Chicago in 1992 and was originally called the "SIM Chapter-Hosted Learning Forum".

The geographic area of Boston Chapter members consists of Eastern and Central Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island.

In the Fall of 1976 Mr. Harris, who was then ClO at Colonial Gas, was at a meeting in Chicago at which SIM National (then called the Society for the Management of Information Systems - SMIS) was encouraging chapter formation.

Harris obtained a listing of SIM members in the Boston area, and called Canty and Dacey to arrange an organizing meeting.

The organizing meetings were held at Babson College through the Fall of 1976 and into the Spring of 1977 and, in addition to Harris, Canty and Dacey, involved Don Brown, Les Ball, Stew Stokes,Chris Bullen and Charles Hewitt.

Besides being known for high-tech manufacturing, Portland is home to the highest number of athletic apparel and outdoor recreation companies in the United States.

In addition, the North American headquarters of Adidas, Keen, Danner Boots, SnowPeak, Poler Outdoor Stuff, Wildfang, and Leatherman.

The St. Louis Chapter of SIM was formed in 2004 through the efforts of Bob Rouse, Eric Gorham, Judy Winkler, David Kocs, Terry Werner and many RLF graduates.

Drawing more than 1,500 participants, high-tech start-ups, vendors and leading speakers, the conference provides a forum for the community to meet and highlight progress and developments.

The Central Connecticut Chapter of SIM was formed in 1990 by James L. Lamoin with the help of Dick Connel, Bruce Anderson, and Jim Gustafson.