Preliminary programme
Please be advised that the conference programme is subject to change. While every effort will be made to adhere to the published schedule, unforeseen circumstances may necessitate alterations to the timetable or speakers.
Thursday, August 13, 2026
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Standing Track 6
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General Track 1
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
T01 - Workplace attendance behavior Track 1: Workplace attendance behavior |
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
ST6 - Session 1: Accounting and Organizing Standing Track 6: Accounting and Organizing |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
ST6 - Session 2: Accounting and Organizing Standing Track 6: Accounting and Organizing |
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| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) | |
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General Track 16
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General Track 19
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
T16 - Session 1: Localizing global challenges General Track 16 : Localizing global challenges: building sustainable, knowledge-driven and responsive organizations |
T19 - Session 1: Business Education in Transformation |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
T16 - Session 2: Localizing global challenges General Track 16 : Localizing global challenges: building sustainable, knowledge-driven and responsive organizations |
T19 - Session 2: Business Education in Transformation |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | ||
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) | |
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Open Track
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Symposium
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Symposium 1: Migrant entrepreneurship and labor market integration: Empirical insights and new theoretical perspectives | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Open Track 1 | Symposium 5: Health innovation in society: Shaping the future of local and global health |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Symposium 6: Inclusion of international migrants in Nordic business life: entrepreneurship as an answer and a question | |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) | |
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Standing Track 2
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
ST2 - Session 1: Human Resource Management Standing Track 2: Human Resource Management - Digital Transformation in Nordic HRM: Opportunities, challenges, and Ethical Tensions |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
ST2 - Session 2: Human Resource Management Standing Track 2: Human Resource Management - Digital Transformation in Nordic HRM: Opportunities, challenges, and Ethical Tensions |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
ST2 - Session 3: Human Resource Management Standing Track 2: Human Resource Management - Digital Transformation in Nordic HRM: Opportunities, challenges, and Ethical Tensions |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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Standing Track 3
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
ST3 - Session 1: Digitalization and consumer culture Standard Track 3: Nordic Consumer Culture Research: Conceptual, empirical and critical approaches welcome |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
ST3 - Session 2: Morality and resistance in market culture and Consumption in liminal spaces Standard Track 3: Nordic Consumer Culture Research: Conceptual, empirical and critical approaches welcome |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
ST3 - Session 3: Sustainability in consumer culture Standard Track 3: Nordic Consumer Culture Research: Conceptual, empirical and critical approaches welcome |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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Standing Track 6
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
ST6 - Session 1: Accounting and Organizing Standing Track 6: Accounting and Organizing |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
ST6 - Session 2: Accounting and Organizing Standing Track 6: Accounting and Organizing |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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General Track 1
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
T01 - Workplace attendance behavior Track 1: Workplace attendance behavior |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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General Track 4
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
T04 - Session 1: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce General Track 4: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce: Equity and Equality for All |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
T04 - Session 2: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce General Track 4: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce: Equity and Equality for All |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
T04 - Session 3: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce General Track 4: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce: Equity and Equality for All |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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General Track 5
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
T05 - Session 1: Gender and Governance General Track 5: The Governance of Universities |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
T05 - Session 2: Business Schools and Concluding Discussion General Track 5: The Governance of Universities |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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General Track 7
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
T07 - Session 1: Sustainable businesses General Track 7: Innovation and Challenges of Sustainability Transition in Businesses, Organisations, and Society |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
T07 - Session 2: Sustainability and leadership General Track 7: Innovation and Challenges of Sustainability Transition in Businesses, Organisations, and Society |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
T07 - Session 3: Sustainability transitions and business challenges General Track 7: Innovation and Challenges of Sustainability Transition in Businesses, Organisations, and Society |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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General Track 16
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
T16 - Session 1: Localizing global challenges General Track 16 : Localizing global challenges: building sustainable, knowledge-driven and responsive organizations |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
T16 - Session 2: Localizing global challenges General Track 16 : Localizing global challenges: building sustainable, knowledge-driven and responsive organizations |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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General Track 19
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | T19 - Session 1: Business Education in Transformation |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | T19 - Session 2: Business Education in Transformation |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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General Track 28
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
T28 - Session 1: Inequality, ethics, and Critical Perspective General Track 6: Understanding inequalities as communication-born grand societal challenges |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
T28 - Session 2: Inequality, ethics, and Critical Perspective General Track 6: Understanding inequalities as communication-born grand societal challenges |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
T28 - Session 3: Inequality, ethics, and Critical Perspective General Track 22: Acting in a world of dishonesty – Truths, Half-truths, White lies and Lies |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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General Track 30
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
T30 - Session 1: Entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and ecosystem General Track 9: Micro-entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Management – Diversity and Change |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
T30 - Session 2: Entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and ecosystem General Track 9: Micro-entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Management – Diversity and Change |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
T30 - Session 3: Entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and ecosystem General Track 8: Business Model Innovation and Internationalization in Times of Global Turbulence |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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Open Track
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Open Track 1 |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
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Symposium
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| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration / Meet & greet |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference Opening Session |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote speaker: Claus Rerup - Between Reality and Fantasy: From Ambiguity as Problem toward Ambiguity as Resource |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break Thursday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Symposium 1: Migrant entrepreneurship and labor market integration: Empirical insights and new theoretical perspectives |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch Thursday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Symposium 5: Health innovation in society: Shaping the future of local and global health |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon break Thursday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Symposium 6: Inclusion of international migrants in Nordic business life: entrepreneurship as an answer and a question |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception (co-hosted & sponsored by SCANCOR) |
Friday, August 14, 2026
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Standing Track 3
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Standing Track 4
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST3 - Session 4: Myth, rituals and trust in consumer culture Standard Track 3: Nordic Consumer Culture Research: Conceptual, empirical and critical approaches welcome |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
ST4 - Session 1: Shocks, resilience and institutional responsibility Standing Track 4: Public Sector Management |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
ST4 - Session 2:Locan governance, strategy and sustainable transitions Standing Track 4: Public Sector Management |
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| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner | |
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General Track 3 & 2
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General Track 4
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T03 - Session 4: Organizing for Digitalization and Sustainability: enabling for a twin green and digital transition General Track 3: Organizing for Digitalization and Sustainability: enabling for a twin green and digital transition |
T04 - Session 4: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce General Track 4: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce: Equity and Equality for All |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | T02 - Voluntary Leadership | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | ||
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner | |
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General Track 29
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General Track 30
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T30 - Session 4: Entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and ecosystem Track 20: Small Societies, Big Lessons: Local Innovation and Global Insight in Compact Contexts |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T29 - Session 1: Leadership and learning, Caired General Track 15: Leadership for Sustainable Futures: Diversity, Healthcare, and the Path to Achieving SDGs and ESG Goals |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | T29 - Session 2 Leadership and learning, Caired | |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner | |
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Open Track
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Symposium
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Open Track 2 | Symposium 3: Collaborative cultural entrepreneurship, local innovation for global challenges |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | ||
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Open Track 3 | Symposium 7: Navigating Planetary and Digital Transitions: Pathways and Challenges for Management, Accounting, and Control |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner | |
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Standing Track 1
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST1 - Session 1: Emotions, sensemaking, and everyday organizational life Standing Track 1: Research on Emotions in and around Organizations |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
ST1 - Session 2: Emotions in client-facing, service, and frontline encounters Standing Track 1: Research on Emotions in and around Organizations |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
ST1 - Session 3: Technology mediated emotional interactions Standing Track 1: Research on Emotions in and around Organizations |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Standing Track 2
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST2 - Session 4: Human Resource Management Standing Track 2: Human Resource Management - Digital Transformation in Nordic HRM: Opportunities, challenges, and Ethical Tensions |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
ST2 - Session 5: Human Resource Management Standing Track 2: Human Resource Management - Digital Transformation in Nordic HRM: Opportunities, challenges, and Ethical Tensions |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
ST2 - Session 6: Human Resource Management Standing Track 2: Human Resource Management - Digital Transformation in Nordic HRM: Opportunities, challenges, and Ethical Tensions |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Standing Track 3
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST3 - Session 4: Myth, rituals and trust in consumer culture Standard Track 3: Nordic Consumer Culture Research: Conceptual, empirical and critical approaches welcome |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Standing Track 4
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
ST4 - Session 1: Shocks, resilience and institutional responsibility Standing Track 4: Public Sector Management |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
ST4 - Session 2:Locan governance, strategy and sustainable transitions Standing Track 4: Public Sector Management |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Standing Track 6
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST6 - Session 3: Accounting and Organizing Standing Track 6: Accounting and Organizing |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
ST6 - Session 4: Accounting and Organizing Standing Track 6: Accounting and Organizing |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 12
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T12 - Session 1: Introduction and Urban governance and the idea of participation General Track 12: Glocalization: The global and the local in and between cities, towns, and villages |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T12 - Session 2: Cultural and narrative methods for addressing urban challenges General Track 12: Glocalization: The global and the local in and between cities, towns, and villages |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
T12 - Session 3: Wrapping up and future General Track 12: Glocalization: The global and the local in and between cities, towns, and villages |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 3 & 2
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T03 - Session 4: Organizing for Digitalization and Sustainability: enabling for a twin green and digital transition General Track 3: Organizing for Digitalization and Sustainability: enabling for a twin green and digital transition |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | T02 - Voluntary Leadership |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 4
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T04 - Session 4: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce General Track 4: Practices of Organizing Integration for a Diverse Workforce: Equity and Equality for All |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 11
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
T11 - Session 1: Organizations gone wild(er)? Track 11: Organizations gone wild(er)? New perspectives on organizational wrongdoing, deviance, and stigma |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 18
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T18 - Session 1: Rethinking resilience: concepts, embodiment, pedagogy and local practices General Track 18: Understanding and Enacting Resilience in Times of Uncertainty |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
T18 - Session 2: Defence, war, security organizations and resilience under geopolitical turbulence General Track 18: Understanding and Enacting Resilience in Times of Uncertainty |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 23
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T23 - Session 1: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios General Track 23: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios: Shaping the Future of Business |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T23 - Session 2: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios General Track 23: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios: Shaping the Future of Business |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 |
T23 - Session 3: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios General Track 23: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios: Shaping the Future of Business |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 26 & 27
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T26 - Session 1: Sustainability for the Future General Track 10: Creative industries: innovation, sustainability, and digital transformation |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T26 - Session 2: Sustainability for the Future General Track 10: Creative industries: innovation, sustainability, and digital transformation |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | T27 - Session 1: Crisis, strategy, uncertainty, agency assumptions and leadership |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 28
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T28 - Session 4: Inequality, ethics, and Critical Perspective Track 13: Ethical practices in Nordic cross-sectoral collaboration |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T28 - Session 5: Inequality, ethics, and Critical Perspective Track 14: Feminist approaches to grand challenges of (in)security |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 29
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T29 - Session 1: Leadership and learning, Caired General Track 15: Leadership for Sustainable Futures: Diversity, Healthcare, and the Path to Achieving SDGs and ESG Goals |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | T29 - Session 2 Leadership and learning, Caired |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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General Track 30
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T30 - Session 4: Entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and ecosystem Track 20: Small Societies, Big Lessons: Local Innovation and Global Insight in Compact Contexts |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Open Track
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|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Open Track 2 |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Open Track 3 |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Symposium
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|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration - Meet & greet
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Symposium 3: Collaborative cultural entrepreneurship, local innovation for global challenges |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Friday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Friday
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote speaker: Jacob Sherson - Hybrid Intelligence: A competitive, sustainable and sovereign Future of Work in the Age of AI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Afternoon break Friday
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| 14:30 - 16:00 | Symposium 7: Navigating Planetary and Digital Transitions: Pathways and Challenges for Management, Accounting, and Control |
| 18:00 - 23:30 | Conference Dinner |
Saturday, August 15, 2026
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Standing Track 1
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Standing Track 4
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST1 - Session 4: Emotional dynamics of wellbeing and inclusion/exclusion at work Standing Track 1: Research on Emotions in and around Organizations |
ST4 - Session 3: Managerial work, leadership and organisational capacity Standing Track 4: Public Sector Management |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
ST1 - Session 5: Emotional dynamics of care, leadership and wellbeing at work Standing Track 1: Research on Emotions in and around Organizations |
ST4 - Session 4: Digitalisation, innovation and inclusion in public service transformatioon Standing Track 4: Public Sector Management |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session | |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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Standing Track 6
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General Track 11
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST6 - Session 5: Accounting and Organizing Standing Track 6: Accounting and Organizing |
T11 - Session 2: Organizations gone wild(er)? Track 11: Organizations gone wild(er)? New perspectives on organizational wrongdoing, deviance, and stigma |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T11 - Session 3: Organizations gone wild(er)? Track 11: Organizations gone wild(er)? New perspectives on organizational wrongdoing, deviance, and stigma |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session | |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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General Track 18
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General Track 23
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|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T18 - Session 3: Democratic resilience, influence operations and societal preconditions General Track 18: Understanding and Enacting Resilience in Times of Uncertainty |
T23 - Session 4: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios General Track 23: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios: Shaping the Future of Business |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T18 - Session 4: Care, professions and everyday resilience under uncertainty General Track 18: Understanding and Enacting Resilience in Times of Uncertainty |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session | |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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General Track 26
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General Track 27
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|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T26 - Session 3: Sustainability for the Future General Track 24: Sustainability by Design: Navigating Risk, Technology, and Regulatory Change through Governance, Management, Accounting, and Control |
T27 - Session 2: Crisis, strategy, uncertainty, agency assumptions and leadership |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T26 - Session 4: Sustainability for the Future General Track 24: Sustainability by Design: Navigating Risk, Technology, and Regulatory Change through Governance, Management, Accounting, and Control |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session | |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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Symposium
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Symposium 4: Publishing Nordic Research for Global Impact: Editorial Policies and the Role of AI |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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|
Standing Track 1
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST1 - Session 4: Emotional dynamics of wellbeing and inclusion/exclusion at work Standing Track 1: Research on Emotions in and around Organizations |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
ST1 - Session 5: Emotional dynamics of care, leadership and wellbeing at work Standing Track 1: Research on Emotions in and around Organizations |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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Standing Track 4
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST4 - Session 3: Managerial work, leadership and organisational capacity Standing Track 4: Public Sector Management |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
ST4 - Session 4: Digitalisation, innovation and inclusion in public service transformatioon Standing Track 4: Public Sector Management |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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Standing Track 6
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
ST6 - Session 5: Accounting and Organizing Standing Track 6: Accounting and Organizing |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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General Track 11
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T11 - Session 2: Organizations gone wild(er)? Track 11: Organizations gone wild(er)? New perspectives on organizational wrongdoing, deviance, and stigma |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T11 - Session 3: Organizations gone wild(er)? Track 11: Organizations gone wild(er)? New perspectives on organizational wrongdoing, deviance, and stigma |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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General Track 18
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T18 - Session 3: Democratic resilience, influence operations and societal preconditions General Track 18: Understanding and Enacting Resilience in Times of Uncertainty |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T18 - Session 4: Care, professions and everyday resilience under uncertainty General Track 18: Understanding and Enacting Resilience in Times of Uncertainty |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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General Track 23
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T23 - Session 4: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios General Track 23: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, and Future Scenarios: Shaping the Future of Business |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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General Track 26
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 |
T26 - Session 3: Sustainability for the Future General Track 24: Sustainability by Design: Navigating Risk, Technology, and Regulatory Change through Governance, Management, Accounting, and Control |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
T26 - Session 4: Sustainability for the Future General Track 24: Sustainability by Design: Navigating Risk, Technology, and Regulatory Change through Governance, Management, Accounting, and Control |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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General Track 27
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 | T27 - Session 2: Crisis, strategy, uncertainty, agency assumptions and leadership |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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Symposium
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|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 | Symposium 4: Publishing Nordic Research for Global Impact: Editorial Policies and the Role of AI |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Morning break Saturday
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| 10:30 - 12:00 | |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Conference closing session |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Grab & Go Lunch
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