The Andes Connect Workshop is an academic initiative organized by the Academy of Management (AOM), as part of its Community Accelerator Program (CAP). This event is designed for doctoral students and early-career academics in the areas of organization and strategy in Chile and Argentina.

This intensive program aims to strengthen research capabilities, build local research communities, and increase the region’s capacity to produce high-impact research.

The workshops are taking place twice a year in Chile and Argentina, over a period of two to three years, with the focus on strengthening collaboration between these two countries and extending it to other regions of Latin America.

The third workshop will be held at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Santiago) over two sessions: Monday, 14 December 2026 (full day), and Tuesday, 15 December 2026 (morning only). It will feature keynote talks by distinguished international scholars alongside interactive workshops designed to foster collaborative research. This edition will also include research presentations by participants, in keeping with the spirit of the initiative: to encourage the development of organizational and strategy research from and about Latin America. Further details on the program, format, and invited speakers will follow in the coming weeks.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Submissions. We welcome research summaries at all stages of development, from early project ideas to recently published work. Summaries may be written in English or Spanish, must not exceed 400 words, and are due by 25 October 2026. Please note that some sessions, including keynote talks, may be delivered in English if distinguished scholars do not speak Spanish.

Special track and Best Paper Award: AOM Annual Meeting 2027. This workshops offers a dedicated track for authors preparing papers for submission to the AOM Annual Meeting 2027 in Vienna, Austria. If you would like your work reviewed with that submission in mind, please do two things. First, check the box in the submission system marked “I want to receive feedback for AOM submission.” Second, if your proposal is accepted for AOM Andes Connect, send us a complete draft of your paper by November 30, 2026, two weeks before the workshop. Choosing this track means you commit to having a draft we can review by that deadline. AOM’s Community Accelerator Program will fund a “best paper award” to support the winning scholar to attend an international management conference, such as AOM’s 2027 Annual Meeting in Vienna.

Travel awards. AOM is pleased to offer travel awards for doctoral students with financial need living outside Santiago, Chile, to participate in the workshop. To apply, indicate your interest in the submission system and complete the required information. We look forward to coming together as a community of peers, sharing our work, and strengthening our networks of collaboration.