18th Annual Behavioral Operations Conference, 2025

Hamburg, Germany

BOC 2025


Hamburg, Germany
June 23 – 25

Mission

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers with a common interest in the intersection of human behavior and operations, with the aim of sharing current work, fostering research development and developing relationships among scholars in the field.

Pricing

Registration Type Cost
Faculty $200
Student $100
University of Hamburg campus

Welcome

Kuehne Logistics University and the University of Hamburg are pleased to host the 17th annual Behavioral Operations Conference in Hamburg on June 23 – 25, 2025. The conference will begin with welcome drinks on Sunday evening and continue with a one-day Emerging Research Workshop on Monday, June 23. The main conference will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23-25.

We look forward to seeing you in Hamburg! If you have any questions please contact Kai Hoberg at Kai.Hoberg@klu.org.

Annual Behavioral Operations Conference by Year

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015

Registration

Please note the following key deadlines
Date Item Due
March 15, 2025 Extended-Abstract Submission (1-page limit) for Main Conference and/or Emerging Research Workshop*
April 8, 2025 Notification of Acceptance
May 31, 2025 Registration & Payment Deadline

*If you are interested in presenting at the main conference or the Emerging Research Workshop, please indicate so when you register and include an extended abstract (one-page limit) of your work. Please also indicate who will present in the abstract.

The registration/abstract submission will open January 8, 2025.

young scholars workshop session

Emerging Research Workshop

More information will be available in 2025.

attendees of the behavioral operations conference

Conference Schedule

Main Venue:

Kühne Logistics University – KLU
Großer Grasbrook 17
20457 Hamburg
Germany

Overall Agenda:

Date Item Due
Monday, June 23, 2025 Emerging Research Workshop
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Main Conference – Day 1
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Main Conference – Day 2

More information on the schedule will be available in 2025.

University of Hamburg campus

Kuehne Logistics University and the University of Hamburg

Hamburg has many connecting flights per day from all major European airports, e.g. Frankfurt, Munich, Amsterdam, Paris, London or Madrid. We suggest booking your flights early and spending some extra days in Germany’s 2nd biggest city.

More information will be available in 2025.

participants of the 2019 Behavioral Operations Conference

Participants

Every year at the Behavioral Operations Conference, faculty participants from around North America and the world come together to share research and learn from one another.

Elena Katok in her office at UT Dallas

Organizers

Every year a group of leading faculty across the world come together to organize the Behavioral Operations Conference. See the professors who organized this year’s event below.

Organizing Committee

Guido Voigt

Guido Voigt

University of Hamburg

Michael Becker-Peth

Michael Becker-Peth

Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University Rotterdam

Mirko Kremer

Mirko Kremer

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Christina Imdahl

Christina Imdahl

Eindhoven University of Technology

Kai Hoberg

Kai Hoberg

Kühne Logistics University

Elena Katok

Elena Katok

Naveen Jindal School of Management University of Texas at Dallas

Gloria Urrea

Gloria Urrea

Leeds School of Business
University of Colorado Boulder

Karen Donohue

Karen Donohue

W. P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University