Are you curious about how non-verbal communication shapes our understanding of the future? Wonder how you can use non-verbal and multimodal data to study what lies ahead? Or are you interested in leveraging multimodal means of communication to co-create and actively shape the future?
Join us at this year’s Academy of Management Meeting for our two-part PDW on “New Ways of Seeing: Non-Verbal and Multimodal Approaches to the Future”, where we will explore how visual, material, spatial, and multimodal resources can be used to engage with futures—whether through future making, imagined futures, or in the broader contexts of sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Sponsored by OMT, SIM, SAP, STR, and TIM divisions, this PDW is open to all AOM 2025 attendees, although we welcome you to submit an extended abstract and indicate your preferred roundtable(s) for Part 2.
Date/Time: Friday, July 25, 2025, 12:30PM - 2:30PM CEST (GMT+2/UTC+2)
Location: Design Museum Denmark (Bredgade 68, 1260 København)
Part 1: Panel Presentations
We will kick off the PDW with presentations featuring expert inputs highlighting the conceptual, empirical, and impact-centered potential of non-verbal and multimodal approaches to the future.
Panelists: Paolo Aversa (King’s College London), Eva Boxenbaum (Copenhagen Business School), Tim Hannigan (U. of Ottawa), Renate Meyer (WU Vienna), Jennifer Whyte (U. of Sydney)
Part 2: Breakout Roundtable Session (Pre-registration encouraged)
The presentations will be followed by a breakout roundtable session with semi-structured discussions focused on specific topics. Participants will receive feedback from leading scholars and fellow participants on new research ideas or challenges encountered in current projects.
Roundtable Topics and Facilitators:
#1: Future-making and visual artefacts
Luigi Mosca (Imperial), Matthias Wenzel (Leuphana), Jennifer Whyte (U. of Sydney)
#2: Multimodal approaches to imagined futures
Markus Höllerer (UNSW Sydney), Renate Meyer (WU Vienna)
#3: Gesture, materiality, space in creativity, pitches, and innovation
Paolo Aversa (King’s College London), Jean Clarke (EM Lyon), Maria Laura Toraldo (U. of Milan)
#4: Non-verbal resources, sustainability, impact, and stakeholder engagement
Eva Boxenbaum (CBS), Jean-Pascal Gond (Bayes Business School), Birthe Soppe (U. of Innsbruck)
#5: Big data, hype, entrepreneurship, and AI
Tim Hannigan (U. of Ottawa), Christine Moser (VU Amsterdam)
How to pre-register?
While formal pre-registration is not required, we encourage you to send a brief summary (1-2 pages max) of your research interests related to the roundtable topic and preferred roundtable(s) to ines.kuric@wu.ac.at by July 10, 2025 for targeted feedback and a more engaging discussion.
We look forward to seeing you in Copenhagen!
Luigi Mosca (Imperial Business School), Ines Kuric (WU Vienna), & Markus Höllerer (UNSW Sydney)
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Luigi Mosca
Imperial College London
London
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