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The British Academy of Management Conference (BAM Conference) is an international event for business and management scholars. It provides a friendly, supportive environment to receive feedback, share ideas and find inspiration.
Tracks of interest:
- 2000-present: Knowledge and Learning (Special Interest Group)
Themes of interest:
- 2003: Knowledge into Practice
- 2006: Building International Communities Through Collaboration
Conference History:
39th BAM 2025 Conference, 1-5 September 2025, University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: On the Border: Management Challenges, Business Opportunities and Disrupted Institutional Contexts
(Host: Kent Business School)
1 SEPTEMBER – VIRTUAL CONFERENCE DAY; 2 SEPTEMBER – DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM ; 3 SEPTEMBER – CONFERENCE IN-PERSON DAY 1; 4 SEPTEMBER – CONFERENCE IN-PERSON DAY 2 & Gala Dinner; 5 SEPTEMBER – CONFERENCE IN-PERSON DAY 3 (half day)
Conference tracks:
Knowledge and Learning
38th BAM 2024 Conference, 2–6 September 2024, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom / Virtual venue
Conference Theme: Achieving transformation for greater good: Societal, organisational and personal barriers and enablers
(Host: Nottingham Business School)
2nd September (virtual day)
Knowledge and Learning SIG Sessions:
Paper Session Titles n.a.
Workshop: CaseGPT – A hackathon designed to minimise threats and maximise opportunities from the intersection of case method and Generative AI Apps
37th BAM 2023 Conference, 1–6 September 2023, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom / Virtual venue
Conference Theme: Towards Disruptive Sustainability: New Business Opportunities and Challenges
(Host: Sussex Business School)
The BAM 2023 Conference will take place on the 1st September (virtual day) & 5th-6th September in-person (with SIG networking activities and fringe events starting in the afternoon of 4th September)
Conference program n.a.
Conference tracks:
Knowledge and Learning
36th BAM 2022 Conference, 31 August – 2 September 2022, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom / Virtual venue
Conference Theme: Reimagining business and management as a force for good
(Host: Alliance Manchester Business School)
Note: First day virtual by default – can present papers live virtually and attend live streamed plenaries with Q&A. Please note that PDW attendance is for in-person attendees only
Knowledge and Learning SIG Sessions:
Paper Session Titles n.a.
Knowledge and Learning SIG Annual Meeting
35th BAM 2021 Conference, 31 August – 3 September 2021, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Virtual venue
Conference Theme: Recovering from Covid: Responsible Management and Reshaping the Economy
(Host: Alliance Manchester Business School)
Note: The conference was originally scheduled for Sep 1-3, 2021; It is promoted as the 2nd “BAM 2021 Conference In The Cloud”
Conference program n.a.
Conference tracks:
Knowledge and Learning
Professional Development Workshops:
A two-way street: Stimulating the flow of knowledge between HE and workplace in a work-based postgraduate Master’s programme for senior leaders
34th BAM 2020 Conference, 2-4 September 2020, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Virtual venue
Conference Theme: Innovating for a Sustainable Future
(Host: Alliance Manchester Business School)
Note: The conference is promoted as “BAM 2020 Conference In The Cloud”
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge and Learning (CANCELLED)
33rd BAM 2019 Conference, 3-5 September, 2019, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Building and Sustaining High Performance Organisations in Uncertain Times: Challenges and Opportunities
(Host: Aston Business School)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) sessions:
Paper Session Titles n.a.
Knowledge and Learning SIG Annual Meeting
32nd BAM 2018 Conference, 4-6 September 2018, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Driving productivity in uncertain and challenging times
(Host: Bristol Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge and Learning (SIG)
31st BAM 2017 Conference, 5-7 September 2017, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Re-connecting management research with the disciplines: Shaping the research with the social sciences
(Host: Warwick Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge and Learning (SIG)
30th BAM 2016 Conference, 6-8 September 2016, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Thriving in Turbulent Times
(Host: Newcastle University Business School)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) Sessions:
Knowledge Acquisition & Absorption
Student Experience
New work directions
Curriculum Design in Management Education
Lessons for Complexity & Safety
Knowledge and Practice
Knowledge and Learning in Turbulent Times
Online Learning
Management Education
Knowledge Management
Knowledge and Learning SIG Annual General Meeting
Professional Development Workshops:
Quantification, measurement and management of Organizational Climate for Organizational learning and development
29th BAM 2015 Conference, 8-10 September 2015, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: The Value of Pluralism in Advancing Management Research, Education and Practice
(Host: Department of Strategy, Enterprise and Innovation, Faculty of Business and Law)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) Sessions:
Management Learning
Pluralism in Knowledge and Learning
Academic Achievement
Online Education
Individual Knowledge and Learning
Group Learning
Student Engagement and Experience
Knowledge Management
Work-based Learning?
…Titles n.a.
Symposium: Developing Reviewing Skills for Early Career Academics and Doctoral Students
Symposium: Practices, Routines, Communities & Identities: Exploring Organizational & Individual Learning
Knowledge and Learning SIG Annual General Meeting
Innovation (SIG) Sessions:
Innovation Networks and Knowledge Sources
Innovation, Knowledge and Creativity
Knowledge Integration and Innovation
28th BAM 2014 Conference, 9–11 September 2014, Ulster University, Belfast, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: The Role of the Business School in Supporting Economic and Social Development
(Host: Ulster Business School)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) Sessions:
Critical Management Learning
Knowledge Management
Management Learning
Impact of Business School Knowledge
Impact of Business School Knowledge: an international perspective
Knowledge Transfer
Management Development
Knowledge and Learning in Practice
Challenges in Knowledge and Learning
The Tacit Dimension
Hard and Soft Aspects of Knowledge Sharing
Theorising about Knowledge and Learning
Workshop: The ‘Slogan Tee-shirt’ as organizing principle in the design of a creative approach to teaching consumerism (w. Marketing and Retail SIG)
Knowledge and Learning SIG Meeting
Innovation (SIG) Sessions:
Knowledge and Innovation
Knowledge linkages
Professional Development Workshops:
Developing Knowledge Elicitation Skills for Organizational Development Practitioners (PDW 07: 912)
27th BAM 2013 Conference, 10-12 September 2013, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Managing to make a Difference
(Host: Liverpool University Management School)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) sessions:
Paper Session Titles n.a.
Professional Development Workshop (PWD): Big Data, the Cloud, Data Security, Surveillance – and You
Knowledge and Learning SIG Meeting
26th BAM 2012 Conference, 11-13 September 2012, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Management Research Revisited: Prospects for Theory and Practice
(Host: Cardiff Business School)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) sessions:
Paper Session Titles n.a.
Knowledge and Learning SIG Meeting
25th BAM 2011 Conference, 12-15 September 2011, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Building and Sustaining High Performance Organisations in a Challenging Environment
(Host: Aston Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge and Learning (SIG)
24th BAM 2010 Conference, 14-16 September 2010, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Management Research in a Changing Climate
(Host: Management School)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) sessions:
Paper Session Titles n.a.
Research Methodology Workshop: Reflexivity: a building block of management learning and inquiry?
Knowledge and Learning SIG Meeting
23rd BAM 2009 Conference, 15-17 September 2009, Brighton, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: The End of the Pier? Competing perspectives on the challenges facing business and management
(Host: University of Brighton)
- Conference program n.a.
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge and Learning (SIG)
22nd BAM 2008 Conference, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: The Academy goes Relevant
(Host: Leeds Business School, University of Leeds)
- Conference program n.a.
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge and Learning (SIG)
21st BAM 2007 Conference, 11-13 September 2007, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Management Research, Education and Business Success: Is the future as clear as the past
(Host: Warwick Business School)
- SIG Annual General Meetings, Workshops and Symposia n.a.
Knowledge and Learning (SIG) sessions:
Paper Session Titles n.a.
Innovation (SIG) Sessions:
Symposium: Wealth from Knowledge
20th BAM 2006 Conference, 12-14 September 2006, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Building International Communities Through Collaboration
(Hosts: Queen’s University Belfast, University of Ulster)
- SIG Annual General Meetings, Workshops and Symposia n.a.
Knowledge and Learning (SIG) Sessions:
Communities of Practice and Collaboration
Knowledge Management: International Perspectives
Learning and Education
Developing Entrepreneurial Leadership Learning
Learning, Innovation and Change
Perspectives on Organisational Learning
Management Education
Knowledge, Learning and Wisdom
Perspectives on Knowledge
Evolution of Business Knowledge
Collaboration and Communication
Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Exploring the State of the Field
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (SIG) Sessions:
Learning
19th BAM 2005 Conference, 13-15 September 2005, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Challenges of Organizations in Global Markets
(Host: Saïd Business School)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) Sessions:
Issues for Learning in Higher Education
Knowledge Sharing Across Boundaries
International Perspectives on Knowledge Management
Knowledge Workers & Strategy
Learning & Cognition
Education and Learning
Case Studies in Knowledge and Learning
Knowledge, Learning, Codification and Capabilities
Learning & the Smaller Firm
Knowledge Creation and Development
Perspectives on the Learning Processes in Organizations
Knowledge and Learning: Improvement and Innovation
Theoretical Perspectives on Learning in Organizations
Learning – Complexity & Practice
Networks for Knowledge and Learning
Symposium: Publishing your paper in Management Learning
18th BAM 2004 Conference, 30 August – 1 September 2004, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Management Futures
(Host: Department of Management)
- Conference program n.a.
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge and Learning
Interorganizational Relations
Leadership (SIG) Sessions:
Workshop: What has Action Learning learned to become?
17th BAM 2003 Conference, September 15-17, 2003, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Knowledge into Practice
(Host: Leeds Business School, Leeds University)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) Sessions:
Management Research and Management Development – Co production of Knowledge
Groups and Communities (1): Knowledge Sharing and Virtual Teams
Groups and Communities (2): Communities, Narratives and Human Capital
Contrasting Locations and Perspectives
SME Learning, SME Knowledge
Management Development
Knowledge, Learning and Power
Workshop: How does methodological research inform our organizational debates?
Knowledge and Learning SIG Annual General Meeting
Strategic Management (SIG) Sessions:
Strategy as Orchestrating Knowledge
Production and Operations Management (SIG) Sessions:
IT and Knowledge Management
Critical Management/Philosophy of Management (SIG) Sessions:
Knowledge and Transference
16th BAM 2002 Conference, 9-11 September 2002, London, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Fast-Tracking Performance Through Partnerships
(Host: Middlesex Business School, Middlesex University)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) Sessions:
Organisational Learning and Communities of Practice
Innovation, Creativity and Learning
Knowledge and Competitive Advantage
Management Learning
Knowledge Representations and Mapping
Workshop: Communities of Scholarship: A Dialogue Event for PhD Students and Supervisors
Workshop: How Does Methodological Research Inform our Organisational Debates
Ebusiness and Technology Management (SIG) Sessions:
CRM in E-business and Managing Knowledge
Organisational Behaviour (SIG) Sessions:
Managing Change and Organisational Development, Organisational Learning
Inter-Organisational Relations (SIG) Sessions:
Workshop: Boundary-Spanning Roles in Inter-Organisational Learning
15th BAM 2001 Conference, 5-7 September 2001, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
(Host: Cardiff Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge and Learning (SIG)
14th BAM 2000 Conference, 13-15 September 2000, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Managing Across Boundaries
(Host: University of Edinburgh Management School)
- Knowledge and Learning (SIG) Sessions:
Knowledge Management
Organisational Learning
Management Teaching and Learning
Workshop: Developing Courses in ‘Knowledge and Learning’ (aka … ‘Organisational Learning’)
13th BAM 1999 Conference, 1-3 September 1999, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Managing Diversity
(Host: Manchester Metropolitan University Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
12th BAM 1998 Conference, 14-16 September 1998, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Corporate Transformation
(Host: Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
11th BAM 1997 Conference, 8-10 September 1997, London Business School, London, United Kingdom
(Host: )
- Conference program n.a.
10th BAM 1996 Conference, Aston University, Aston, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: 30 Years on; What Have We Learned?
(Host: )
- Conference program n.a.
9th BAM 1995 Conference, Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Revitalising Organizations – the Academic Contribution
(Host: )
- Conference program n.a.
8th BAM 1994 Conference, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: The Impact of Management Research: A Critical Approach
(Host: )
- Conference program n.a.
7th BAM 1993 Conference, Cranfield University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: The Crafting of Management Research
(Host: )
- Conference program n.a.
6th BAM 1992 Conference, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
Conference Theme: Management into the 21st Century
(Host: )
- Conference program n.a.
5th BAM 1991 Conference, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
(Host: )
- Conference program n.a.
4th BAM 1990 Conference, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
(Host: Glasgow Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
3rd BAM 1989, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
(Host: Manchester Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
2nd BAM 1988 Conference, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
(Host: Cardiff Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
1st BAM 1987 Conference, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
(Host: Warwick Business School)
- Conference program n.a.
How much is the conference fee, the requirement to be eligible to attend and deadline for registration.
(KMedu Hub Note: Replied by eMail on Feb 17, 2020 – Boris)
Hi thanks for your interest in this conference. I only found this site today.
This year’s online conference had a low fee of £ 100, however, it is sold out.
I am Chair of the Strategy Research Special Interest group and for this reason, would be happy to have a chat if you are interested.
How much is the Conference fee?
(KMedu Hub Note: Replied by eMail on Jan 31, 2020 – Boris)
I am trying to track down what used to be an annual conference on Multi-organizational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks (MOPAN). The last mentions I can find are 2012 and 2013 and then the default appears to be to a BAM conference track. Has this conference been subsumed into your annual conference or is it still operating independently?
Thanks!
(KMedu Hub Note: Replied by eMail on Oct 27, 2019 – Boris)