Dear Colleagues:
You are cordially invited to attend the 2011 meeting of the Eastern Academy of
Management at the Omni Parker Hotel and Suffolk University, Boston, MA from May 11 to
May 14, 2011.
After hours of exhaustive discussions and deliberations, ensuring that all parties
had a hearing or at least an airing, the Program Committee has left the table, but
not before putting together a program that already has people talking! There will be
more talking in Boston, and presentations literally unseen anywhere else. You can
attend sessions devoted to 1) teaching ? methods, cases, experiential exercises; 2)
research ? theoretical and empirical studies in twelve fields of study; 3) consortia
and development ? a) doctoral, b) junior faculty, and c) mid-career/senior faculty;
4) preconference workshops in CASE writing and a ?teaching boot camp,? and 5) Special
events ? a Keynote from the Superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy,
a Plenary session describing the vanguard work of Eileen Fisher, Inc. to integrate
practice and the Academy, with corporate and academics sharing the stage, and 6)
Conversation and Collegiality sessions ? what EAM does best ? our after-hours
discussion times. So, whether you are presenting or not, or whether you are a tea
party patriot or a patriot in the tea party state, you?ll want to be part of the four
days/three nights to consume the fruits of all the collective bargaining that created
EAM2011. Come to Boston, leave Learned!
In addition to traditional academic sessions, this year?s conference features
distinguished panels, professional developmental workshops, and three open-enrollment
Consortia focused on career issues of doctoral students, junior faculty, and mid-
career/senior faculty. Information about the Consortia can be found at
https://eamconference.org/EAM2010Consortia.pdf. You will also find information on
The CASE Association?s case writing, publishing and teaching pre-conference,
professional development workshop at
http://www.caseweb.org/index.php. And finally,
this year we will offer a Teaching Boot camp sponsored by EAM and OBTS on Wednesday
afternoon from 1pm ? 6 pm prior to our annual Welcome dinner. Both events require
preregistration. For more information on the EAM-OBTS Teaching Boot camp ? please
contact: Roy Lewicki, Ohio state University:
Lewicki_1@fisher.osu.edu, We are
putting the final touches on our full program schedule, please visit the Program
Summary page at:
https://eamconference.org/programschedule.asp - the full program
schedule will be available on the conference website in the coming weeks.
HOTEL ROOMS
The Local Arrangements Committee is working diligently to prepare for the upcoming
EAM 2011 conference at Suffolk University (www.suffolk.edu) and the historic Omni
Parker House (http://www.omnihotels.com). We look forward to offering all attendees
an excellent conference experience and an exciting visit to Boston. Members of the
committee are in the final stage of securing the Wednesday dinner arrangements at a
local restaurant in Faneuil Hall (http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com) On Thursday,
after the conference sessions, in addition to a Special Event sponsored by the
Experiential Learning Association, you may enjoy a variety of Boston favorites, such
as a Duck Tour (http://www.bostonducktours.com) or Freedom Trail Guided Tour
(http://www.thefreedomtrail.org). We are excited to also offer a wonderful
opportunity to see the Blue Man Group performance (http://www.blueman.com) at the
Charles Playhouse on Thursday at a discounted group rate. Please consider joining
other conference attendees for this fun performance (advanced registration will be
required). Finally, on Friday all conference attendees are invited to an early
evening reception following the plenary session. See you this May in Boston!
MEETING REGISTRATION
Online registration for the meeting is now open. For registration information, please
go to
https://eamconference.org/reg.asp
I hope you chose to join us for this exciting meeting, and I look forward to seeing
you in Boston!
Sincerely,
John Ogilvie - EAM President
EAM2011 - Scholar+Practitioners, Unite!