2026 — Philadelphia
Academy of Management Annual Meeting
A31 July – 3 August 2026 · Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown, Pennsylvania, USA
11 sessions · 5 AFAM meetings and events · 6 sponsored and co-sponsored workshops
AFAM convened at the 2026 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Philadelphia with a full programme of official meetings and professional development workshops. This page is the record of that programme — session times, venues, and the colleagues who led each session.
The General Equation of Leadership
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — Mezzanine Level, Salon 9
Presented by
- Mwelwa Mulenga
Network for Practice and Process Management Studies Drawing on African Empirical Settings
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — Mezzanine Level, Salon 9
Presented by
- Hans Rawhouser
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Saouré Kouamé
University of Ottawa - Laurent Béduneau-Wang
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University - Majda Soumane
Africa Business School - Ayman Er.Rahimi
Africa Business School - Sébastien Mena
University of Fribourg
AI and Entrepreneurship Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — Second Floor, Parlor B
Presented by
- Constant Beugre
Delaware State University - Jean Kabongo
University of South Florida - James Calvin
Johns Hopkins University - Mzamo Mangaliso
UMass Amherst - Montressa Washington
Case Western Reserve University
Leadership Development, Behavioural Dynamics, and Cultural Influences in African Contexts
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — First Floor, Seminar A
Presented by
- Jie Wu
University of Aberdeen - Ekene Okwechime
Anglia Ruskin University - Loliya Kagher
University of Aberdeen - Ijeoma Okpanum
University of Aberdeen - Josephine Adekola
University of Glasgow - Fash Fasoro
- Kingsley Omeihe
University of the West of Scotland - Ibiyemi Omeihe
University of the West of Scotland
Overcoming Status Quo Bias to Deliver EDI-Driven Transformation in African Supply Chains
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — Mezzanine Level, Franklin Room
Presented by
- Teslim Bukoye
University of Bath - Aniekan Essien
University of Bristol Business School - Ade Oyedijo
Baylor University
Meet the Editors: Essentials of Qualitative and Quantitative Research
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — Mezzanine Level, Salon 10
Panel
- Baniyelme D. Zoogah
McMaster University - Sherwat Ibrahim
American University in Cairo - Mahamadou Biga Diambeidou
University of Oxford - Bella Galperin
University of Tampa - Amanuel Tekleab
Wayne State University - Judy Muthuri
University of the West Indies - Hermann Ndofor
Florida State University
AFAM Executive Committee Meeting
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — Mezzanine Level, Salon 8
Chaired by
- Judy Muthuri
University of the West Indies
AFAM Business Meeting
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — Mezzanine Level, Salon 4
Chaired by
- Judy Muthuri
University of the West Indies
Africa Journal of Management — Editorial and Review Board Meeting
VenueSheraton Philadelphia Downtown — Salon 4
Chaired by
- Bruce Lamont
AFAM Social
VenueMarrakesh Restaurant — 517 S Leithgow St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Hosted by
- Sherwat Ibrahim
American University in Cairo - Amanuel Tekleab
Wayne State University - Natasha Winkler-Titus
Stellenbosch University
About this programme
- All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), as published in the AoM 2026 programme.
- Sessions carrying more than one division tag — for example ODC · OMT · AFAM — were co-sponsored across AoM divisions and interest groups.
- All sessions took place at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown, except the AFAM Social, held off-site at the Marrakesh Restaurant.
- Session IDs refer to the AoM 2026 programme and can be searched in the AoM Program Navigator.
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