2025 Conference

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Programme at a Glance

Monday 1st September (VIRTUAL DAY)

08:20 – 08:30: Welcome by The Conference Chairs Professor Patricia Lewis FBAM and Professor Thanos Papadopoulos FBAM, University of Kent, UK; BAM Chair Professor Emma Parry FBAM, Cranfield University, UK  I  Online 

08:30 – 10:00: Paper sessions (1)  I  Online  

10:00 – 10:15: Refreshment break  I  Online  

10:15 - 11:45: Professional Development Workshops (PDWs)  I  Virtual  |  Pre-registrations open from 1st August

11:45 - 12:00: Refreshment Break  I  Online 

12:00 - 13:00: Overcoming Borders through Refugee Entrepreneurship - Dr Sophie Alkhaled, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Lancaster University, UK, Paul Gurney, CEO, BecomingX, Professor Iain Wilkinson, Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor & Professor of Sociology, University of Kent, UK I  Online 

13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30: Paper Sessions (2)  I  Online 

15:30 – 15:45: Refreshment break  I  Online  
 
15:45 – 17:15 (17:45): Paper Sessions (3)  I  Online 



The provisional paper schedule can be found HERE.

Please be advised the final schedule will be confirmed on Monday 18th August. 
Wednesday 3rd September (IN PERSON ELEMENT)

 07:45 – 17:30: Registration  I  KITEA Building  I  University of Kent

08:45 – 10:15: Paper Sessions (4)  I  In-person  I various breakout rooms, please refer to the full paper schedule below I University of Kent

10:15 - 10:45: Refreshment Break  I  Various Buildings

10:45 – 13:00: Grand Conference Opening & Award Ceremony: Borders and BusinessProf Andre Spicer, Dean of Bayes Business School, City University of London, UK, Daniel Rubin, Founder of Dune Group, Wendy Bartlett MBE, Co-Founder, BM Caterers, Chaired by Prof Elina Meliou, Professor of Management, University of Southampton, UK   I   Sibson LT3, University of Kent   I   Hybrid 

13:00 - 14:00: Lunch   I   KITEA Building, University of Kent

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13:00 - 14:00: Meet the Non-BAM Editors session (lunch & learn session) Professor Santi Furnani, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Theory JournalProfessor Adina Dudau, European Management Journal; Professor Dirk Lindebaum, Academy of Management Learning and Education; Professor Chidiebere Ogbonnaya, International Journal of Management Education, Dr Nicholas Wong, Management and Business History facilitated by Professor Nicholas Burton, Northumbria University I   TBC I University of Kent

                        International Journal of Management Reviews (IJMR) Social Lunch   I   In-Person   I   I   By invitation only

                       BAM Peer Review College (PRC) Fellows Meeting   I   In-Person  I  I  By invitation only

                       SIG Lunches   I   In-person   I   KITEA Building  I  University of Kent   I   By invitation only

14:00 – 15:30: Paper Session 5   I   Various   I   In-person 

15:30 – 16:00: Refreshment Break   I   In-person   I  KITEA Building  I  University of Kent

16:00 – 17:00: BAM Fellows Session   I   In-person   I    I   University of Kent

17:00 – 18:30: Paper Sessions (6) workshops & symposia   I   In-person   I  various breakout rooms, please refer to the full paper schedule below I University of Kent

18:30 - 19:30: BAM SIGs/Networks activities and informal gatherings   I   In-person   I   Various   I   University of Kent and external venues



The provisional paper schedule can be found HERE.

Please be advised the final schedule will be confirmed on Monday 18th August. 
Thursday 4th September (IN PERSON ELEMENT)

08:30 - 17:00: Conference Registration   I   In-person   I  KITEA Building  I  University of Kent

09:00 – 10:30: Paper session (7)   I   In-person   I  various breakout rooms, please refer to the full paper schedule below I University of Kent

10:30 – 11:00: Refreshment Break   I  In-person  I KITEA Building  I  University of Kent

11:00 – 12:00: Keynote Panel Session: Borders in Everyday (Organisational) Life - Professor Yvonne Benschop, Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility, City, University of London, UK, Kali Hamerton-Stove, CEO, The Glasshouse UK, chaired by Prof Chidiebere Ogbonnaya, Professor of Human Resource Management,  Kings College London, UK  I  In-person  I   Sibson LT3  I  Sibson Building, Universty of Kent.

12:00 - 13:30: Lunch   I   KITEA Building  I  University of Kent

13:30 - 15:00 Paper Session (8)  I   In-person   I  various breakout rooms, please refer to the full paper schedule below I University of Kent

                       British Journal of Management (BJM) Social Lunch   I   In-Person   I     I   By invitation only

                       SIG Lunches   I   In-person   I   KITEA Building  I  University of Kent   I   By invitation only

15:00 – 15:30: Refreshment Break   I  In-person  I KITEA Building  I  University of Kent

17.00 – 18.30: Paper session (9)  I   In-person   I  various breakout rooms, please refer to the full paper schedule below I University of Kent

 19.30 - 22.00 Gala Networking Reception I Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent I SOLD OUT



The provisional paper schedule can be found HERE.

Please be advised the final schedule will be confirmed on Monday 18th August. 
Friday 5th September (IN PERSON)

09:00 - 11:00: Conference Registration   I   KITEA Building  I  University of Kent

09:30 - 11:00: Professional Development Workshops  I   In-person   I   The Atrium & various   I   University of Kent   | Pre-registrations open from 1st August - please note workshops that have spaces left can be joined on the day, please ask at the registration desk for details 

11:30  – 13:00: Paper session (10)   I  In-person  I various breakout rooms, please refer to the full paper schedule below I University of Kent.

13:00 - 14:00: Farewell Lunch I Available in the KITEA Builidng, University of Kent



The provisional paper schedule can be found HERE.

Please be advised the final schedule will be confirmed on Monday 18th August.