MIS Academic Leadership Conference 2024

Reception

• Reception begins at 6:00 pm, dinner is served at 7:00 pm, and a short program will begin at 7:30 pm.
• Location: Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave SE 4th Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• There will be four available walking groups departing from the lobby of Courtyard Hotel to Campus Club. If you chose to walk with a group, you may meet one of our rising PhD students in the lobby of the Courtyard at their designated times:
  • Chaofan Zhai and Sojung Yoon, 5:45 pm
  • Hyeongseo Park, 6:00 pm
  • Liben Chen, 6:15 pm

Check-in begins

Location: Carlson School of Management, 321 S 19th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55455

All Friday activities will take place at the Carlson School. Meals and breaks will be in the atrium. Sessions will be in the auditorium. The Friday evening reception will be in the private dining room on the lower level. Conference staff will direct attendees.

Breakfast 

Welcome

Gautam Ray, Professor & Chair, Information & Decision Sciences Department, Carlson School of Management

Dean's Welcome

Jamie Prenkert, Dean of the Carlson School of Management

Deans' Panel: Trends and Opportunities for Business Schools in IS, Analytics and AI

Moderator: Ravi Bapna, Carlson School of Management

• Sulin Ba, DePaul University
• Prabhudev Konana, University of Maryland
• Paul Pavlou, University of Miami
• Jamie Prenkert, University of Minnesota  

Break

Research Panel: IS Research Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Generative AI 

Moderator: Alok Gupta, Carlson School of Management

• Hemant Bhargava, University of California Davis
• Sue Brown, University of Arizona
• Anindya Ghose, New York University
• Dorothy Leidner, University of Virginia
• DJ Wu, Georgia Tech

Lunch

Curriculum Innovation and Growth Strategies for MS Programs

Moderator: De Liu, Carlson School of Management

• Ram Chellappa, Emory University
• Pei-yu Chen, Arizona State
• Patrick J. Johanns, University of Iowa
• Xinxin Li, University of Connecticut

Elevating Undergraduate Curriculum 

Moderator: Mani Subramani, Carlson School of Management

• Ashish Agarwal, University of Texas Austin
• Adrian Gardiner, Georgia Tech
• Gwanhoo Lee, American University
• Alex Lopes, Indiana University

Break

PhD Program Vibrancy: Recruitment, Training, Placement in Academia as well as Industry, Cross-Field Competition

Moderator: Shawn Curley, Carlson School of Management

• Nelson Granados, Pepperdine University
• Bin Gu, Boston University
• Sumit Sarkar, University of Texas Dallas
• Alex Tuzhilin, New York University
• Sunil Wattal, Temple University

Evening Reception

Location: private dining room on the lower level of the Carlson School of Management, 321 S 19th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Breakfast

Location: Carlson School of Management, 321 S 19th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Building a Diverse Faculty: Challenges and Opportunities

Moderator: Yuqing Ren, Carlson School of Management

• Geneviève Bassellier, McGill University
• Sherae Daniel, University of Cincinnati
• Jui Ramaprasad, University of Maryland
• Jason Thatcher, University of Colorado

Corporate Engagement and Institutional Advancement (Executive Education, Research Centers and Experiential Learning Groups) 

 Moderator: Soumya Sen, Carlson School of Management

• Ritu Agarwal, Johns Hopkins University
• Lakshmi S. Iyer, University of North Carolina Greensboro
• Matthew Mullarkey, University of South Florida
• Sonny Tambe, University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
• Stephanie Woerner, MIT/CISR

Wrap-up & Box Lunch