Diversity In Business Research Conference

The UW Business and Economic Development Center (BEDC) is pleased to announce its inaugural Diversity in Business Research Conference that will be held on September 28 and 29 in Seattle, WA.

Funded in part by Microsoft, this cross-disciplinary conference will bring together some of the best researchers in the US. This will be an opportunity to share your research, develop new ideas for research

The conference will consist of a formal presentations by a nationally renown scholar on business diversity, discussion of diversity related research projects at the UW School of Business, and formal presentations of new research by invited scholars.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Welcome	Continental Breakfast
Keynote #1	Art Brief Lawrence Martin Chair of Business A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
Panel #1	Mark Forehand Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business UW Business School Tony Greenwald Professor of Psychology University of Washington Terrance Mitchell Professor of Management and Organization UW Business School
Intermission	Lunch Served
Keynote #2	Timothy Bates Distinguished Prof. of Urban and Labor Studies and Economics Wayne State University
Panel #2	William D. Bradford Professor of Finance UW Business School Gavin Clarkson Assistant Professor in the School of Information University of Michigan Lisa Nishii Assistant Professor of Human Resources Cornell University

September 29 - 8:30 to 12:30 PM

Welcome	Continental Breakfast
Keynote #3	Marilyn Gist Executive Director of the Center for Leadership Formation Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University
Panel #3	Robert Fairlie Associate Professor of Economics University of California, Santa Cruz Sharon Lobel Professor of Management Albers School of Business, Seattle University Detra Montoya Assistant Professor of Marketing UW Business School
Keynote #4	Barbara Reskin Professor of Sociology University of Washington