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Call for Papers – 2025 UAH Business of Space Conference

  • 1.  Call for Papers – 2025 UAH Business of Space Conference

    Posted 10-31-2024 20:04

    Call for Papers – 2025 UAH Business of Space Conference

    The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business invites submissions for the second Business of Space Conference 2025, taking place on the UAH campus from February 23 to 25, 2025. The theme of this year's conference is "Creating Solutions with Partnerships: Opportunities and Barriers". To align with this theme, the conference solicits business-related space research that showcases its value to space sector stakeholders. Submissions will be accepted until November 15, 2024.  Keynote presentations and discussions will foster collaboration between researchers and space economy industry stakeholders. These conversations will present the latest insights and shape the future of academic and policy research in the space economy.

    Huntsville/Madison County is home to the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and other agencies which manage important and sophisticated aerospace and defense technologies. In Huntsville's Cummings Research Park, there are more than 400 aerospace, defense, and technology companies including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Leidos, Raytheon Technologies, GE Aviation, SAIC, and others. This annual conference provides a setting for attendees to engage with top academics, business leaders, innovators and policy influencers working in the New Space Economy.

    Conference Topics

    We welcome submissions related to commercial research on the broadly defined New Space Economy. Empirical and theoretical contributions from all business disciplines will be considered, including but not limited to:

    ·       Economics

    ·       Accounting

    ·       Strategic management

    ·       Finance

    ·       Marketing

    ·       Information systems

    ·       Supply chain management

    Submissions showcasing the latest space commerce research will align well with the conference theme of forging partnerships and synergies among space sector stakeholders in academia, industry and government.

    Submission Information

    Completed draft papers or extended abstracts of two to three pages are welcome for consideration. Send submissions to hank.alewine@uah.edu with "Business of Space Conference 2025" as the subject. For more information on call for papers, please visit this website (https://www.uah.edu/opce/program-topics/business-of-space/2025/2025-call-for-papers).

    Important Dates

    Abstract submission deadline: November 15, 2024

    Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2024

    Questions about Submissions:

    Hank Alewine, Ph.D., CPA

    hank.alewine@uah.edu or 
    256.824.6589 

    General questions:

    UAH Office of Professional and Continuing Education

    opce@uah.edu or 256.824.4430



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    Yeolan Lee, PhD (She/her)
    Associate Professor of Management
    University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Email: yeolan.lee@uah.edu
    Phone: 256-824-6380
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