Conference Program
The 2026 Annual Conference of the Academic Association for Organization Science (Aoyama Gakuin University)
(1) Program & (2) Venue Information are now available.
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(Day 1 of the conference)
Session 1 (Venue C) (Room 17512) Building No. 17, 5th floor
Session 2 (Venue A) (Room 17510) 17 Building, 5th Floor
Session 3 (Venue C) (Room 17512) 17 Building, 5th Floor
Special Session I (Venue D) (Honda Memorial International Conference Hall) 17 Building, 6th Floor
Special Session II (Venue D) (Honda Memorial International Conference Hall) 17 Building, 6th Floor
General Meeting (Venue D) (Honda Memorial International Conference Hall) Building 17, 6th Floor
Reception (Venue C) (Room 17512) Building 17, 5th Floor
International Session (Venue E) (Room 17507) Building 17, 5th Floor
International Session (Venue G) (Room 17509) Building 17, 5th Floor
(Day 2 of the conference)
Session 4 (Venue A) (Room 17510) Building 17, 5th floor
Session 5 (Venue B) (Room 17511) Building 17, 5th floor
Session 6 (Venue C) (Room 17512) Building 17, 5th floor
Session 7 (Venue A) (Room 17510) Building 17, 5th floor
Session 8 (Venue C) (Room 17512) Building 17, 5th Floor
Lunch Session (Venue B) (Room 17511) Building 17, 5th Floor
Special Session III (Venue A) (Room 17510) Building 17, 5th Floor
Session 9 (Venue A) (Room 17510) Building 17, 5th Floor
Session 10 (Venue C) (Room 17512) Building 17, 5th Floor
International Session (Venue E) (Room 17507) Building 17, 5th Floor
International Session (Venue G) (Room 17509) Building 17, 5th Floor
For details on the sessions, please see the “Session Information” page.
Sessions 1-3
(September 20 (Sat), Day 1 of the conference) 10:00-14:15 (90 minutes each)
Venue: 17 Building, 5th Floor: (Venue C, Room 17512), (Venue A, Room 17510), (Venue C, Room 17512)
Three sessions (90 minutes each) will be held.
For more details, please refer to the Session Information page.
Special Session I
(September 20 (Sat), Day 1 of the conference) 14:30–15:30 (60 minutes)
Venue: (Venue D) 6th Floor, Building 17: Honda Memorial International Conference Hall
Heather A. Haveman (The University of California, Berkeley, USA) will deliver the keynote speech.
Special Session II
(September 20, Saturday, Day 1 of the conference) 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM (60 minutes)
Venue: (Venue D) Honda Memorial International Conference Hall (6th floor)
Executive Lecture
Titled “Tokyu's Urban Development and the Future of Shibuya,” this special session will feature an executive lecture.
Mr. Toshiyuki Takahashi (Executive Vice President, Tokyu Corporation)
Moderator: Tsutomu Nakano (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Sessions 4–8
(September 21, Sunday, Day 2 of the conference) 9:00–12:15 (90 minutes each)
Venue: 17th Building, 5th Floor: (Venue A, Room 17510) · (Venue B, Room 17511) · (Venue C, Room 17512)
Five sessions (90 minutes each) will be held.
For more details, please refer to the session information page.
Lunch Session
(September 21 (Sun), Day 2 of the conference) 12:25–13:35 (70 minutes)
Venue: 5th Floor, Building 17: (Venue B, Room 17511)
A luncheon meeting will be held on the topic of “Preparing for Academic Positions for Graduate Students and Young Researchers.”
Nobuto Fujii (Momoyama Gakuin University)
Kazuo Funakoshi (Osaka University of Economics)
Masahira Funatsu (University of Tokyo)
Fumihiko Sunaguchi (Kobe University)
Special Session III: Entrepreneur Panel Discussion
(September 21 (Sun), Day 2 of the conference) 13:45-15:15(90 minutes)
Venue: Building 17, 5th Floor (Venue A, Room 17510)
A panel discussion titled “Organizational Management in the VUCA Era: Perspectives of Startup CEOs” will be held with entrepreneurs as panelists.
Takashi Fukada (CEO, Sprocket Co., Ltd.)
Kosuke Ueyama (CEO, SATORI Co., Ltd.)
Moderator: Masaru Yamashita (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Session 9-10
(September 21 (Sun), Day 2 of the conference) 15:30-17:00 (90 minutes each)
Venue: 5th Floor, Building 17: (Venue A, Room 17510) · (Venue C, Room 17512)
Two sessions (90 minutes each) will be held.
For more details, please refer to the session information page.
Special International Research Session Program
(September 20 (Sat), Day 1 of the conference) 10:00–14:15 (30 minutes each, including Q&A)
Venue: 5th Floor, Building 17: (Venue E, Room 17507) · (Venue G, Room 17509)
(September 21 (Sun), Day 2 of the conference) 9:00-17:00 (30 minutes each, including Q&A)
Venue: 5th floor of Building 17: (Venue E, Room 17507) and (Venue G, Room 17509)
This session will be conducted entirely in English, with presenters selected through an open call for submissions from around the world, followed by presentations, Q&A, and discussions.
For more details, please refer to the conference program (this page) under (2) 【Special International Research Session Program】 or the Special International Research Session information page.
Additionally, for the day-of distribution materials for each presentation, please refer to the Special International Research Session information page.