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

2022 Conference (at Newpark Resort / Park City):