The East Coast Doctoral Conference ("ECDC") is a conference for doctoral students across management and related disciplines. Hosted annually, it is run by students in the Management PhD programs at Columbia University and NYU Stern. 

The 2025 East Coast Doctoral Conference will be fully in-person at NYU Stern! 

If you'd like to submit an entry - to give a talk or short presentation, please complete this form with your regards to your project, including a short description or abstract (max: 500 words) and relevant keywords.

Key dates:

• Call for papers: December 2024 (exact date TBD)

• Submission deadline: late January 2025 (exact date TBD)

• Accepted presenters notified: late February 2025

• Conference: April 2025 (exact date TBD)

2024 ECDC statistics:

• 74 presentations 

• Representing PhD students across 24 different universities

• Including 56 (76%) from schools outside of NYC and 6 (8%) from schools outside of the US

Please reach out to us at eastcoastdoctoralconference@gmail.com with any questions, concerns or recommendations and we look forward to seeing you at ECDC 2025.

-The NYU and Columbia organizing team (Emily, Jin, Katie, and Kyuhun)