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2023 Information Systems Agenda

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The PhD Project 2023 Information Systems Doctoral Student and Faculty Alumni Conference:  Innovative Research Informing Practice

August 9-10, 2023

Meeting Location: 

The Westin Playa Bonita Panama
Km 6 Camino de Veracruz
Panama City, Panama

​LANYARD KEY:

Students - blue

(New & seasoned) Faculty- green

Presenter- red

Staff/planning - orange

Guests- black

Conference Agenda

DAY 0 - Virtual (July 31st) Time set in ET

12:00pm-12:30pm Planning Committee Meeting


12:30pm – 1:00pm New Student Orientation
Facilitator: Hope Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

1:00pm – 2:00pm Dr. Chuck Huber, STATA, Director of Statistical Outreach
“Fitting and interpreting regression models: Linear regression with continuous/categorical predictors”
Moderator: Hope Gray, UAB


2:00pm- 3:00pm CV & Teaching Statement
Moderator: John-Paul “JP” Akinyemi, University of Texas at Austin
Presenter: Dr. Aurelia Nicolas-Donald, Virginia State University


3:00pm- 3:15pm BREAK


3:15pm- 4:30pm Concurrent Session I: Pre-Comps
Moderator: John-Paul “JP” Akinyemi, UT Austin
Faculty Mentors:
Dr. Kaveh Abhari, San Diego State University
Dr. Bright Frimpong, Washington and Lee University
Concurrent Session II: Post Comps
Moderator: Thomas Ware III, Arizona State University
Faculty Mentors:
Dr. Lionel Robert Jr., University of Michigan
Concurrent Session III: Job Market
Moderator: Zanele Munyikwa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Faculty Mentors:
Oscar Lopez, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Teagen Nabity-Grover, Boise State University


4:30pm – 5:30pm Get to Know Your Peers: Networking Hour & Group Picture


5:30pm – 6:30pm Elevator Pitch
Moderator: Hope Gray, UAB
Faculty Mentors:
Allen S. Lee, Virgina Commonwealth University – Professor Emeritus of Information Systems
Fred Niederman, Saint Louis University

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