24402: SIM Welcome Plenary

Friday, July 25, 2025

11:00 - 12:30 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Auditorium 15

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,Practice,International,Research,Diversity
Highlight: DIG Highlight
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/4RpQ9W

Organizer(s)

SS

Sarah Stephen

U. of Liverpool Management School, United Kingdom
JL

Jegoo Lee

U. of Rhode Island, United States

Speaker(s)

CN

Cristina Neesham

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
MW

Michelle Karen Westermann-Behaylo

U. of Amsterdam, Netherlands
RP

Rajat Panwar

Oregon State U., United States
PA

Punit Arora

City University of New York Graduate Center, United States

The SIM leadership team welcomes SIM members and friends to the 2025 Annual Meeting. Come join your colleagues and learn about the findings from our division review, our new strategic structural update, opportunities for you get more involved in our division’s organization and activities, and highlights of our 2025 program. We have dedicated the first half of the Plenary to warm introductions, energetic idea-sharing, and facilitating the spirit of the SIM community. Stay on for part 2: SIM Synergy In Motion (“SIM-squared”), an engaging networking activity that will help you connect with fellow SIMians who share your research interests, and perhaps maybe even meet your future co-authors! This event is open to all scholars (emerging, mid-career, and senior) – whether SIMian or non-SIMian - whether long-standing members or newcomers – from any part of the world.