2026 BDRM Conference 

Submissions
Paper submissions for BDRM 2026 are due February 15, 2026, by 12am EST.

Main Conference and Discipline Specific Mini-conferences
The BDRM main conference will take place on Monday, June 15 through the morning of Wednesday June 17. On the afternoon of Wednesday, June 17, two discipline-specific mini-conferences are being organized by Cornell faculty. Submissions can be considered for the main conference, a mini-conference, or both. Mini-conference topics, and the associated faculty organizers, are as follows:

• Mini-conference #1: Better Outcomes for Organizations and Society. Roundtable and symposium submissions are encouraged from scholars who use behavioral decision research to improve outcomes in organizations, markets, and society. Please note additional submission guidance below. Organizer: Ovul Sezer
• Mini-conference #2: Behavioral Finance and Economics. Papers under the general topic of behavioral finance and behavioral economics are welcome. Especially encouraged are papers related to cognitive economics and cognitive finance, and papers on behavioral finance and AI. Organizers: Lawrence Jin and Xing Huang

Eligibility

• Each person may be listed as the presenter on only one submission for the main conference. Submissions for mini-conferences are not restricted.
• You will need to be able to be in-person at the conference to present. Paper and session acceptance will be conditional on at least one author for each paper registering for the conference. If no author has registered for the conference by May 1, the paper will be automatically withdrawn.

We encourage the submissions of both sessions and individual papers. Sessions should contain three to four papers organized around a theme and should be led by a session chair who is, ideally, not presenting one of the papers in the session. Sessions will be partially evaluated on curation. Individual papers can be submitted as 20-minute full length presentations and/or as shorter 5-minute flash talks.

Materials for Review
All submissions should begin with the following information, preferably formatted as a table:

• Presenter: name of presenter or session chair written as Lastname, Firstname
• School: organization or school at which presenter is affiliated
• Contact: email contact information for the presenter or session chair
• Co-authors: names and school affiliation for any co-authors or, in the case of a session, other presenters
• Title: title of talk or session
• Type: indicate whether this is a session submission or an individual talk submission. If an individual talk, specify whether you want it considered as a full length talk, a flash talk, or either. If a session, the presenter name should be the session chair. Names of presenters and co-authors for each talk within the session should be listed with the abstracts (see below).
• Discipline: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Operations, Organizations, Marketing, or Other (this will be used to identify suitable reviewers).
• Conference: specify whether it should be considered for the main conference, one of the two mini-conferences (specify which one), or either. Note that each presenter can only have one submission for the main conference but unlimited submissions for a mini-conference. Note also that mini-conference submissions should be done through the main conference process but will be handled separately by the organizers. Submissions of roundtables and symposium for the mini-conference on Better Outcomes for Organizations and Society must follow the additional formatting requirements listed below.

After the information in the table, please provide abstract(s) and additional details for review. For each session submitted, please provide a session overview (max. 500 words) along with a title, authors, and abstract for each paper in the session (max. 750 words each). For each talk submitted, please provide an abstract for review (max. 1,000 words). Each talk, either within a session or as an independent talk, should also have a short abstract (max. 100 words) to be included in the program if the submission is accepted.

Submissions will be evaluated by the reviewers in terms of both contribution and scientific rigor. Abstracts should explain the contribution and demonstrate the scientific rigor, including as follows:

• Contribution
  Relevant considerations include the importance of the topic (both in terms of theoretical significance and the relevance for policy or other applications), and whether the research provides new conclusions that address unanswered questions or revise our understanding of previous theories or practices.
• Scientific Rigor
  Relevant considerations include whether the methods are sufficiently described and scientifically sound, the data is good fit for answering the question, the results are clearly communicated and appropriately match the conclusions, and the theoretical and/or practical generalizability.

To ensure that abstracts are effectively evaluated on these dimensions, please make sure that the following pieces of information are included in your abstract (where relevant) and are easy for reviewers to find:

• Research Question – Clearly state your research question in the first paragraph of your abstract.
• Methods – Clearly and efficiently describe the important aspects of your research methods. For example, if submitting a project that consists of a series of similarly-structured experiments, consider presenting a common set of methods and then describing deviations from it in order to save space.
• Results – Describe your results in sufficient detail for the reader to evaluate. If your project includes inferential analyses, please report the sample size and key inferential statistics. Where relevant, brief information about statistical power, pre-registration, robustness and/or generalizability may be helpful.
• Conclusion – Clearly describe the significance and implications of your findings. What will the audience learn that they would not have previously known from prior work?

Box Submission Link:
To submit your materials, create a single file (preferably Word but pdf also accepted) and save it using a file name of “Lastname Firstname” in the Box folder at the following link:

BDRM Paper Submission

Review Process
You will hear back on the results from the review process as soon as possible, likely late March (early registration closes April 20, 2026; regular registration will be open until May 20, 2026).

If you have any questions about the submission process, please email us at  erevents@business.cornell.edu

Formatting requirements for the mini-conference on Better Outcomes for Organizations and Society
The mini-conference on Wednesday is designed to bring together scholars who use behavioral decision research to improve outcomes in organizations, markets, and society. Rather than traditional paper presentations, the format emphasizes interactive sessions—roundtables or panel-style symposia—intended to foster deep discussion, cross-disciplinary exchange, and intellectual connection.

Behavioral Decision Research is inherently interdisciplinary. We welcome proposals across the following areas:

• Marketing and Consumer Decision Making
• Organizational Behavior and Management
• Behavioral Economics
• Public Policy
• Accounting and Financial Decision Making
• Related Areas in Behavioral Decision Research

The goal of these sessions is to showcase and connect research that uses behavioral decision insights to improve outcomes across organizational, market, and societal contexts. We welcome work that advances theory, informs practice, or bridges disciplines, including (but not limited to) research in marketing, organizational behavior, economics, policy, accounting, and related areas.

Submissions may address questions such as how behavioral decision research can improve individual well-being, teams, organizations, managerial judgment, consumer outcomes, public policy, or broader societal welfare. Both empirical and theoretical contributions are welcome, as are projects at different stages of development.

We invite submissions from scholars at all career stages. The mini-conference is intended to foster connections among scholars, engaged discussion, constructive feedback, and meaningful cross-disciplinary exchange within the BDRM community.

Submission Requirements
Mini-conference session proposals may be submitted in roundtable or symposium-style format and must include the following:

1. Title of the Session
2. Format of the session (Roundtable or Symposium)
3. Short Abstract (75–100 words)
   A concise description of the theoretical, substantive, or methodological topic to be discussed during the session. This abstract will be published in the conference program.
4. Session Organizer Information
   Name, affiliation, and contact information of the session organizer.
5. Panelists (for roundtable discussion) or Session Speakers (for symposium style)
   Names and affiliations of all panelists (for roundtables) or speakers (for symposia) who have agreed to participate if the proposal is accepted.
6. Extended Abstract (750–1,000 words) describing:
   • a) The theoretical, substantive, or methodological topic to be discussed during the session
   • b) The goal of the session (e.g., proposing future research avenues, synthesizing emerging work, bringing scholars together around a shared challenge)
   • c) A summary list of the key questions to be discussed with the panelists
   • d) The broader audience the session aims to attract and how the audience will be actively engaged in the discussion

How to submit
Please submit through the BDRM submission portal, following the same process as for the main conference, and indicate interest in the mini-conference option. Submissions will be peer-reviewed as part of the BDRM review process and under the same timeline.

We are excited to bring together a focused and engaged group of scholars around this theme and hope you will consider submitting and joining us.