Dear Colleagues:
You are cordially invited to attend the 2012 meeting of the Eastern Academy
of Management at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, Philadelphia, PA from May 9
to May 12, 2012.
Our conference this year offers a host of opportunities scholarship in
research and teaching, a superb location in the heart of downtown
Philadelphia, and the collegial atmosphere that characterizes EAM meetings.
This year the research and teaching sessions are organized into 14 tracks,
covering the range of traditional management disciplines. We also have an
exciting and challenging conference theme, Implications of Technology for
Todays Managers: Opportunities and Challenges, that includes symposia, a
keynote presentation, panel discussions, traditional research, professional
development sessions, exercises and cases. With the traditional sessions and
theme-related presentations, the EAM conference this year promises to be one
you will not want to miss.
In addition to traditional academic sessions, this years conference
features distinguished panels and presentations by both academic and
corporate leaders, as well as a variety of professional development
workshops interspersed within the traditionally scheduled research sessions
(ranging from topics such as grant writing to teaching methodologies). The
conference also offers three open-enrollment Consortia focused on career
issues of doctoral students, junior faculty, and mid-career/senior faculty.
Information about the Consortia can be found at
https://eamconference.org/EAMConsortia2012.pdf . This year we will also be
offering a Teaching Boot Camp sponsored by EAM and OBTS on Wednesday
afternoon from 1pm 6 pm. Information on this can be found at
http://obts.org/workshops. Both of these require preregistration. Finally,
our evening welcoming buffet held in the hotel ballroom offers a fun way to
start of the conference (pre-payment is required, please see the conference
registration page). We are putting the final touches on our full program
schedule, and you can see the preliminary program at:
https://eamconference.org/programschedule.asp.
HOTEL ROOMS
The EAM has negotiated a significantly discounted room rate for meeting
attendees at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in downtown Philadelphia
(http://philadelphia.doubletree.com ). We strongly recommend that you book
your hotel room as soon as possible, as the hotel rate is guaranteed until
April 9th. Information on hotel bookings can be found through the conference
website at
https://eamconference.org/hotel/.
MEETING REGISTRATION
Online registration for the meeting is now open. For registration
information, please go to
https://eamconference.org/reg.asp
Come see why EAMs motto is Where Scholarship and Collegiality Meet. I
hope you chose to join us for this exciting meeting, and I look forward to
seeing you in Philadelphia!
Sincerely,
Liz Davis - EAM President
and
Tim Golden EAM 2012 Program Chair