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MAY 15 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Call for Papers

2009 ACR Asia-Pacific Conference
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
January 2-4, 2009

SUBMISSION WEB SITE: http://www.acrweb.org/apacr/

The 2009 Asia-Pacific conference of the Association for Consumer Research will be held on the campus of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India, January 2-4, 2009. Information about the campus, the city of Hyderabad, accommodations, and traveling in India will be available on the conference website. Links to airline consolidators offering discounted fares to India and opportunities for tours within India around the conference will also be provided on the web site later in the year.

Hyderabad is located in South-Central India. It is one of India’s fastest growing cities and considered a hotbed of technological innovation. The city is known for its rich and resplendent history and its exciting confluence of cultures. The city’s old world charm, reflected in heritage forts, palaces, mosques and temples coexists with technological innovation that attracts top global talent. More details can be found at http://www.fullhyderabad.com/

The Indian School of Business has established a reputation as a Top 20 business school in Asia. It has an academic alliance with three top business schools – the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the Kellogg School at Northwestern University, and London Business School.

Conference Co-chairs:

Dipankar Chakravarti, University of Colorado; Dipankar.Chakravarti@colorado.edu
Rajiv Vaidyanathan, University of Minnesota Duluth; rvaidyan@d.umn.edu
Sridhar Samu, Indian School of Business; sridhar_samu@isb.edu

Please see the call for papers on the website for full details

KEY DEADLINES:

Paper Submission Deadline – May 15, 2008
Notification of Decisions – June 23, 2008
Submission of “Final” papers for Proceedings – September 15, 2008

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