Leeds School of Business – University of Colorado Boulder
9th Annual Conference · Sponsored by Strategy Science (INFORMS)

Strategy Science 2026

May 28–30, 2026 Boulder, Colorado Leeds School of Business
The Program

Five sessions, four rooms.
Twenty themes, ninety papers.

The program runs across two days in Boulder, with five 90-minute parallel sessions distributed across four rooms in the Koelbel Building and the Engineering Center.

Presentation format Each parallel session runs 90 minutes. Presentations are 15 minutes in 4-paper sessions and 12 minutes in 5-paper sessions, with the remaining time for Q&A.
Day 0 · ThursdayMay 28
8:00 – 9:00 AMBreakfast & RegistrationKOBL 352 area
9:00 – 9:15 AMWelcome & IntroductionHosts:Tony Tong (CU Boulder) · Todd Zenger (Utah) · Aseem Kaul (Minnesota) · Mahka Moeen (Wisconsin)KOBL 352
9:15 – 10:15 AMDoctoral Plenary 1 · PhD EssentialsTheme:Succeeding in Your Doctoral JourneyModerator:Mahka Moeen (Wisconsin)Panelists:Felipe Csaszar (Michigan) · Martin Ganco (Wisconsin) · Jiao Luo (Minnesota)KOBL 352
10:15 – 10:30 AMBreakKOBL 352 area
10:30 – 11:30 AMRoundtable 1Discussion rooms
11:45 AM – 1:00 PMLunchKOBL 352 area
1:00 – 2:00 PMDoctoral Plenary 2 · The Path to PublicationTheme:Managing Submissions, Revisions, and RejectionsModerator:Aseem Kaul (Minnesota)Panelists:Elena Novelli (City St George's) · Mike Roach (Illinois) · Todd Zenger (Utah)KOBL 352
2:00 – 2:15 PMBreakKOBL 352 area
2:15 – 3:15 PMRoundtable 2Discussion rooms
3:30 – 3:45 PMBreakKOBL 352 area
3:45 – 4:45 PMDoctoral Plenary 3 · From Student to ScholarTheme:Preparing for a Successful Academic CareerModerator:Charlotte Jacobs (LSU)Panelists:Janet Bercovitz (CU Boulder) · Tobias Kretschmer (Imperial College) · Catherine Magelssen (South Carolina)KOBL 352
4:45 PMConcluding RemarksKOBL 352
6:00 – 8:00 PMWelcome ReceptionOpen to all conference attendees. Food and drinks.CU Koenig Alumni Center · 1202 University Ave
Day 1 · FridayMay 29
8:00 – 9:00 AMBreakfast & RegistrationKOBL 352 area
9:00 – 9:30 AMWelcome & IntroductionHosts:Vijay Khatri (Dean, Leeds School of Business) · Tony Tong (CU Boulder) · Todd Zenger (Utah)ECCS 201
9:30 – 11:00 AMSession 1 · parallelRooms A – D
11:00 – 11:30 AMCoffee breakKOBL 352 area
11:30 – 12:30 PMPlenary 1 · The Future of the ProfessionsModerator:Janet Bercovitz (CU Boulder)Panelists:Russ Coff (Wisconsin) · Kathleen Eisenhardt (Stanford) · Jackson Nickerson (Saint Louis University) · Whitney Zimmerman (McKinsey & Company)ECCS 201
12:45 – 1:45 PMLunchKOBL 352 area
2:00 – 3:30 PMSession 2 · parallelRooms A – D
3:30 – 4:00 PMCoffee breakKOBL 352 area
4:00 – 5:30 PMSession 3 · parallelRooms A – D
6:30 – 7:00 PMBuses departLimelight Hotel
7:00 – 9:30 PMConference Reception & DinnerChautauqua Dining Hall
9:00 – 9:30 PMBuses depart for hotelsChautauqua Dining Hall
Day 2 · SaturdayMay 30
8:00 – 9:00 AMBreakfastKOBL 352 area
9:00 – 10:30 AMSession 4 · parallelRooms A – D
10:30 – 11:00 AMCoffee breakKOBL 352 area
11:00 AM – 12:30 PMSession 5 · parallelRooms A – D
12:30 – 1:20 PMBoxed LunchKOBL 352 area
1:20 – 1:30 PMConference Best Paper AwardFive finalist papers; winner was announced at the session.S1C:Monetization Timing — Anparasan Mahalingam, Andy WuS2A:Clutch Performers — Seth Carnahan, Lamar Pierce, Shirley TangS4A:Generative AI and the Reallocation of Creative Value — Mingtao Xu, Fan YangS4B:Bayes Meets Sah & Stiglitz — Daniel Wilde, Tomasz OblojS5D:The Exclusive Nature of Private Solutions to Public Problems — Farzam BoroomandECCS 201
1:30 – 2:30 PMPlenary 2 · Is Corporate Sustainability Sustainable?Moderator:Aseem Kaul (Minnesota)Panelists:Jay Barney (Utah) · Jiao Luo (Minnesota) · Metin Sengul (UT Austin) · Jeff York (CU Boulder) · SJ Maxted (Deloitte)ECCS 201
2:30 – 3:00 PMStrategy Science Business Meeting (open to everyone)ECCS 201
3:00 PMConference Ends–
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Cell labels read Sn·Rn – five conference sessions × four parallel rooms.