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Still buzzing after an unforgettable day at AOM: the largest PDW ever hosted by the Academy of Management - focused on the Space Economy.

🚀 Space was by far the most promising frontiers in management research at AOM 2025.

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🌟 Keynotes
🎤 Clay Mowry – President, International Astronautical Federation & CEO, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
🎤 Prof. Christopher Tucci – Vice President & Program Chair, Academy of Management

🌟 Industry Panel:
🎤 Johan Åman – CEO, Unibap Space Solutions AB
🎤 Olga Moraru – Senior Business Development Manager, Voyager Technologies Europe
🎤 Leo Jofeh – Programmes Manager for Platform, Space Forge
🎤 Charlie Kellagher – Programmes Manager for Payload, Space Forge
🎤 Dr. Cornelis Eldering – Head of Entrepreneurship & Business Incubation, European Space Agency - ESA
🎙️ Moderated by Mehdi Montakhabi, University of Oxford

🪐 Roundtable Themes & Facilitators:
🪑 Emerging Business Models – Lorenzo Massa & Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli
🪑 Open Innovation Beyond Boundaries – Wim Vanhaverbeke & Ntorina Antoni
🪑 Methodological Challenges – Raja Roy & Jingning Ao
🪑 Phenomenon-Driven Research – Erkko Autio & Markus Perkmann, Fredrik Hacklin
🪑 Small Satellite Ecosystem – Devi R. Gnyawali, Ken Davidian & Yue Song
🪑 Startups & Nanosatellites – Esteve Almirall
🪑 Contracting Governance – Beverly Tyler, Jens Roehrich, Benn Lawson & Brian Squire
🪑 Contracting for Innovation – Janet Bercovitz & Kyle Mayer
🪑 Behavioral Economics & Engineering Mgmt – Marc J Ventresca & Dr. Nate Dailey
🪑 SpaceX & the Emergence of New Space – Petteri Leppänen
🪑 Research Urgency & Challenges – Gideon Markman, Maurizio Zollo & Oksana Gerwe
🪑 International Business & New Space – Sebastian H. Fuchs & Prof. Prof Tim Vorley

With Gratitude
🙏 To our keynote speakers, Clay Mowry and Chris Tucci, for their vision, energy, and deep commitment to the field
🙏 To our industry panelists for generously sharing their experience and insight at the frontier of the space economy
🙏 To the rock solid supporters from our Space Economy research team: Benn Lawson, Jens Roehrich, Brian Squire & Marc J Ventresca
🙏 To our roundtable facilitators, who led rich, forward-looking discussions
🙏 To our volunteers who made the day seamless
🙏 To my incredible co-organizers: Magdalena Marczewska, for tireless work in shaping the logistics of the day
🙏 To the AOM TIM Division for championing this initiative: Valentina Tartari, Sue Cohen, Elena Novelli, Tobias Kretschmer, Llewellyn D W Thomas
🙏 And finally, to every participant who joined us and contributed to making this an inspiring, collaborative, and historic event!