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Conference Agenda
DAY 1: Thursday, August 8th
1:00-1:30pm Registration: 6th Floor Pre-Function
2:00-2:50pm - Welcome and Vision Session: Gallery Ballroom (6th Floor)
3:00-4:15pm - Session 1 - Cohort Sessions (Concurrent)
Looking Ahead: PhD Journey (Cohort 1/New Students): Neoclassical (8th Floor)
Here's the scoop on Comps (Cohorts 2+/Pre-Comps): Renaissance (8th Floor)
How Not to Waste Your Third Year (Cohorts 3+/Post-Comps): Realism (8th Floor)
Job Candidate Workshop II (Cohorts 4+): Gallery Ballroom (6th Floor)
4:15-4:30pm - BREAK
4:35-5:30pm - Journal Editor Roundtable: Grand Salon (11th Floor)
5:30-6:00pm - Break
600pm -7:00pm - Dinner: Grand Salon (11th Floor)
7:15 - 8:30pm - Gallery Boardroom - 6th Floor
Keynote: AOM President
Faculty awards, welcoming new members, and acknowledging mid-program milestones.
DAY 2: Friday, August 9th
8:00-10:00am - Breakfast on your own
10:00-11:00am - Session 2: Self-Care and Advocacy (all MDSA members): Gallery Ballroom (6th Floor)
11:00-12:00pm - Session 3: Grand Salon (11th Floor)
Different Career Paths Roundtable
12:00-1:00pm - LUNCH: Gallery Ballroom (6th Floor)
1:00-2:00pm - Session 4 - MDSA Business Meeting (all MDSA members) & Executive Committee Elections: Gallery Ballroom (6th Floor)
Business meeting for MDSA members only.
2:00 -2:15pm - 15 Minute Break
2:15 -3:30pm - Session 5 - Cohort Sessions (Concurrent)
Reading and Writing are Fundamental (Cohort 1): Baroque (8th Floor)
Seeking Out Collaborators and Mentors (Cohort 2): Realism (8th Floor)
Nuts and Bolts of the Dissertation Process (Cohort 3/Post Comps & Pre-Market): Neoclassical (8th Floor)
Negotiating Your First Academic Job (Cohort 4+): Gallery Ballroom (6th Floor)
3:30-3:45pm - 15 Minute Break
3:45-5:00pm - Session 6 - Interorganizational (MDSA-MFCA): Gallery Ballroom (6th Floor)
The Research Process with Herman Aguinis
5:00 - 5:30 - Group Photo & New Faculty Photo: 6th Floor Terrace
5:30-6:30 - Meet the Emerging Students: Gallery Ballroom (6th Floor)
Connect with current and soon-to-be faculty to share opportunities at your institution. Join us to learn more about The PhD Project model and how you can network with—and recruit underrepresented minority faculty via our network.
7:15-9:00 - PhD Project Family Dinner & Recognitions: Offsite at the Downtown Marriot
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
540 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
