Overview Program

This is just an overview of the main timings of DRUID25. The full updated program in a mobile friendly format can be found in our web app after June 1.

Wednesday, June 25

9:00-12:00  Professional Development Workshops (PDWs)

12:00  Conference registration

13:15  Welcome 

13:30-14.30 Opening keynote
Karim Lakhani

14:30-15:00 Coffee conversations

15:00-16:30 Parallel paper sessions 1

16:30-17:00 Coffee conversations

17:00-18:30 Parallel paper sessions 2

18:30-20:00 DRUID DRINKS reception

Thursday, June 26

9:00-10:30 Parallel paper sessions 3

10:30-11:00 Coffee conversations and Poster Session 1

11:00-12:00 DRUID DIRECTIONS parallel keynotes

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 DRUID DEBATE on DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES 
Motion: "The use of difference-in-differences estimators in strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation research needs an overhaul due to underspecified mechanisms linking cause and effect."
Speaking for the motion: Rajshree Agrawal and Ashish Arora
Speaking against the motion: Laurina Zhang and Francesco Castellaneta

14:30-15:00 Coffee conversations and Poster Session 2

15:00-16:30 Parallel paper sessions 4

16:30-19:00 DRUID DISCOVERIES excursions (registration and pre-payment required)

19.00-23:00 DRUID DINNER and Paper Award Ceremony

Friday, June 27

9:00-10:30 Parallel paper sessions 5

10:30-11:00 Coffee conversations

11:00-12:00 Keynote

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 DRUID DEBATE on MICROGEOGRAPHY AND ON-SITE WORK POLICIES 
Motion: "Mandatory on-site work policies which require employees to be physically present for most of the working week are necessary to foster creativity and innovation in organizations."
Speaking for the motion: Maria Roche and Anne ter Wal
Speaking against the motion: Barbara Larson and Prithwiraj Choudhury

14:30-15:00 Coffee conversations

15:00-16:30 Parallel paper sessions 6

16:30-17:00 Conference closing

20:00-00:00 DRUID DECADENCE afterparty