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Event Date: July 27-30, 2026
Location : Raleigh, NC
Venue : North Carolina State University, Hunt Library
Questions: PDMAdoc2026@ncsu.edu
Raleigh, NC
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The aim of the PDMA Doctoral Consortium is to enhance the development of doctoral students conducting dissertation research in the broad domain of innovation management and new product development . During this event, doctoral students will have the opportunity to interact with and receive guidance from invited faculty on conducting impactful research and being successful members of the academy. Networking with faculty, JPIM Editors and other students will be fostered.
Product Development & Management Association (PDMA)
NC State Poole College of Management
Student Fellows
Student Fellow University Swati Agarwal XLRI Xavier School Of Management Maximilian Bauer Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Xudong Cai King’s College London Nadia Cesario Penayo Cardiff University Tailun Chen Zhejiang University Philipp Dahl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Kian Ekramnosratian University of Texas at San Antonio Xiaoying Feng Syracuse University Qi Guo University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Wenna Han University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Tanishka Jain University of Wisconsin–Madison Youngjin Kim University of Texas at San Antonio Tatiana Kozlova Technical University of Berlin Madhur Mohan University of Georgia Juan Felipe Mora Saavedra Universidad de los Andes Adam Morrison Ulster University Christine Gracia Pratama Hamburg University of Technology Ankit Singh Texas A&M University Licheng Sun Texas A&M University Silvia Tedeschi IMT School For Advanced Studies Lucca Xue Wu Ghent University Yeohong Yoon Emory University Zhendong Zuo University of South Carolina
Faculty Mentors
Faculty Mentor University B.J. Allen Brigham Young University Barry Bayus University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Neeraj Bharadwaj University of Tennessee Ludwig Bstieler University of New Hampshire Luigi De Luca Cardiff Business School Maryann Feldman Arizona State University Peter Golder Dartmouth Rob Handfield NC State University Minu Kumar San Francisco State University Ruby Lee Florida State University Stefano Magistretti Politecnico di Milano Suyun Mah Singapore Management University Girish Mallapragada Indiana University Ravi Mehta University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Charles Noble University of Tennessee S.P. Raj Syracuse University Bill Rand NC State University Aric Rindfleisch University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Stefanie Robinson NC State University Soeren Salomo TU Berlin K. Sivakumar Lehigh University Rebecca Slotegraaf Indiana University Jelena Spanjol Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München Janell Townsend Oakland University Stacy Wood NC State University Haisu Zhang New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Monday, July 27 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception, Aloft
Tuesday, July 28 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Program to be announced, with off site company visit, social event and dinner.
Wednesday, July 29 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Program to be announced, with off site dinner.
Thursday, July 30 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast 9:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. Program to be announced. 12:15 p.m. Boxed Lunch
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