Past Conferences
2024 Conference (at Newpark Resort / Park City):
2023 Agenda
This year’s conference will feature two tracks on Saturday morning (as we welcome some new friends from the Utah Ops conference) and be headlined by three distinguished keynote speakers:
- Kelly Herd (Ackerman Scholar – University of Connecticut)
- Rebecca Slotegraaf (Associate Dean – Indiana University)
- Tava Olsen (Deputy Dean – Melbourne Business School)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Welcome Reception (NewPark – Sky Bridge lounge)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2
7 – 7:30 a.m. — Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 10:00 a.m.— Session 1
- Keynote: Kelly Herd (UConn)
- “Managerial Mental Accounting and Project Management,” Manel Baucells (UVA)
- “Free, Paid or Pass – Optimal Vertical Search Participation,” Chris Anderson (Cornell), Jeff Larson (BYU)
10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. — Winter Fun Activities
4:45 – 7 p.m. — Session 2
- “Pivoting and Overconfidence in Entrepreneurial Product Development,” Janne Kettunen (George Washington)
- “Generative AI and Artists: Style and Fair Compensation,” Jeff Dotson (BYU)
- Keynote: Rebecca Slotegraaf (Indiana)
7:30 p.m.— Dinner (Sterling Steak and Lounge)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3
7 – 7:45 a.m. — Breakfast
7:45 – 10 a.m. — Session 3A (PSI)
- “Influencers: To Grow or To Monetize,” Matt Selove, Cristina Nistor (Chapman)
- “Rising from Crowdfunding Failure,” Onochie Fan-Osuala (Wisconsin-Whitewater) Daniel Zantedeschi (South Florida)
- “Food Ordering and Delivery: How Platforms and Restaurants Should Split the Pie,” Jaelynn Oh (Utah)
7:45 – 10 a.m. — Session 3B (Ops)
- “Congestion in the Age of Uber,” Kaitlin Daniels (WashU)
- “Scheduling-induced Health Inequality: Addressing Social Deprivation on Waiting Lists for Elective Surgeries,” Nicos Savva (LBS)
- “Probabilistic Services on a Ride-Hailing Platform,” Amy Pan (Florida)
10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. — Winter Fun Activities
4:30 – 7 p.m. — Session 4
- “Cross-School Collaboration: Innovative Program Potential,” Rohit Verma, Mark Ferguson (South Carolina)
- “Are Female-Led Trials Safer,” Manuel Hermosilla (Johns Hopkins)
- “Why Do Managers Under-Delegate?,” Guillaume Roels (INSEAD)
- Keynote: Tava Olsen (Melbourne)
7:30 p.m.— Dinner (NewPark – SkyBridge Lounge)
1 | Jason Acimovic | Penn State |
2 | Chris Anderson | Cornell |
3 | Manel Baucells | Virginia |
4 | Kostas Bimpikis | Stanford |
5 | Janice Carrillo | Florida |
6 | Mike Carrillo | Florida |
7 | Soo-Haeng Cho | Carnegie Mellon |
8 | Kaitlin Daniels | Washington University |
9 | Jeffrey Dotson | BYU |
10 | Onochie Fan-Osuala | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
11 | Vivek Farias | MIT |
12 | Mark Ferguson | South Carolina |
13 | Kelly Herd | Connecticut |
14 | Manuel Hermosilla | Illinois Chicago |
15 | Bin Hu | UT Dallas |
16 | Elina Hwang | Washington |
17 | Dan Iancu | Stanford |
18 | Yogesh Joshi | Maryland |
19 | Kate Karniouchina | Mills College |
20 | Janne Kettunen | George Washington |
21 | Laura Kornish | Colorado Boulder |
22 | Jeff Larson | BYU |
23 | Panos Markou | UVA |
24 | Ciamac Moallemi | Columbia |
25 | Cristina Nistor | Chapman |
26 | Jaelynn Oh | University of Utah |
27 | Tava Olsen | Melbourne |
28 | Amy Pan | Florida |
29 | Guillaume Roels | INSEAD |
30 | Nicos Savva | LBS |
31 | Glen Schmidt | University of Utah |
32 | Matthew Selove | Chapman |
33 | Johanna Slot | Penn State |
34 | Rebecca Slotegraaf | Indiana |
35 | Ravi Subramanian | Georgia Tech |
36 | Doug Thomas | UVA |
37 | Bo van der Rhee | Nyenrode |
38 | Jan Van Mieghem | Northwestern |
39 | Rohit Verma | South Carolina |
40 | Don Wardell | University of Utah |
41 | Joel Wooten | South Carolina |
2023 Conference (at Newpark Resort / Park City):
Conference Agenda (2023)
This year’s conference will be headlined by two distinguished keynote speakers:
– Laura Kornish (Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, Marketing –Colorado Boulder)
– Kamalini Ramdas (Deloitte Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management Science and Operations –LBS)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2
6:30 – 8:30 PM — Reception and Registration
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
7:00 – 7:30 AM — Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 10:15 AM — Session 1
• “Designing Knowledge-driven Innovation Contests,” Lakshmi Nittala (Dayton), Sanjiv Erat (UCSD)
• “The Effect of Voting Structure on New Product Evaluation Decisions: Advisory Committees at the FDA,“ Panos Markou (UVA), Tian Chan (Emory)
• “The Effect of Influencer Reach on Consumer Engagement and Persuasion Knowledge,“ Cristina Nistor and Charlene Chu (Chapman), Ekin Pehlivan and Taylan Yalcin (CSUCI)
• “The Accuracy of News,“ Yogesh Joshi and Bobby Zhou (Maryland), Chutian Wang (City University of Hong Kong)
10:30 AM – 4:30 PM — Winter fun activities
4:30 – 7:00 PM — Session 2
• “Customer Acquisition in Business Markets: Managing Conflicts at the Marketing-Sales Interface,“ Olivier Rubel (UC Davis), Chen Zhou (South Carolina), Rajdeep Grewal (UNC), Jagmohan Raju (Wharton)
• “Co-creation in New Product Development: Collaborating with a Shared Supplier in the Presence of a Competitor,“ Abhishek Roy (Temple)
• KEYNOTE: Kamalini Ramdas (LBS)
7:30 PM — Dinner
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
7:00 – 7:30 AM — Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 10:15 AM — Session 3
• “Circular Economy Challenges for Innovation,“ Chris Voss (LBS, Warwick), Ad de Jong and Jesper Clement (Copenhagen), Roger Maull (Exeter), Sönnich Sönnichsen (Lund)
• “How Incentives and Biases Impact Product Development and Innovation at Lean Startups,“ Steve Yoo (UCL)
• “Bad Medical News and the Aversion of Generic Drugs,“ Manuel Hermosilla and Andrew Ching (Johns Hopkins)
• “Towards Achieving Mental Health Equity in Underserved Communities: Evaluating the Potential of Mobile Apps,“ Yi Tang, KK Sinha, and Necati Ertekin (Minnesota), Adam Moen (Real EmPowerment Solutions)
10:30 AM – 4:30 PM — Winter fun activities
4:30 – 7:00 PM — Session 4
• “Probabilistic Price Promotions with Zero-price Effect,“ Fredrik Odegaard and Yongqin Lei (Ivey)
• “When Believing is a Stretch: Prosocial Goal Communication in Reward-based Crowdfunding,” Daniel Zantedeschi (USF), Josh Kaisen (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)
• KEYNOTE: Laura Kornish (UC Boulder)
7:30 PM — Closing dinner
2023 Attendees
Conference attendees (2023)
1 | Syd Alavi* | University of Utah |
2 | Chris Anderson | Cornell |
3 | Janice Carrillo | Florida |
4 | Tian Chan | Emory |
5 | Kaitlin Daniels | Washington University |
6 | Jeff Dotson | BYU |
7 | Manuel Hermosilla | Johns Hopkins |
8 | Jin-Hee Huh | Calgary |
9 | Jeremy Hutchison-Krupat | Cambridge |
10 | Yogesh Joshi | Maryland |
11 | Laura Kornish | Colorado Boulder |
12 | Jessie Liu | Johns Hopkins |
13 | Panos Markou | UVA |
14 | Cristina Nistor | Chapman |
15 | Lakshmi Nittala | Dayton |
16 | Fredrik Odegaard | Ivey |
17 | Karthik Ramachandran | Georgia Tech |
18 | Kamalini Ramdas | LBS |
19 | Abhishek Roy | Temple |
20 | Olivier Rubel | UC Davis |
21 | Glen Schmidt | University of Utah |
22 | Matthew Selove | Chapman |
23 | Johanna Slot | Penn State |
24 | Yi Tang* | Minnesota |
25 | Bo van der Rhee | Nyenrode |
26 | Chris Voss | LBS, Warwick |
27 | Don Wardell | University of Utah |
28 | Joel Wooten | South Carolina |
29 | Steve Yoo | UCL |
30 | Daniel Zantedeschi | USF |
*PhD Student