SCHEDULE.
Thursday, December 11
Morning: Mirella Kleijnen leads an PH.D workshop on the positioning of research papers within the field
of service research. Participants will be asked to go through a selected set of reading materials that
will be provided upfront.
​8:45-9:15
Registration and coffee
9:15 - 9:30
Welcome by Marc De Clercq (Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration) and the organizing committee
9:30 - 11:00
Intensive workshop based on reading materials - Mirella Kleijnen
​11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break (networking moment)
​11:30 - 13:00
Intensive workshop based on reading materials - Mirella Kleijnen
​13:00 - 14:00
Lunch (networking moment)
Afternoon: Scholars across all stages of the career path share their personal experiences regarding the
positioning of their papers, the publication process and their lessons learned.
​14:00 - 14:30
Junior PhD Student - Anouk Den Ambtman
​15:00 - 15:30
Starting Assistant Professor - Yves Van Vaerenbergh
​15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break (networking moment)
​16:00 - 16:30
Near Tenure - Jeroen Schepers
​16:30 - 17:30
Leading Scholars - Lerzan Aksoy & Timothy L. Keiningham
​17:30 - 18:30
Networking Activity
​18:30 - ...
Conference Dinner
Friday, December 12
Morning: The (area) editors of JM, JSR, JOSM and MSQ will give their view on the positioning and
publishing of relevant research.
​8:30-9:00
Coffee
9:30 - 10:00
Advice from the area editor of JSR - Anders Gustafsson
​9:00-9:30
Advice from the editor of JOSM - Jay Kandampully
10:00 - 10:30
Advice from the editor of JSM - Steve Baron
​10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break (networking moment)
​11:00 - 11:30
Advice from the editors of MSQ (JSTP) - Marianna Sigala & Chatura Ranaweera
​11:30 - 12:00
Advice from the editor of JM - V. Kumar
​12:00 - 13:00
Lunch (networking moment)
Afternoon: Two interactive sessions will take place, consisting of a discussion between the participants and
the panel of editors. All participants need to provide input in advance to stimulate the debate.
​13:00 - 14:30
Interactive Panel Discussion with the editors - moderated by Mirella Kleijnen
​14:30 - 15:00
Coffee Break (networking moment)
​15:00 - 16:30
Interactive Panel Discussion (continued)
​16:30 - 17:00
Closure and reception