Keeping you interested

Watch in August when we start a new program where each month there will be a guest blogger about topics related to our field. To kick it off, Marlys will be the first guest blogger as our outgoing chair and Betsy Howlett will be the guest blogger in September to talk about the new things coming up for the year. But, we have lots of space to fill and would like to encourage you out there to contact me at ama.massig@gmail.com to get access to submit an article. We would like this blog to allow for more integrated and meaningful engagement throughout the year.

2010 Marketing and Public Policy Research Workshop

We would like to encourage new scholars to the field, or current scholars looking for new insights to consider joining the 2010 Research Workshop which will be held prior to the conference May 16-20 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. The workshop is limited to 30 people so act fast!

Take a look at the 2010 website biz.colostate.edu/MPPC for additional details and email any of the conference chairs at mppcworkshop@colostate.edu

2010 MPPC Conference Announced

2010 Marketing and Public Policy Conference

Sustainability and Society

Next year's conference will be held in Denver, Colorado at The Westin Tabor Center May 20-22, 2010. The conference will highlight sustainability issues this year. The conference venue is in the heart of downtown so it is easy to enjoy great restaurants and entertainment - and you can stay a little while longer and enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding areas. Conference chairs include Ken Manning from Colorado State, Kathleen Kelly from Colorado State and David Sprott from Washington State.

Submission deadline is November 6, 2009

All information about the conference, including the full call for papers can be found at biz.colostate.edu/MPPC.

Remember, there are four options for participation: competitive papers, working papers and extended abstracts, special topic sessions and roundtable sessions.

Summer AMA Right Around the Corner

Please don't forget about the reception for MASSIG that Jeremy posted about last month. Also don't forget about some great sessions.

Summer AMA

For those of you going to Chicago for Summer AMA this year, please join us on Saturday, August 8th from 5:15–6:45 p.m. for a margarita reception. This will be at an outside area (TBD) at the Marriott conference hotel. We are co-hosting this with the CBSIG. We are even working on hiring a mariachi band. Should be lots of fun!

Back from Washington DC

Hopefully everyone made their way safely home from the 20th annual Marketing & Public Policy Conference this past week in Washington DC. Of course we would like to keep our SIG strong. One of the ways we plan to do this is through the blog. So if you have any suggestions, please email us at ama.massig@gmail.com We want to make this a rich forum for discussion and a great place to get ideas and hot research topics.

Winter AMA SIG Sessions - call for proposals

If you are interested in suggesting a topic for the SIG special topics, please email us at ama.massig@gmail.com . Below is the information and deadlines for submission.

At the 2010 Winter Educators’ Conference, there are two premium time periods during the conference in which all session slots (usually 7 or 8 per time period) are reserved for SIGs to schedule activities that will serve the interests of their members.

These slots are: 1) the second session of the first day and 2) the last session of the second day.

The purpose of this is to guarantee that SIGs have blocks of prime time set aside to request programming for special topical sessions, guest speakers, panels, or other purposes. These slots are prime program spots because one falls just before the annual luncheon (first day) and the other falls at the end of the second day, which allows for that time period to be extended to accommodate receptions following the SIG session.

In their proposals, SIGs should specify if they have a preference for the first day or second day time slot (these will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis). Proposals for these SIG sessions must emanate directly from the leadership of the individual SIGs (i.e., SIG Chair, Vice-Chair for Programs, etc.).

Note that these slots are not for SIG Business Meetings – these will still need to be coordinated with Lynn Brown at AMA (lbrown@ama.org). SIG Special session proposals should be submitted using the allacademic Manuscript System.

The deadline for proposal submissions is July 8, 2009. Please contact me if you have any questions. More information can be found at this URL: http://www.marketingpower.com/Community/ARC/Pages/Connections/Conferences/Winter2010/SIGSessionsandProgramming.aspx