INTEREST CATEGORY: GLOBAL MARKETING
POSTING TYPE: Revisits

Author: Madhu Viswanathan

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Fourth Virtual Subsistence Marketplaces Conference

RECONNECTING TO SUBSISTENCE MARKETPLACES

https://cba.lmu.edu/smi/2023subsistencemarketplaces/

May 20-21, 2023
630 am – 11:30am – Pacific USA (GMT -7); 930am – 2:30pm – Eastern USA (GMT -4); 430 pm – 9:30pm – Tanzania (GMT +3); 7pm – Midnight – India (GMT +5:30)

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles via Zoom

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Conference Co-Chairs

Alexander Glosenberg
Loyola Marymount University, USA

Delphine Godefroit-Winkel
TBS Education

Arun Sreekumar
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Conference Director

Madhu Viswanathan
Loyola Marymount University, USA
marketplaceliteracy@gmail.com

Day 1: Presentations & Virtual Immersion

Saturday, May 20
6:30 – 7 a.m. PST – Speed Breakout Introductions
7 – 8:15 a.m. PST – Concurrent Sessions
• Learning
• Microentrepreneurs
• Innovation
8:15 – 8:30 a.m. PT – Break
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. PT – Concurrent Sessions
• Empowerment
• Health
• Wellbeing
10 – 11:30 a.m. PST – Learnings from Sessions and Preparation for Virtual Immersive Workshop on May 21 (Conference Chairs) and Speed Breakout Introductions

Day 2: Virtual Immersion, Panel and Discussion

Sunday, May 21

Virtual Immersive Workshop – Research, Education and Practice In Subsistence Marketplaces (Conference Chairs)

Phase 1 – Virtual Immersion – 7 – 9 a.m. PST
This phase will use immersive, virtual exercises involving live observations and interviews with individuals in different continents. The virtual immersion will aim to understand the challenges and opportunities in working in different and remote geographies as a means to develop some pathways to reconnect with subsistence marketplaces.
9 – 9:15 a.m. PST – Break

Phase 2 – Emersion – 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. PST
A panel of experts will generate discussion about subsistence marketplaces post-pandemic to develop insights about research, education and practice. The session will focus on inside-out understanding of individuals and communities as well as outside-in perspective of how academic, commercial, social and governmental sectors of society can reconnect with communities.
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. PST – Open Discussion including Journal, Special Issues/Sections, Web Portal and Subsistence Marketplaces Organization