Media and Technology Forum Annual Meeting
Brynn Putnam, Shari Redstone, Prof. Kathy Phillips, and Shelly Lazarus at the 2019 Forum meeting
The Forum meets once a year at Columbia Business School in an informal and “off-the-record” half-day program organized around themes of topical importance across all segments of the media industry. The meetings draw upon the high-level resources of the group as well as other leading business figures from both inside and outside the media industry, including the Business School’s distinguished Board of Overseers and members of our world-renowned faculty. The discussion agenda of these meetings focuses on high-profile events and long-range questions about fundamental trends affecting future patterns in information and entertainment based industries and thought-provoking issues of globalization, technology, regulation, and change management. Topics and speakers at past Forum events are listed below.
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Virtual Fireside Chat — Jonathan Knee hosts a discussion with Reed Hastings, Netflix Founder and CEO |
| 2019 | The Economic Outlook Glenn Hubbard — Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School Leadership and Diversity in Media and Technology Shari Redstone — President and Director, National Amusements, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Advancit Capital, and Vice-Chair of the Boards of CBS and Viacom Katherine W. Phillips — Reuben Mark Professor of Organizational Character and Director, Columbia Business School Shelly Lazarus — Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather Brynn Jinnett Putnam — Founder & CEO, Mirror The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors Matthew Jackson — William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University |
| 2018 | The Economic Context Roger C. Altman — Evercore Founder and Senior Chairman Media & Technology In the Age of Trump Michael Wolff — Author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House James B. Stewart — Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism, Columbia Journalism School Tim Wu — Isodor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Michael Powell — President and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association |
| 2017 | Sports, Media and Technology Bob Bowman — President, Business & Media of Major League Baseball Sunil Gulati — Senior Lecturer in Economics, Columbia University and President, U.S. Soccer Federation David Stern — NBA Commissioner Emeritus Sean McManus — Chairman, CBS Sports Panel Discussion: News, Media and Technology Jeff Zucker — President, CNN Worldwide Andrea Prat —Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business, Columbia Business School Christopher Altchek — CEO and Co-founder, Mic William Bardeen — SVP Strategy & Development, The New York Times Company Michael F. Finnegan — President, Atlantic Media |
| 2016 | Trends in the Global Media Ecosystem Michael Fries — President and CEO, Liberty Global Robert Bakish — CEO, Viacom International Media Networks Bruce Campbell — SEVP Chief Development Officer and General Counsel, Discovery Communications The Economic Outlook Glenn Hubbard — Dean, Columbia Business School Panel Discussion: Audience Monetization Trends David Brinker — SVP, Global Head of Business & Corporate Development, News Corp and President, New York Post John Lee — EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Merkle Brian Lesser — CEO, GroupM North America Kinshuk Jerath — Class of 1967 Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School |
| 2015 | Disruption Barry Diller — Chairman and Senior Executive, IAC and Expedia Tim Wu — Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Panel Discussion: Business Models for News in the Digital Age Justin Smith — CEO, Bloomberg Media Group Jon Steinberg — CEO, DailyMail.com North America Jeremy Philips — Founder and General Partner, Spark Capital Growth and Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School |
| 2014 | The Future of the Entertainment Ecosystem Julius Genachowski — Managing Director, The Carlyle Group and Former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC Panel Discussion: Net Neutrality Hank Hultquist — Vice President of Federal Regulatory, AT&T Corie Wright — Director of Global Public Policy, Netflix, Inc. Gabriel Weintraub — Sidney Taurel Assoc Professor of Business, Columbia Business School Tim Wu — Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Law School The Future of the Entertainment Ecosystem Michael J. Angelakis — Vice Chairman and CFO, Comcast Corporation Panel Discussion: The Future of the Entertainment Ecosystem Josh Sapan — President and CEO, AMC Networks Peter Liguori — President and CEO, Tribune Company |
| 2013 | Social Media Dan Rose — VP of Partnerships, Facebook Impact of Social on the Consumer Landscape John Bell — Global Managing Director of Social @Ogilvy, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Tina Exarhos — EVP Marketing and Creative, MTV Grant Whitmore — VP of Digital Media, Hearst Magazines The Science of Social Media Duncan Watts — Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Impact of Social on the Business/Professional Landscape Keith Fox — President, McGraw-Hill Construction Scot W. Melland — Chairman, President and CEO, Dice Holdings Stephen Saunders — Founder & Managing Director, UBM DeusM |
| 2012 | Managing Change and Innovation within Large Established Media Companies William Campbell — Chairman of the Board, Intuit Corporation Rita McGrath — Associate Professor, Columbia Business School Transformational Issues in Media Organizations Will Etheridge — CEO, Pearson Education, North America Eric Kessler — Co-President, HBO Steven Swartz — COO, Hearst Todd Jick — Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business, Columbia Business School |
| 2011 | Over-the-Top (OTT) Video Impact on the Media Landscape Reed Hastings — CEO, Netflix Michael White — Chairman, CEO & President, DirecTV |
| 2010 | Impact of Digital Revolution on Communications and Branding David Rogers — Executive Director of BRITE, Columbia Business School Bernd Schmitt — Robert D. Calkins Professor of International Business, Columbia Business School Sir Martin Sorell — CEO, WPP Challenges and Opportunities for Media Companies in China Robert Thomson — Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones Shang-Jin Wei — N T Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, Columbia Business School The State of the Economy Revisited: Is there Another Shoe to Drop? Chris Mayer — Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate and Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School |
| 2009 | The Great Chase: Media Economics and Metrics Try to Keep Pace with Changing Media Audiences Scott McDonald — SVP Market Research, Conde Nast Publications David Poltrack — Chief Research Officer, CBS Corporation and President, CBS VISION Horst Stipp — SVP Strategic Insights & Innovation, NBC Universal Will Viral Marketing Replace Traditional Media? Oliver Toubia — Glaubinger Professor of Business, Columbia Business School When Will It End? Roger Altman — Chairman & CEO, Evercore Partners |
| 2008 | Conventional Wisdom versus Quantifiable Results in Media Bruce Greenwald — Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School Managing Change in a Changing Media Environment David Calhoun — Chairman of Executive Board & CEO, The Nielsen Company Success and Failure in Managing Change Eric Abrahamson — Hughie E. Mills Professor of Business, Columbia Business School |
| 2007 | Impact of the Internet Paul Glasserman — Jack R. Anderson Professor of Business, Columbia Business School How Current Trends in Technology, Media Consumption & Monetization Will Reshape the Media Landscape Dan Rosensweig — COO, Yahoo Advertising 2010: How Big, Who Wins, Who Loses Eric J. Johnson — Norman Eig Professor of Business, Columbia Business School Customized Media in the Internet Age Asim Ansari — William T. Dillard Professor of Marketing, Columbia Business School |
| 2006 | The Global Economy Dean Glenn Hubbard — Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School Intellectual Property and the Global World Joseph Stiglitz — Executive Director and Co-founder of Initiative for Policy Dialogue and Professor, Columbia Business School The World is Bumpy: Why Everything Thomas Friedman Says is Wrong Bruce Greenwald — Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School Globalization on the Ground Lon Jacobs — Senior Executive Vice President & Group General Counsel, News Corporation Micheal Fricklas — Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Viacom |
| 2005 | The Economic Outlook Dean Glenn Hubbard — Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School Valuing Growth in Media Bruce Greenwald — Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School Current Trends in Media Valuation Richard Bilotti — Managing Director, Morgan Stanley |