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Submission deadlines for 2025 MSOM Conference at the London Business School

  • 1.  Submission deadlines for 2025 MSOM Conference at the London Business School

    Posted 01-20-2025 08:20

    Dear Colleagues,

    Because of the exceptional circumstances created by the LA fires and other issues we have decided to extend the submission deadline for the SIG-only full paper submissions to January 31, 2025. Please note that due to review timeline constraints we are unfortunately able to extend neither the submission deadline for the SIG+1RR full paper submissions (still January 24) nor the submission deadline for the main MSOM conference extended abstracts submissions (still January 31). The amended conference announcement copied below reflects this extension.

    On behalf of the MSOM Board and MSOM Conference team,

    Jérémie Gallien and S. Alex Yang (Conference Co-Chairs)

    Email: msom2025@london.edu

    Dear Colleagues,

    The 2025 Annual MSOM Conference will be held at the London Business School from Friday, June 27 to Sunday, June 29 2025. On behalf of the organizing committee, we are delighted to invite you to the conference.

    The SIG Day mini-conferences will take place on that Friday with the main MSOM conference taking place on that Saturday and Sunday. While the following provides a relevant summary, more detailed information for the main conference as well as the six SIG Day mini-conferences is available on the conference website at

    https://www.london.edu/msom2025

    Submission Key Dates

    January 10

    Submissions site opens

    January 24

    Deadline for 1RR (MSOM journal) SIG Days full paper submissions

    January 31

    Submission deadline for SIG Day Only full papers and for main MSOM Conference extended abstracts

    mid-April

    Decision announcements for both MSOM Conference and SIG Day mini-conferences

    May 7

    Presenter registration deadline

    mid-May

    Presentation schedule posted

    June 27

    SIG Day mini-conferences

    June 28-29

    MSOM Conference

    Submission Guidelines

    The submission site for both the main MSOM Conference and the SIG Day mini-conferences will open on January 10, 2025 and may be accessed then at

    https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/msomconference

    Consideration for presentation at the main MSOM Conference requires the submission of a 3-page extended abstract by January 31, 2025. Consideration for joint presentation at one of the SIG Day mini-conferences and MSOM journal publication (1RR process) requires submission of a full paper by January 24, 2025. The deadline for submitting full papers for presentation at one of the SIG Day mini-conferences only (without 1RR consideration by the MSOM journal) has been extended to January 31, 2025. Please see formatting requirements below for both full papers and extended abstracts.

    The submitting / corresponding author must be the individual who would present the work if accepted.

    Due to capacity constraints, each attendee is limited to one submission to the MSOM conference, one submission to one of the SIG Day mini-conferences, and one presentation during the entire three-day conference period. In addition, the same work can be presented only once during the entire three-day conference period.

    Colleagues wanting to be considered for presentation of the same work at one of the SIG Day mini-conferences and at the main MSOM Conference (in case their SIG Day mini-conference submission is not accepted) must separately submit both an extended abstract and a full paper by the above deadlines. Submissions accepted for presentation at a SIG Day mini-conference will be removed from consideration for presentation at the main MSOM conference if also submitted there.

    At the authors' discretion, full papers submitted for presentation at one of the SIG Day mini-conferences and satisfying required guidelines may also be considered for publication in the M&SOM journal as part of a specific process organized by its editorial board (1RR initiative).

    Submissions will be selected for presentation by double-blinded review. Submissions not accepted for presentation at either the main MSOM Conference or a SIG Day mini-conference may be offered a space in the poster presentation session to be held on Sunday, June 29, 2025.

    A requirement for presentation in any of the conference venues (SIG Day mini-conferences, main MSOM conference and poster session) is that presenters must register by May 7, 2025.

    Submission Formatting Requirements

    To facilitate double-blind review, main manuscript files submitted for presentation should not contain author names. The submitting / corresponding author must be the individual who would present the work if accepted.

    Extended Abstracts for Main MSOM Conference: Each abstract should be no more than three pages with 1-inch margins, 11-point font, and at most 33 lines per page. The abstract should include the title, a description of the research problem, the assumptions used, the key methodology, and a summary of major results and their significance. References, if any, should be included within the three pages.

    Full Papers for SIG Day mini-conferences: Each paper should comply with the M&SOM journal formatting standards.

    Registration Process and Key Dates

    Registrations for the conference will open on or before April 1st, 2025 and can be made from that date through the conference website at

    https://www.london.edu/msom2025

    Due to contractual obligations with various suppliers, registration cancellations and refunds will only be possible until June 10, 2025.

    April 1

    Registration site open

    April 1 - May 7

    Early bird registration fee period

    May 7

    Presenter registration deadline

    May 8 – May 30

    Standard registration fee period

    After May 30

    Late registration fee period

    After June 10

    Cancellations and refunds no longer possible

    Should you have any questions, please contact the conference organizing team via email at msom2025@london.edu.

    We look forward to seeing you in London!

    Jérémie Gallien and S. Alex Yang (Conference Co-Chairs), on behalf of the MSOM 2025 Conference team

    Email: msom2025@london.edu