Segal Graduate School hosts innovation conference for SFU Business researchers

A unique, interdisciplinary research conference focused on innovation was held at the Segal Graduate School of Business on January 15, 2010.

As part of the “Segal Seminar Series on Organizations, Strategy and Technology” (SSSOST), the event included 35 members of the SFU Business faculty, as well as 12 PhD students from the school.

In total, 14 papers were delivered, focused on a broad range of business innovation subjects, from software development to consumer-generated advertising, and from health care technologies to organizational learning.

SSSOST was launched two years ago, with the intention of being a vehicle for faculty at SFU Business to further develop their research with input from a wide range of business disciplines.

According to Tom Lawrence, Weyerhaeuser Professor of Change Management at Simon Fraser University, the annual event is reflective of the business faculty’s interdisciplinary culture and its focus on innovation: social innovation, technological innovation, managerial innovation, and more. The event has also become a key forum for PhDs at SFU Business to present their research-in-progress.

The event concluded with a series of roundtable sessions, with researchers’ presentations followed by analysis and questions by table participants.