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🎓 Are you a PhD student joining AOM 2026 and interested in the SIM Division community?

The SIM Doctoral Committee is organizing several activities to help PhD students connect before and during the conference:

🤝 1. SIM PhD Buddy Program
First-time AOM PhD attendees can be matched with returning attendees in small buddy groups. The goal is to help newcomers navigate AOM, meet others, and feel more connected to the SIM community. Register here: https://forms.gle/hoxZ2f3AyKsfTMhU9

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ 2. SIM Walking Tour
Join us for an informal SIM Walking Tour on Sunday, August 2nd at 6:45 PM.
The tour will last approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes and is a relaxed way to meet other PhD students and SIM members during the conference. Register here: https://forms.gle/LsvLn6DALNP5AT4m8

💬 3. SIM WhatsApp Group
Stay in touch with the SIM PhD community before and during AOM by joining our WhatsApp group: 👉 https://chat.whatsapp.com/LVEH2xNcHyD77wN5JeIMUj

📝 4. AOM SIM Division PhD Community Survey
We are also collecting input from PhD students to better understand how the SIM Division can support its PhD community. Please complete the survey here:
👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9Pjxs4FpeSUHLECjwsUp-ln0ONofYNBweimPGrWkxkXLQEw/viewform

✨ Whether you are attending AOM for the first time or returning, we warmly invite you to join these activities and help us build a more connected SIM PhD community.

📢 Please share this with PhD students who may be interested!

The SIM Doctoral Student Committee
Bart Leyen, SIM Doctoral student RAL
Jens Marga, SIM Doctoral Student Committee member
Liva Lipa, SIM Doctoral Student Committee member
Ahrabie Kirubasuthan, SIM Doctoral Student Committee member

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Bart Leyen
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Etterbeek
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