The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the Product Development and
Management Association (PDMA) will hold the 2014 PDMA-UIC Innovation
Doctoral Consortium at UIC on Friday, July 18 to Sunday, July 20, 2014. The
Consortium is devoted to the developmental needs of doctoral students
conducting dissertation research on innovation and new product development.
Students who are accepted to this consortium will be honored as Doctoral
Student Fellows, and have a unique opportunity to meet, collaborate, and
exchange ideas with leading scholars and practitioners in the field.
Scholars in attendance, who will provide insights on high impact research
and career management, are as follows, among others:
Gerry Tellis Shuba Srinivasan Christoph Fuchs
Abbie Griffin Richard Buchanan Tony Di Benedetto
Mike Ahearne Charlie Noble Steve Markham
Tom Hustad Gloria Barczak UIC faculty and others
The Consortium will bring together about 50 participants (faculty, doctoral
students, and practitioners) in a highly interactive program in the heart of
Chicago, one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Doctoral students will
compete for up to $5,000 in dissertation research grants. All meals,
housing, and local transportation will be provided free of charge to
participating students. Doctoral student participants are only asked to
provide their way to and from Chicago.
The inaugural consortium in the summer of 2011 was a great success. The
uniquely designed, highly interactive program received extremely positive
feedback from the participants:
It was a 200% success!
This was by far the best event I have been to in
my few years as a PhD student, and I am sure it will be the best event for
many years to come. Please keep putting on this consortium for future
students as I know they will love it as much as I did. Doctoral student
fellow
I have been to a number of consortiums and camps over the years and I have
to say you put on an amazing show
I was really impressed with the quality
of sessions, the great venues, and the super fun activities. Faculty
fellow
APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
1) To be eligible for participation, doctoral students must be in their
dissertation phase.
2) Applications will be accepted starting November 1, 2013 and will close
January 6, 2014. Doctoral students will be notified by February 21, 2014
regarding the status of their application.
3) The application packet should include the following materials:
a. A two-page, single-spaced summary of the dissertation, covering
elements such as research questions, motivation for research, method,
expected contributions, among others.
b. A cover letter indicating the current dissertation stage (e.g., pre-
proposal defense) and expected stage (e.g., completed data analysis) at the
time of the Consortium.
c. A letter of recommendation from the students dissertation chair.
d. An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (including doctoral coursework).
For additional information or to apply, please visit
http://www.cvent.com/d/p4q8h7. For questions please contact Anna Cui at
ascui@uic.edu.
Anna S. Cui
Assistant Professor of Marketing
University of Illinois at Chicago
Email.
ascui@uic.edu