2024 POMS College of Service Operations Mini-Conference
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024, 8:30am – 5:00pm. Minneapolis, MN
Theme: Service Operations in a Sports-Crazed World
Agenda (See attached schedule)
- Learn
- 8:30am – 9:30 am Breakfast: Meet your colleagues for breakfast at the hotel and a brief discussion about the theme of the min-conference.
- 10:00am – 11:00am Stadium Tour: Target Center (NBA, Minnesota Timberwolves). We will walk over together from the hotel. If you would like to meet us there, please be there just before 10:00am (600 Hennepin Ave Ste 310, Minneapolis, MN 55403)..
- Experience
- 12:00pm – 3:00pm Twins Game: Join us for a professional sporting event (MLB, Minnesota Twins). We will walk a few blocks from one stadium to the other. Tickets to the game and lunch at the stadium included with registration.
- Do
- 3:30 – 5:00pm Play: Why should the pros have all the fun? Join us for mini-golf at Puttery Minneapolis (240 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis MN 55401). Light appetizers included.
- 6:00pm We will join other colleges for a dinner at the conference hotel.
Participation requires registration for the mini-conference, which can be obtained via the POMS conference website (at the same time or separately at a later time from the registration to the main conference). Registration link: https://pomsmeetings.org/conf-2024/
Prepare to be outside and wear comfortable clothes and shoes as we will walk several blocks between venues.
We look forward to seeing you all in Minneapolis!
POMS College of Service Operations Board & Mini-Conference Organizers
- President: Benjamin Lawrence, Georgia State University
- VP Programs: Matthew Walsman, Rutgers University
- VP Outreach/Awards: Lu Kong, University of South Florida
- Board Members:
- Jie Zhang, University of Victoria
- Sanjeev Bordoloi, University of St. Thomas
- Joy Field, Boston College
- Kejia Hu, University of Oxford
- Xun (Peter) Xu, California State University-Dominguez Hills
- Wenqing Zhang, University of Minnesota-Duluth
