Still buzzing after an unforgettable day at AOM: the largest PDW ever hosted by the Academy of Management - focused on the Space Economy.
๐ Space was by far the most promising frontiers in management research at AOM 2025.
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๐ Keynotes
๐ค Clay Mowry โ President, International Astronautical Federation & CEO, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
๐ค Prof. Christopher Tucci โ Vice President & Program Chair, Academy of Management
๐ Industry Panel:
๐ค Johan ร
man โ CEO, Unibap Space Solutions AB
๐ค Olga Moraru โ Senior Business Development Manager, Voyager Technologies Europe
๐ค Leo Jofeh โ Programmes Manager for Platform, Space Forge
๐ค Charlie Kellagher โ Programmes Manager for Payload, Space Forge
๐ค Dr. Cornelis Eldering โ Head of Entrepreneurship & Business Incubation, European Space Agency - ESA
๐๏ธ Moderated by Mehdi Montakhabi, University of Oxford
๐ช Roundtable Themes & Facilitators:
๐ช Emerging Business Models โ Lorenzo Massa & Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli
๐ช Open Innovation Beyond Boundaries โ Wim Vanhaverbeke & Ntorina Antoni
๐ช Methodological Challenges โ Raja Roy & Jingning Ao
๐ช Phenomenon-Driven Research โ Erkko Autio & Markus Perkmann, Fredrik Hacklin
๐ช Small Satellite Ecosystem โ Devi R. Gnyawali, Ken Davidian & Yue Song
๐ช Startups & Nanosatellites โ Esteve Almirall
๐ช Contracting Governance โ Beverly Tyler, Jens Roehrich, Benn Lawson & Brian Squire
๐ช Contracting for Innovation โ Janet Bercovitz & Kyle Mayer
๐ช Behavioral Economics & Engineering Mgmt โ Marc J Ventresca & Dr. Nate Dailey
๐ช SpaceX & the Emergence of New Space โ Petteri Leppรคnen
๐ช Research Urgency & Challenges โ Gideon Markman, Maurizio Zollo & Oksana Gerwe
๐ช International Business & New Space โ Sebastian H. Fuchs & Prof. Prof Tim Vorley
With Gratitude
๐ To our keynote speakers, Clay Mowry and Chris Tucci, for their vision, energy, and deep commitment to the field
๐ To our industry panelists for generously sharing their experience and insight at the frontier of the space economy
๐ To the rock solid supporters from our Space Economy research team: Benn Lawson, Jens Roehrich, Brian Squire & Marc J Ventresca
๐ To our roundtable facilitators, who led rich, forward-looking discussions
๐ To our volunteers who made the day seamless
๐ To my incredible co-organizers: Magdalena Marczewska, for tireless work in shaping the logistics of the day
๐ To the AOM TIM Division for championing this initiative: Valentina Tartari, Sue Cohen, Elena Novelli, Tobias Kretschmer, Llewellyn D W Thomas
๐ And finally, to every participant who joined us and contributed to making this an inspiring, collaborative, and historic event!
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Mehdi Montakhabi
Associate Scholar
University of Oxford | Saรฏd Business School
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