The Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium (WINDS) is the Wharton School’s student-run multi-disciplinary doctoral conference on innovation.
The rationale behind WINDS is that innovation, a central theme in business research and a fundamental driver in today’s economy, is by its very nature multi-disciplinary. However, as of today, there is no platform where doctoral students from different business-related disciplines — such as strategic management, organizational theory, finance, accounting, operations, marketing, economics, and other areas — can interact. WINDS intends to provide such a multi-disciplinary meeting point.
This event, now occurring annually in March, is organized by the Mack Innovation Doctoral Association and supported by the Mack Institute, the Wharton Doctoral Office, and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly of University of Pennsylvania.
If you have any questions, please email the organizing committee at windsteam@wharton.upenn.edu.
Ninth Annual Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium
More information forthcoming
Student Organizing Committee
Devanshi Agarwal
Devanshi is a first-year PhD student in Management at the Wharton School.Read more
Devanshi is a first-year PhD student in the Management Department at Wharton. Her research interests focus on how migration patterns affect entrepreneurship. She previously worked in private equity consulting and has a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA.
Enzo Bergamo
Enzo is a second-year PhD student in Operations Management at the Wharton SchoolRead more
Enzo is a second-year PhD student in Operations Management at the Wharton School. His research applies novel data-driven methods to examine customer decision-making in operational contexts, with applications to understanding the impact of queueing dynamics on consumer purchasing behavior in retail environments. Before beginning his doctoral studies, Enzo worked as an economic consultant and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Vanessa Jia
Vanessa is a first-year PhD student in Healthcare Management at the Wharton School.Read more
Vanessa (Luyuan) Jia is a Ph.D. student in Healthcare Management and Economics at the Wharton School. Her research lies at the intersection of industrial organization and health economics, focusing on how market structure and contracting influence innovation and the diffusion of new technologies in the context of pharmaceutical and medical device markets. Before starting her doctoral studies, she earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in Statistics from Tsinghua University and worked as a predoctoral fellow at Harvard University.
Na Hyun Kim
Na Hyun is a second-year PhD student in Operations Management at the Wharton School.Read more
Na Hyun is a second-year PhD student in Operations, Information, and Decisions Department at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She was born in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to her doctoral studies, she received my B.B.A in Business Administration and B.A. in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from Seoul National University.
Larry Lin
Larry is a first-year PhD student in Management at the Wharton School.Read more
Larry Lin is a first-year PhD student in the Management Department studying innovation, acquisitions, and human capital. He holds a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley and a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business.
Sachin Srivastava
Sachin is a first-year PhD student in Management at the Wharton School.Read more
Sachin is a first-year PhD student in Management at the Wharton School. His research lies at the intersection of strategy, entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial finance. Before starting his doctoral studies, Sachin worked as a Predoctoral Fellow in the Entrepreneurial Management and Finance unit at Harvard Business School. Sachin earned dual M.S. degrees in Public Policy and Innovation Management from Carnegie Mellon University and completed his undergraduate studies in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in India.
Fernando Stein
Fernando is a third-year Ph.D. student in Finance.Read more
Fernando is a third-year Ph.D. student in Finance. Specializing in asset pricing and innovation. His research examines how financial markets respond to innovation, particularly around the announcement and release of new products. Before starting his doctoral studies, Fernando worked at Bank of America, focusing on FX and fixed income strategy in emerging markets. He earned both a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Applied Mathematics and a master’s degree in Economic Theory from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).