Submitting to the Annual Meeting

Submitters do not need to be members in order to submit a proposal to the Annual Meeting.

Yes. You must register to attend the Annual Meeting if your proposal is accepted.

Yes. Though you do not need to be a member to submit a proposal, if your submission is accepted, you will need to become a member to attend the Annual Meeting. You must also register for the Annual Meeting.

The submission guidelines can be found online for professional development workshop proposals, paper submissions, symposium submissions, caucus proposals, and poster session submissions. 

The deadline to start your submission is Tuesday, 13 January 2026. A submission ID must be created by 17:00 ET (GMT-5/UTC-5). You will have until 23:59 ET (GMT-5/UTC-5) to edit your submission. 

This deadline applies to the following submission types: 

• Caucus
• Paper
• Poster
• Professional Development Workshop (PDW) 
• Symposium (Panel and Presenter) 

The online Submission Center opens and is publicized since early December.  Any extension of the deadline will affect each subsequent step in the program planning process and will directly impact the volunteers who devote their time to reviewing the thousands of submissions  received. As a result, late submissions cannot be accepted. 

Yes. Please provide First Name, Last Name, Affiliate, Email address, and the role you would like them to have on your submission to the AOM Support Center.

Please submit a support request by using the AOM Support Center. Any updates to the manuscript must be completed before the reviewer period starts in mid-January.

Please submit a support request that includes your revised manuscript by using the AOM Support Center. Any updates to the manuscript must be completed before the reviewer period starts in mid-January.

At the time of submission, submitted papers must not have been previously presented or scheduled for presentation at the Academy of Management. Submitted papers must not have been published or accepted for publication in any journal. If a paper is under review, it must NOT appear in print or online before the Academy meeting. If your paper was previously presented at the AOM, you must be able to show significant changes from your originally presented proposal.

If you contacted the AOM Program Team on the deadline day, and you had already started your submission (and have a 5-digit submission ID), and were unable to upload and finalize your proposal because of a system problem then please submit a support request that includes all details including your manuscript by using the AOM Support Center. 

Your paper submission needs to include the full paper.

• Caucus: Your caucus proposal can only be submitted to the Caucus Committee. 
• Paper: Your paper proposal can only be submitted to one sponsoring group. 
• Professional Development Workshop (PDW): You may submit your PDW to one primary sponsoring group, with an option to suggest additional, potential co-sponsoring groups. 
• Symposium: Yes, you may submit your symposium proposal to up to three sponsoring groups. 

You will be able to edit your submission and upload revisions UNTIL you finalize the submission. Once the submission is finalized, you will not be able to edit any part of the submission, upload a revised proposal, or adjust participants. Please ensure you have completed every item on the finalization checklist before finalizing your submission. 

If the co-author or participant on your submission does not already have an Academy account, you will be able to add them to your submission by providing the full name and an email address of the participant. A participant, who has an account created on their behalf, will receive an email to the email account provided alerting them that an account was created, but needs to be confirmed. The added participant will then need to go to the unconfirmed account to edit the details and activate the account.

It is OK to finalize your submission even if information details for your colleagues are incomplete or inaccurate. Your colleagues can update their information at any time and those updates will automatically be included on your submission. An added participant who did not have an account will receive an email to the address you entered, alerting them that an account was created on their behalf, but needs to be confirmed. The added participant will then need to go to the unconfirmed account to review/edit the details and activate the account. Only the participant/author will be able to confirm and activate the account.

If necessary, you may contact the participant separately and ask them to check their inbox and junk mail folders for an email from the Academy of Management with the subject “Participation in a yyyy Academy of Management Submission” (where “yyyy” is the 4-digit Meeting year) with instructions on how to activate their account. 

If you were added to a submission for the upcoming conference, and an account was created on your behalf, please check your inbox and junk mail folders for an email from the Academy of Management with subject: “Participation in a (YEAR) Academy of Management Submission” with instructions on how to activate your account. If you cannot locate this e-mail, please click on the following, or copy and paste it into your web browser: https://account.aom.org/login/login.aspx. Enter your e-mail address and follow the prompts to active your account. If this does not work, please contact us for assistance.

If you do not see the revised proposal after it has been re-uploaded, it is likely that your browser has the original document cached so, even though your upload was successful, you are not immediately able to see the revised version. Please try to clear your browser’s cache, quit all your browser sessions, try another browser, or even reboot your computer if necessary and try again to confirm the version you see in the Submission Center is correct.

To review or edit your profile, please sign in to your AOM account . Use the gray pencil icon to edit your Primary Information or Address, or click the blue “Update My Annual Meeting Affiliation” button to change your affiliation on the Program. Don’t forget to save changes when you are finished.

The Proceedings includes the abstracts of all accepted papers and symposia as well as abridged versions of the program’s “Best Papers” (top 10%) as designated by the Division and Interest Group Program Chairs. The abridged (six-page) format is used because publication of papers at their full length would preclude subsequent journal publication. The abridged papers are available only to conference registrants of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting. 

The Annual Meeting will be taking place Friday, 31 July to Tuesday, 4 August 2026 in Philadephia, PA, USA.

Decision (accept/reject) notifications will be sent in late March 2026.

Poster sessions encourage open dialogue and are a great way for researchers to share their work in a less formal setting compared to traditional presentations while still being an official part of the program. A poster submission includes an extended abstract manuscript that will be reviewed by the selected Division or Interest Group (DIG). If accepted, submitters will be expected to create a poster presentation to be displayed visually that summarizes their research findings, methods, and conclusions. Poster presentations often include graphs, images, and text to make the information clear and engaging, and provide a platform for networking. In this format, presenters will have an opportunity to receive immediate feedback on their work. A poster submission (extended abstract) can only be submitted to one DIG. Poster presentations will be scheduled in one-hour in-person poster sessions taking place in a highly visible location at the Annual Meeting Friday, 31 July through Tuesday, 4 August 2026. 

There is no formal conference theme for #AOM2026. This means an even wider range of management topics can be explored. Share your ideas and contribute to dynamic, inclusive discussions that reflect the global diversity of our field. Please contact [email protected] with questions.

The clusters will be available in late January 2026. Sessions will be taking place at the following locations: Philadelphia Convention Center, Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown and Loews Philadelphia Hotel.