Join OB Division leaders, experienced organizers, and recent first-time attendees for practical advice on making the most of your first Academy of Management meeting. The session will also give you a chance to meet other first-time attendees before the conference.

Date: Thursday, June 11th, 14:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2)

🇰🇷🇯🇵 Korea / Japan (KST/JST): 21:00
🇨🇳 China / Singapore (CST/SGT): 20:00
🇮🇳 India (IST): 17:30

🇪🇺 Central Europe (CEST, UTC+2): 14:00
🇬🇧 UK (BST): 13:00

🇧🇷 Brazil (BRT): 09:00
🇺🇸 US East (EDT): 08:00
🇲🇽 Mexico (CDT): 07:00

Who should attend
Doctoral students, junior scholars, and other first-time AOM attendees, especially those based at institutions outside the United States.

Speakers and facilitators
Marie Mitchell is Program Chair of the OB Division and a faculty member at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina. Her research focuses on behavioral ethics, inclusion and exclusion dynamics at work, and destructive workplace behavior and relationships.

Jia “Jasmine” Hu serves as Faculty Programming and Chair of International Partnerships for the OB Division and is a faculty member at the School of Economics and Management and Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University. Her research focuses on prosocial leadership, team effectiveness, and the role of digital technology in leadership and well-being.

Kyle Ehrhardt is an OB Global Committee member, experienced AOM attendee and a faculty member in management at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. His research centers on workplace relationships, diversity, and discrimination, especially how these experiences shape employees’ attitudes toward work and the workplace.

Osahenrumwen Ofumwengbe is a PhD student in Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management. She brings the perspective of a recent AOM attendee, having attended the Annual Meeting in Chicago for the first time two years ago.

Maria Funk is a research associate at Technische Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on how organizations can strategically manage a diverse workforce by strengthening inclusive social processes. She also brings the perspective of a recent first-time AOM attendee, having attended last year for the first time.

Program
Welcome and introduction
Panel: practical tips for first-time AOM attendees
Audience Q&A
Small-group networking and discussion

For questions, please contact Kyle Ehrhardt (CU Denver) at kyle.ehrhardt@ucdenver.edu

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Professor Frank T. Rothaermel will be the recipient of the 2026 STR Outstanding Educator Award for his contributions and impact on MBA/Executive teaching. Frank T. Rothaermel is a Regents’ Professor, the highest academic rank in the University System of Georgia. He holds the Russell and Nancy McDonough Chair in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is an Alfred P. Sloan Industry Studies Fellow. 

Prof. Rothaermel will be recognized in the Award Session at the 2026 AOM Annual Meeting, where he will provide a keynote speech. We hope to see you all in the award session to celebrate Professor Rothaermel.

Professor Sidney G. Winter will be the recipient of the 2026 STR Distinguished Scholar Award. Sidney Winter is the Deloitte and Touche Professor of Management, Emeritus, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  Prof. Winter will be recognized in the Award Session at the 2026 AOM Annual Meeting, where he will provide a keynote speech. 

(posted on behalf of @Trenton Williams, Program Chair) 

Dear Entrepreneurship Division Members,

As we prepare for this year’s Academy of Management conference, I want to extend my sincere thanks to all of you who stepped forward to serve as reviewers for our program. With more than 1,400 submissions this year, the success of our program quite literally depends on your willingness to engage in this process. Your time, care, and thoughtful feedback are what make it possible for us to maintain the quality and rigor of our division.

As I stated in my call for reviewers, you do a great service to our community when you jump in and provide constructive feedback to others—even if an assigned paper does not fit just right (or seemingly not at all!) with your expertise. As the program chair, I see the human side of this, and so I thank you for doing the best you can. Sometimes you are providing feedback to a first time submitter. Other times to someone jumping back into research who is nervous yet eager to reengage. And also there are very experienced faculty members seeking critical input on their work. Regardless, we all are in need of feedback for our work—so thank you for providing that!

Reviewing, I know, is not always on the top of one’s list of joyful activities each year. However, if each of us is able to review even 1-3 papers each year then we would dramatically increase the quality, quantity, and value of feedback we all receive. Indeed, the cumulative effect of each person chipping in to review is what makes our division's program one of the strongest at AOM.

A few quick things as we head into the conference:

Sign up to review for next year— please! The easiest way to make sure we can keep making AOM a positive experience for submitters and participants is to set a reminder for yourself to review for AOM next year! I encourage you to sign up and make reviewing part of your annual community-engagement calendar (aom.org/events/reviewer-sign-up) 

The program is continuing to take shape. AOM is working hard to finalize session and doing their best to navigate the multiple commitments many of you have. We encourage you to review the AOM Annual Meeting page for general updates. Division-specific updates will come through the Entrepreneurship Division channels.

In-person submission constraints, and other outlets/options. Poster presentations and online program submissions both saw a meaningful uptick this year, and AOM is clearly leaning into virtual participation as a way to grow beyond the physical limits of the in-person event. This is great because as we grow, we face limitations in physical space needed to host sessions. 

Why does this matter for you? Unfortunately, we were only able to accept about 50% of submissions this year due to space constraints in the physical venue. However, for online presentations and to some degree the poster sessions, these constraints are not as severe. As you plan future submissions, we encourage you to consider these pathways for getting your work into AOM. In particular, posters and online sessions might be a great option for those new to AOM hoping to increase their chances of getting their work accepted. 

Again, thank you for engaging with us as a division! We’re honored that you’re a member of the division and we value each of you and your unique contributions. I hope that if you spot me at the conference that you will please come say “hello.” Please do know that you’re an essential member of our community and we hope you’ll continue to engage with us for many years to come.

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