the paper's intended argument for its thesis with reference to authoritative sources and primary source data (as appropriate), and state implications for practice. Submissions should not include any author-identifying information; each submission should be accompanied by a cover page in a separate file including the submission name, author names and affiliations, and contact information for the corresponding author. Page headers should include only the proposal title. Page footers should include page numbers. References may be formatted in any recognized style (e.g., AMR, APA, Chicago, Turabian, et cetera). Only English-language proposals can be considered. Panel discussion proposals for the Conference should not exceed 3000 words, plus references; each proposal ought to involve at least three panelists notable for their expertise, in addition to a single corresponding author who organizes and moderates the panel. The panel proposal should incorporate three questions to the panelists; the questions should be pertinent to the Conference theme, and build upon one another, culminating in a question that elicits recommendations for business practice. The proposal should explain the relevance of each of the three questions to the conference theme and the focal business discipline, including grounding in and full references to authoritative sources.