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Summer Marketing Educators' Conference: San Diego 

Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, 1380 Harbor Island Drive   
San Diego , California   92101-1092 
8/8/2008 5:00 PM  - 8/11/2008 12:00 PM 

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"Unleashing the Power of Marketing to Transform Consumers, Organizations, Markets, and Society"

The theme of the 2008 Summer Educators’ Conference, "Unleashing the Power of Marketing to Transform Consumers, Organizations, Markets, and Society," is designed to encourage thinking, research, and managerial insights into the effects of the power of marketing knowledge on consumers, organizations, markets, and society.

Marketing knowledge can and has been used to change they ways in which companies provide products and services to their target customers. It has also been used to transform how business firms and not-for-profit organizations view themselves and plan and execute their activities. Marketing knowledge has also affected how consumers approach the marketplace and how social activists try to make that marketplace a better experience for consumers. Marketing knowledge has also been put to work improving standards of living around the world.

To register as a Doctoral Student Attendee, please call 800-262-1150 and select 1 for Customer Service or click here to download a form to mail or fax with payment.

**Registration for all other participants is found under the Registration tab.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Conference Program Co-Chairs:
James R. Brown, West Virginia University
Rajiv P. Dant, University of Oklahoma

Best Paper Selection Committee
Ken Evans, University of Oklahoma
Dhruv Grewal, Babson College 
Kent Nakamoto, Virginia Tech

Career & Professional Development Track
James R. Brown, West Virginia University
Rajiv P. Dant, University of Oklahoma

Consumer Behavior
Steve Hoeffler, Vanderbilt University
Jesper Holmgaard Nielsen, University of Arizona

Global & Cross-Cultural Marketing
Michael King Man Hui, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Services Marketing
Nancy J. Stephens, Arizona State University

Product Management, New Product Development, & Entrepreneurship
Tanawat Hirunyawipada, University of Houston, Victoria
Audhesh Paswan, University of North Texas

Marketing Strategy/Marketing Management for Value Creation
George Deitz, University of Memphis
Robert M. Morgan, University of Alabama

Marketing Communications & Branding
Anand Kumar, University of South Florida
Mrugank V. Thakor, Concordia University

Societal, Public Policy, & Ethical Issues
Paula F. Bone, West Virginia University
Karen R. France, West Virginia University

E-Commerce & Technology
Alladi Venkatesh, University of California, Irvine

Channels of Distribution, Supply Chain Management, Business-to-Business Marketing & Interorganizational Issues
Yubo Chen, University of Arizona
Shankar Ganesan, University of Arizona

Marketing Education & Teaching Innovation
Catharine Curran-Kelly, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Pricing & Retailing
Dipayan Biswas, Bentley College
Dhruv Grewal, Babson College

Marketing Research
Alvin C. Burns, Louisiana State University
David J. Ortineau, University of South Florida

Sales & Sales Management
Michael Ahearne, University of Houston
Adam Rapp, Kent State University

SIG Programming
William L. Cron, Texas Christian University
Eric Yorkston, Texas Christian University 

 

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Hotel Air Travel Rental Car Ground Transportation

Hotel
August 8 – 11, 2008
Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
1380 Harbor Island Drive
San Diego, California 92101-1092
Phone: 1 619.291.2900
Fax: 1 619.692.2337
Reservations: 1 619.291.2900 or 1 877.734.2726
Hotel Website: www.sheraton.com/sandiegomarina

Traditional Rooms: $199.00 Single/Double Occupancy
Deluxe Rooms: $219.00 Single/Double Occupancy
Club Rooms: $239.00 Single/Double Occupancy
Additional Person: $20.00
Rates are subject to applicable state & local taxes, currently 10.565% and a 2% San Diego Tourism Assessment (subject to change without notice)

Rates will be honored three days prior and post of the meeting dates, based on availability. Please reserve your overnight accommodations early as there are a limited number of AMA special rates available. 

Online booking/AMA reservation website:
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=0801217379&key=F240E

The reservation cut-off date is July 9, 2008.
The AMA has negotiated special group rates for the American Marketing Association Summer Educators’ Conference. You must make your hotel reservations by July 11, 2008, and properly identify yourself to qualify for the special group rate. After July 11, 2008, the rooms will be released for sale to the general public, and all reservations will be accepted on a space available basis at the hotel's available rate, not at the group rate. A deposit equal to (1) one night’s stay is required to hold each reservation. Such deposit shall serve to confirm the reservation for the dates indicated, and, upon check-in, shall be applied to the first night of the reserved stay. Cancellations made (7) days prior to arrival or less and no-shows will forfeit the initial deposit. Check in time is 3:00 p.m. and check out is at 12:00 p.m. Anyone arriving earlier than 3:00 p.m. will be checked in as soon as rooms become available. Guests checking out early will be charged an early departure fee of $75.00. Upon check in, guests will be asked to verify their departure date. At that time, scheduled departure dates can be altered. Late check-out will be based on availability & may be subject to a fee. 

 Cancellation Policy 

Conference registration may not be shared by two or more individuals. Space is limited and on-site registration cannot be guaranteed. Cancellations received prior to July 8, 2008 will receive a refund minus $50 cancellation fee. After July 8, 2008 a refund will be granted less a $100 cancellation fee. There will be no refunds issued on or after August 8, 2008. All requests for refunds must be submitted to the AMA in writing.

ADA
The AMA is committed to providing equal access to our meetings for all attendees. If you are an attendee with a disability and require program accommodations, please contact the AMA Meeting Services Department, and a member of our staff will ensure that appropriate access arrangements are made. If you have specific disability related needs for your hotel sleeping room, please be sure to communicate those directly to the hotel when you make your reservation. In an effort to provide the highest quality of service to all attendees, we require that details of all access requests be communicated to our office at least 14 days in advance of the beginning of the meeting.

Air:                              

United - Purchase your ticket online at www.united.com and receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares.  After you link to www.united.com, enter your origin and destination, travel dates. Click on more search options and enter your promotion code number 578TN; then we will display the available flights.  There are no fees for booking on line at www.united.com when you use the special promotion code. Code is case sensitive so please use capital letters.

To check schedules and to take advantage of this offer, please visit, www.united.com

If you already are a Mileage Plus member you will receive 1000 bonus miles.  Not a member yet? Sign up at united.com to start your account towards free travel.

American Airlines offers a 5% discount on AA, American Eagle and AmericanConnections. Go to www.aa.com to book your flights or contact the American Airlines Meeting Services desk at 1.800.433.1790 for assistance with reservations and ticket purchase. The authorization number or promotion code for SAN – San Diego is A7188AH.

- Valid for 5% discount travel from all markets where American Airlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection Service and all oneworld Alliance Partners (collectively "American Airlines").

- The percentage discount can be booked on-line at www.aa.com for AA/AE flights only.  Use the authorization number noted above as the aa.com promotion code. Certain restrictions apply.

- Not valid for use in conjunction with any other discounted type fare, i.e. Senior, Child, Mlty./Govt., non-discountable excursion fares.

- Discounts will apply to discountable fares where American Airlines, American Airlines codeshare, or oneworld alliance partners are involved.  AA must be the governing carrier.

AMA's travel coordinator, Tower Travel Management, is available to assist with reservations as well.  Call 1 800.542.9700 within the U.S. and Canada.  Reservation lines are open Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. CST or, you may contact them via email at association@towertravel.com. 

Tower Travel will proactively research airfares on ALL airline carriers to ensure that the lowest available fares are offered to all attendees.  They are dedicated to providing superior customer service and hassle-free travel arrangements.  Please note that fees, restrictions and cancellation penalties will apply.

Rental Car: For your convenience, the American Marketing Association has made arrangements with Avis for your car rental needs.  Special rates have been negotiated for you.  Please contact 1 800.331.1600 to reserve a car. In addition, please be sure to use the AVIS Worldwide Discount Number:  D098599.  Avis Online Conference link:  http://tinyurl.com/2tjks7 

Exhibit & Sponsorship Opportunities:  For more information on AMA Exhibit and Sponsorship opportunities, contact Lore Gil at:  lgil@ama.org or call 312.542.9033.

Welcome Reception Sponsor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
www.polyu.edu.hk/mm

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is the largest UGC-funded tertiary institution in Hong Kong, with about 28,500 students and over 250,000 alumni. The Faculty of Business (FB) at PolyU is among the top 100 business schools in the world according to the UT-Dallas ranking; its programmes are accredited by AMBA and EQUIS, and the school is now a candidate for AACSB accreditation.

The Department of Management and Marketing (MM) is one of the largest departments at PolyU.  The Department has more than 60 full-time academics, with expertise in general and strategic management, entrepreneurship, organizational behaviour, human resource management, international business and marketing.

For more details, please contact:
Dr Leslie YIP Sai-chung
Associate Head of Department
Tel:  (852) 2766 7133
Fax: (852) 2365 0611 
Email: mshead@polyu.edu.hk

 

Give-A-Way Sponsors

Tote Bag Sponsor
Promotional Products Association International (PPAI)
www.promoideas.org

 

Exhibitors

American Marketing Association
www.marketingpower.com

Flat World Knowledge
www.flatworldknowledge.com

Harvard Business Publishing
www.hbsp.harvard.edu/educators

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University*
www.polyu.edu.hk/mm

LINKS-simulations.com
http://www.LINKS-simulations.com

Marketplace Simulation
www.marketplace-simulation.com

McGraw-Hill/Irwin
www.mhhe.com

Pearson
www.pearsonhighered.com

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI)*
www.promoideas.org

StratX International
www.stratxsimulations.com

Taylor & Francis Group
www.taylorandfrancis.com

Wiley
www.wiley.com


 

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