BI-JAMS Thought Leaders` Conference 2018
BI Norwegian Business School welcomes you to the BI-JAMS Thought Leaders’ Conference on Generalizations in Marketing: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Oslo, Norway, from June 3-5, 2018.
BI Norwegian Business School welcomes you to the BI-JAMS Thought Leaders’ Conference on Generalizations in Marketing: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Oslo, Norway, from June 3-5, 2018.

Dominique Hanssens is Distinguished Research Professor of Marketing at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management. He has served as the school's faculty chair, associate dean, and marketing area chair. He served as Executive Director of the Marketing Science Institute (2005-2007) and as President of the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (2015-2017).
Professor Hanssens serves or has served as an area editor for Marketing Science and an associate editor for Management Science and the Journal of Marketing Research. His papers have appeared in the leading academic and professional journals in marketing, economics and statistics. Five of these articles have won Best Paper awards, in Marketing Science (1995, 2001, 2002), Journal of Marketing Research (1999, 2007) and Journal of Marketing (2010), and ten were award finalists.
Roland T. Rust is Distinguished University Professor and David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, where he is founder and Executive Director of two research centers: the Center for Excellence in Service and the Center for Complexity in Business. He is also Visiting Chair in Marketing Research at Erasmus University (Netherlands) and International Research Fellow of Oxford University’s Center for Corporate Reputation (UK).
He served as Editor of the Journal of Marketing, founded the annual Frontiers in Service Conference, and was founding Editor of the Journal of Service Research. He is currently Editor of the International Journal of Research in Marketing (IJRM).
| Time | Title |
| Sunday, June 3 | |
| 18:30 | Bus transfer to reception |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Welcome Reception and Dinner (Hidden Bar, Ling Ling Hakkasan) |
| Approx. 22:00 | Bus transfer to the conference hotel |
| Monday, June 4 | |
| 07:30 - 08:30 | Registration and coffee |
| 08:30 - 08:40 | Welcome, BI president Inge Jan Henjesand and Co-Chairs |
| 08:40 - 10:10 | Session 1: Presentations and discussion |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Session 2: Presentations and discussion |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Session 3: Presentations and discussion |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Coffee break |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Session 4: Presentations and discussion |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee break |
| 16:20 - 17:20 | Session 5: Presentations and discussion |
| 18:15 - 19:00 | Bus transfer to the conference dinner venue |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Conference Dinner (Ekeberg Restaurant) |
| Approx. 22:00 | Bus transfer to the conference hotel |
| Tuesday, June 5 | |
| 08:15 - 08:30 | Coffee |
| 08:30 - 09:15 | Session 6: Presentations and discussion |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Coffee break |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Session 7: Presentations and discussion |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Session 8: Presentations and discussion |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch and Farewell |
The Thought Leaders’ Conference will take place on the premises of BI’s award-winning city campus in Oslo.
The Thought Leaders’ Conference will take place on BI Norwegian Business School’s award-winning city campus in Oslo. The new campus building features a unique Scandinavian design and houses a gym, a convenience store, and several restaurants and cafés. The campus building is situated next to the conference hotel and with easy access to the Oslo public transport network.

The conference sessions will be held in the main building’s Executive Education area, on the second floor, room A2-080.
A registration and information desk will be located in the executive teaching area (Block A, 2nd floor). At the main entrance, turn left and take the stairs up to the 2nd floor.
Free WiFi will be available via Eduroam and via a BI Norwegian Business School guest account.
During lunches and coffee breaks, food and drinks will be served in areas A2 and in our restaurant on the seventh floor.
Map of Oslo with conference venues
Location: Aker Brygge Marina
Adress: Stranden 30, 0250 Oslo

Adress: Kongsveien 15, 0193 Oslo
