University of Newcastle, NSW
City Campus (Nuspace)
Tuesday 1 to Thursday 3 December 2026
Doctoral Workshop – Monday 30 November
ANZAM Celebrates 40 Years of Management Excellence
The Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) proudly celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2026 — a landmark milestone reflecting four decades of dedication to management scholarship, education, and community. Founded in 1985 as the Australian and New Zealand Association of Management Educators (ANZAME), the organisation began as a small community of academics sharing ideas about MBA education and has since grown into the leading professional body for management scholars across Australia and New Zealand.
This 40th birthday is a moment to honour the vision of ANZAM’s founding members and the generations of scholars, researchers, and educators who have shaped the Academy into what it is today. From its humble beginnings as a handful of academics meeting informally, ANZAM has become a cornerstone institution for management education and research across the region — and its impact continues to grow.
Over four decades, ANZAM has expanded well beyond its origins as an annual conference, establishing the Journal of Management & Organization — now proudly holding an A ranking on the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List, a testament to the rigour and impact of management research published under its banner. ANZAM has also championed management research through the Australian Research Council, supported doctoral candidates and early career researchers, and built international affiliations with academies globally.
In addition to its annual conference, ANZAM offers regular professional development sessions openly available to its members, providing ongoing opportunities to build skills, engage with emerging research, and connect with peers across the region. These sessions reflect ANZAM’s enduring commitment to supporting the professional growth of management scholars at every stage of their careers.
What started as a handful of academics meeting informally has become a cornerstone institution for management education and research in the region. Here’s to the next 40 years.
ANZAM Conference
The 2026 ANZAM Conference is hosted by Newcastle Business School at the University of Newcastle, in the heart of Newcastle’s cultural precinct, the 2026 ANZAM Conference gathers researchers, educators, and practitioners from across Australia, New Zealand, and beyond to advance rigorous scholarship and meaningful engagement with management practice.
This year’s theme, “Navigating Complexity: Adaptive Strategies for People, Planet, and Performance”, invites participants to interrogate how organisations design and enact responsive strategies amid interdependent social, environmental, and economic pressures. We look forward to welcoming you to Newcastle to move the field forward and build meaningful connections.
About ANZAM
The Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) is the leading professional body for management educators, researchers, and practitioners in the region. With over 600 members, ANZAM provides a dynamic platform for the advancement of management knowledge, learning, and practice.
Its flagship annual conference is the largest scholarly gathering in management in Australia and New Zealand, typically drawing over 400 attendees from academia, industry, and policy sectors across the globe.
In recent years, the conference has been hosted at:
2022 – Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
2023 – Te Papa (hosted by Victoria University of Wellington), New Zealand
2024 – University of Wollongong, Australia
2025 – Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
2026 – University of Newcastle, Australia
Next year, the conference will be hosted at:
2027 – Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Key Dates
| Paper/Workshop Submission Opens | Monday 13 April 2026 |
| Registration Opens | Monday 13 April 2026 |
| Paper/Workshop Submission Closes | Monday 6 July 2026 |
| Paper/Workshop Acceptance Notification | Monday 31 August 2026 |
| Early Bird Registration Closes | Monday 28 September 2026 |
| Registration Deadline (for Presenting Authors) | Monday 19 October 2026 |
| Draft Program | Monday 9 November 2026 |
| Doctoral Workshop | Monday 30 November 2026 |
| Conference Welcome Reception | Monday 30 November 2026 |
| Conference begins | Tuesday 1 December 2026 |
Quick Links
Conference Overview
All paper presentations and workshops will be hosted at the Newcastle University City Campus (Nuspace).
Plenaries will be held in the City Hall (building next door).
Mon 30 Nov
Pre-Conference Day
Doctoral Workshop
Conference Welcome Reception
Tues 1 Dec
Conference Day 1
Full day of conference sessions
Wed 2 Dec
Conference Day 2
Full day of conference sessions
Conference Dinner
Thur 3 Dec
Conference Day 3
Full day of conference sessions
Conference Closing Event
Conference Chair
Dr Heidi Wechtler
Heidi is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Deputy Head of School Research Training at Newcastle Business School. She researches the experience of workers in global and disrupted labour markets. The key research problem she addressed is how workers navigate identity, leadership, and systemic uncertainty, and how these conditions shape well-being, inclusion, and innovation. Her expertise combines advanced quantitative, qualitative methods, and cross-cultural research, a strong record of A/ A*/FT50 publications, supported by international collaborations across Europe and Australia. . Her research aligns with Australia’s research priorities on resilient communities and economic growth by advancing decent work, reducing inequalities, and fostering innovative, sustainable labour practices.
Email: anzam.chair26@newcastle.edu.au
Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-wechtler-9349a647/
Doctoral Representative
Ruilin Lyu
Ruilin is a PhD candidate in management at Newcastle Business School. Her research examines how Green Human Resource Management practices and leadership, particularly responsible leadership, jointly shape employees’ environmental citizenship and organizational green performance. A core contribution is a cross-cultural comparative lens: using multi-country survey designs, she analyses how cultural contexts (Australia vs China) condition the mechanisms and effect sizes linking GHRM and leadership to these outcomes. Ruilin has presented her work at the ANZAM Conference 2024 in Wollongong and the Academy of International Business (AIB) 2025 conference in Louisville. She is also a Three Minute Thesis prize third-place winner.
Email: ruilin.lyu@uon.edu.au
ANZAM is committed to planning and delivering conferences and doctoral workshops in a manner that is environmentally responsible, socially inclusive, ethically governed, and supportive of positive long-term legacy outcomes. Please find our full Sustainability Statement HERE.
ANZAM acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet and work, and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and New Zealand. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ continuing connection to land, place, waters and community. We pay our respects to their cultures, country and elders past present and emerging.
ANZAM recognises the unique role of Māori as Tangata Whenua and embraces Te Tiriti o Waitangi recognising Māori as tino rangitiratanga of Aotearoa/New Zealand while embracing the three guiding principles of the Treaty – Partnership Participation and Protection. We endeavour to implement bicultural policies and practices that incorporate and value Māori cultural concepts, values and practices.