Journal of Operations Management Mini-Conference Agenda

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We are pleased to announce a 1.5-day JOM mini-conference to be held at Texas A&M University on January 31 – February 1, 2020.  This event will consist of workshop and panel sessions designed to incubate research in JOM’s departments and upcoming special issues.  It will provide a venue in which to discuss some key opportunities and developments such as intervention-based research, design science, and empirically grounded analytical modeling.  The agenda is still being finalized. Due to capacity limitations, the mini-conference will be open to the first 75 registrants.

Friday, January 31, 2020

Tour of Texas A&M Campus (Optional) – 10:00-12:00 pm Start at Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center

Mays Business School (Bus Stop Wehner N) is accessible from nearby the Hotel via Bus Route 6 (12th Man): https://transport.tamu.edu/busroutes/Routes.aspx?r=06

Friday, January 31, 2020- Venue: Mays Business School (Remote Access via Skype: Search for Xenophon Koufteros and ask to connect for entire Friday afternoon session)

1:00-1:15   Welcome (Wehner 190)

1:15-2:15   Session 1 (Wehner 190):   Principles of Intervention-based Research (IBR)

Rogelio Oliva – AE, JOM; TAMU

2:15-2:30   Coffee/Tea Break (Wehner 183)

2:30-3:15   Session 2 (Wehner 190):  Pinpointing where IBR is most likely to pay off

Aravind Chandrasekaran – DE, JOM; OSU

3:15-3:30   Coffee/Tea Break (Wehner 183)

3:30-4:45   Session 3 (Wehner 190): Editor Panel:  How to incubate research for top journals

Tyson Browning – co-EIC, JOM; TCU

Xenophon Koufteros – co-EIC, Decision Sciences Journal; TAMU

Laszlo Tihanyi – EIC, Academy of Management Journal; TAMU

Suzanne de Treville – co-EIC, JOM; UNIL

6:00-8:00  Conference Dinner (included) (Casa do Brasil)

 

Saturday, February 1, 2020 – Venue: Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center (Remote Access via Skype: Search for Xenophon Koufteros and ask to connect for entire morning session)

8:30-9:00   Breakfast (included)

9:00-10:00 Session 4Keynote Presentation: The stages of knowledge revisited, art to science and vice versa (Room: OAK)

Roger Bohn, UCSD

10:00-10:15   Coffee/Tea Break

10:15-11:45  Session 5:  Panel – Empirically grounded analytics (EGA) (Room: OAK)

Roger Bohn, UCSD

Aravind Chandrasekaran – DE, JOM; OSU

Dan Guide, Former EIC, JOM; PSU

Rogelio Oliva – AE, JOM; TAMU

Suzanne de Treville – co-EIC, JOM; UNIL

11:45-12:45 Conference Lunch (included)

12:45-2:15   Session 6:  Workshop Breakout Sessions

Session 6a: Technology Management in a Global Context: From Enterprise Systems to Technology Disrupting Operations and Supply Chains (Special issue research incubator) (Remote Access via Skype: Search for Xenophon Koufteros and ask to connect) (Room: OAK)

Greg Heim – DE, JOM; TAMU

David Peng – AE, JOM; UH

Session 6b: Intervention-based Research (IBR) incubator (Remote Access via Skype: Search for Xenophon Koufteros 2 and ask to connect)  (Room: REVEILLE)

Aravind Chandrasekaran – DE, JOM; OSU

Rogelio Oliva – AE, JOM; TAMU

2:15-2:30      Coffee/Tea Break

2:30-4:00   Session 7:  Workshop Breakout Sessions

Session 7aMobility, Climate Change, and Economic Inequality (special issue research incubator) (Remote Access via Skype: Search for Xenophon Koufteros and ask to connect) (Room: OAK)

Merieke Stevens – Guest Editor, JOM; Erasmus University

Session 7bInnovation and Project Management (research incubator) (Remote Access via Skype: Search for Xenophon Koufteros 2 (Room: REVEILLE)

Anant Mishra – DE, Innovation and Project Management, JOM; UM

Tyson Browning – co-EIC, JOM; TCU

4:00-4:15   Coffee/Tea Break

4:15-5:00   Session 8: Methodological “Dos” and “Don’ts” for JOM (Remote Access via Skype: Search for Xenophon Koufteros and ask to connect) (Room: OAK)

Mikko Rönkkö – DE, JOM; University of Jyväskylä

5:00-5:15   Debrief and Closing Remarks (Room: OAK)

5:15 Adjourn