๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐-๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ?
We warmly invite scholars interested in AI, digital health, healthcare innovation, strategy, entrepreneurship, and organization studies to join the conversation at the Academy of Management 2026 for our Professional Development Workshop, organized by Ahmed Zahlan, Pek Hooi Soh, and Shivaang Sharma.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐-๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
This PDW brings together scholars interested in understanding how organizations can design, govern, and deploy AI technologies responsibly while advancing both efficiency and equity in healthcare systems.
๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐
We invite PhD students and early-career researchers to submit their work for interactive mentoring roundtables and receive personalized feedback from leading scholars in strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, and healthcare management.
๐ฅ Mentors include:
โข Tarun Khanna (Harvard Business School)
โข Stephen Michael Impink (HEC Paris)
โข Phillip Phan (Johns Hopkins University)
โข Farnam Mohebi, MD, MPH (UC Berkeley Haas School of Business)
โข Navid Asgari (Fordham University)
โข Pek Hooi Soh (Simon Fraser University)
โข Shivaang Sharma (University College London)
Selected participants will receive tailored feedback on research questions, theoretical contributions, positioning within core management debates, research design and methodology.
๐ Topics of interest include:
โข AI and professional work in healthcare
โข Trust, legitimacy, and governance of algorithmic systems
โข Responsible AI and healthcare regulation
โข Sociotechnical systems and organizing around AI
โข Healthcare entrepreneurship and digital health startups
โข Organizational change and transformation through AI
โข Strategy and organization theory perspectives on emerging technologies
๐ Submission Guidelines Submit an abstract (maximum 1,000 words) including the research question, theoretical framing, data and methodology, and expected contribution.
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Submission Deadline: June 25, 2026
๐ Submission Form: https://forms.gle/QniDVBjtSbrVhjTo9
๐ฅ Format: Small-group mentoring roundtables (maximum 4 participants per mentor)
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Ahmed Zahlan
University College London
London
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