2022 PDMA Doctoral Consortium

July 26-29, 2022
5-12:30 p.m.

2022 PDMA Doctoral Consortium Agenda

Tuesday, Jul 26

5-7 p.m.

Welcome Reception

The Embassy Suites-Rooftop Lounge (507 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902)

Wednesday, Jul 27

7-8:10 a.m.

Breakfast

Hotel: The Embassy Suites

8:15-8:30 a.m.

T-bus from hotel to Haslam Building

Pick up at Hotel

8:30-9 a.m.

Registration/Conference Check-in

Haslam Business Building (HBB 501)

9-9:15 a.m.

Welcome comments

  • Bruce Behn (Deloitte Professor in Accounting and Associate Dean for Graduate and Executive Education)
  • Lonnie Love (Corporate Fellow, MDF)
  • Conference Co-organizers: Neeraj Bharadwaj & Yazhen (Sophie) Xiao

HBB 501

9:15-10:30 a.m.

Faculty Session 1: Meet the Journal of Product Innovation Management Editors

  • Charles H. Noble (University of Tennessee) and Jelena Spanjol (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich)

HBB 501

10:30-11 a.m.

Break

Outside of HBB 501

11-12:30 p.m.

First Round of Student Presentations

Room leaders:
  • Deepa Chandrashekaran (University of Texas at San Antonio: 316)
  • Janell Townsend (Oakland University: 334)
  • Mike Stanko (North Carolina State University: 506)
  • Minu Kumar (San Francisco State University: 532)
  • Subin Im (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga: 534)

HBB: 316, 334, 506, 532, 534

12:30-2 p.m.

Lunch

Lunch talk (1:00pm-1:45pm) - featuring former JPIM Editors:
  • Gloria Barczak (Northeastern University)
  • Tony Di Benedetto (Temple University)
  • Abbie Griffin (University of Utah)

HBB 501

2-3 p.m.

Final Round of Student Presentations

HBB 501

3-3:30 p.m.

Break

Outside of HBB 501

3:30-5 p.m.

Speed Round Interactions

Room Leaders:
  • BJ Allen (Brigham Young University: 316)
  • Alan Malter (University of Illinois at Chicago: 334)
  • Ravi Mehta (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 506)
  • Prasad Naik (University of California at Davis: 532)
  • Pravin Nath (Clemson University: 534)

HBB: 316, 334, 506, 532, 534

5:05-5:20 p.m.

T-bus from Haslam Building to hotel

6-9 p.m.

Dinner and Bowling

Maple Hall Bowling Alley

Thursday, Jul 28

7-8:10 a.m.

Breakfast

The Embassy Suites

8:15-8:30 a.m.

T-bus from hotel to Haslam Building

Pick up at Hotel

8:45-9 a.m.

Welcoming Comments and Day Overview

  • Alex Zablah (Department Head, Marketing and Gerber/Taylor Professor)
  • Conference Co-organizers: Neeraj Bharadwaj & Yazhen (Sophie) Xiao

HBB 501

9-10:15 a.m.

Faculty Session 2: Research Perspectives on Innovation (A)

  • Alina Sorescu (Texas A&M)
  • Sundar Bharadwaj (University of Georgia)
  • Rebecca Slotegraaf (Indiana University)
  • Gerard Tellis (University of Southern California)

HBB 501

10:15-10:45 a.m.

Break

Outside of HBB 501

10:45-12:15 p.m.

Faculty Session 3: Research Perspectives on Innovation (B)

  • Sebastian Hohenberg (University of Texas, Austin)
  • Jakki Mohr (University of Montana)
  • Abhishek Borah (INSEAD)
  • Emily Garbinsky (Cornell)
  • Vinod Venkatraman (Temple University)
  • Unnati Narang (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

HBB 501

12:15-12:50 p.m.

Box Lunch

HBB 501

12:50-1:30 p.m.

Shuttle to Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Pick up at 916 Volunteer Blvd

1:30-2:45 p.m.

ORNL Tour (I) - Manufacturing Demonstration Facility

Manufacturing Demonstration Facility Tour (3D printing)

Pick up at ORNL

3:30-4:45 p.m.

Fab Lab Tour

  • James Rose (Distinguished Lecturer, Architecture and Director, Institute for Smart Structures, University of Tennessee)

Fab Lab

4:45-5:15 p.m.

Shuttle to Hotel

Drop off at Hotel

6-9 p.m.

Dinner

Jackson Terminal

Friday, Jul 29

7-8:10 a.m.

Breakfast

Hotel: The Embassy Suites

8:15-8:30 a.m.

T-bus from Haslam Building to hotel

Pick up at hotel

8:45-10 a.m.

Faculty Session 4: Career Perspectives

  • Ahmet Kirca (Michigan State University)
  • Aric Rindfleisch (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Nooshin Warren (University of Arizona)

HBB 501

10-10:30 a.m.

Break

HBB 501

10:30-12 p.m.

Idea Generation and Writing Workshop

  • Tim Pollock (Distinguished Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Tennessee)
  • S.P. Raj (Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Syracuse University)

HBB 501

12-12:30 p.m.

Wrap Up & Box Lunch

HBB 501