2008 CONFERENCE AGENDA

Like the inaugural conference held in 2006, the 2008 conference will focus on drawing the highest quality researchers.

The 2008 conference will address three major themes:

  • Management Issues (i.e. workforce and executive diversity)
  • Minority- and Women-Entrepreneurship (financing and growing MWBEs)
  • Multicultural Marketing

Each topic will feature a keynote speaker presenting his/her latest research, a panel discussing recent trends in research, and a working paper presenting initial findings from unpublished research.

The conference agenda is outlined below:

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Continental Breakfast and Registration
7:30 A.M. - 8:30 A.M.

Management and Leadership Issues
8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

Keynote Speaker
Jean Bartunek, Boston College

Panel Presentation
Sharol Lobel, Seattle University
Morela Hernandez, University of Washington

Paper Presentation
Cynthia Stevens, University of Maryland

Minority- and Women-Entrepreneurship
1:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.

Keynote Speaker
Timothy Bates, Wayne State University

Panel Presentation
Alicia Robb, University of California Santa Cruz and Beacon Economics
Charles West, Dynamic Functions Consulting

Paper Presentation
Robert Fairlie, University of California Santa Cruz

Friday, June 13, 2008

Continental Breakfast and Registration
7:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Multicultural Marketing
8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Keynote Speaker
Anthony Greenwald, University of Washington

Panel Presentation
Sonya Grier, American University
David Luna, Baruch College, The City University of New York
Jerome Williams, University of Texas at Austin

Paper Presentation
Americus Reed, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

Doctoral Student Panel and Paper Presentations
1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Presenters
To be determined.