MMA members attending the 2018 MEC

The MBA Media & Entertainment Conference is an annual event, alternately hosted by Columbia Business School and NYU Stern. The conference provides an educational and informative forum for discussions around the present state of media and entertainment and its future. Organizing the conference is a joint effort of the MBA programs at Columbia, Duke Fuqua, MIT Sloan, NYU Stern and Wharton.

The conference attracts hundreds of MBAs and media professionals from across the country for its networking opportunities, keynote speakers and panels. Past keynote speakers include:

Keynote Speakers

2021

Richard Plepler, Founder & CEO of Eden Productions; former Chairman & CEO, HBO
Richard Tofel, President, ProPublica

2019

Robert M. Bakish, President & CEO, Viacom Inc.
Meredith Kopit Levien, Executive Vice President & COO, The New York Times Company

2018

David Beck, Chief Strategy & Ventures Officer at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Jon Steinberg, Founder and CEO of Cheddar

2017

Pascal Desroches, EVP and CFO, Turner
Kathleen Grace, CEO, New Form

2016

Ben Sherwood, Co-chair, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney|ABC Television Group
Mark Shapiro, Chief Content Officer, WME

2015

Greg Coleman, President, BuzzFeed
Josh Sapan, President & CEO, AMC Networks

2014

Jimmy Maymann, CEO, The Huffington Post
Steven R. Swartz, President & CEO, Hearst Corporation

2013

Tim Armstrong, Chairman & CEO of AOL
Eric Kessler, President & COO of HBO

2012

Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix
Peter Liguori, former COO of Discovery Networks

2011

Leslie Moonves, President & CEO of CBS
Arthur Minson, CFO of AOL and John Martin, CFO of TimeWarner

2010

Philippe Dauman, President and CEO of Viacom
Janet Robinson, President and CEO of The New York Times Company

2009

Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal
Joe Uva, CEO of Univision Communications, Inc.

2008

Randy Falco, Chairman & CEO of AOL
David Clark, EVP Advertising of Joost

2007

Jeremy Philips, EVP of News Corporation

2006

Richard Harrington, President & CEO of The Thomson Corporation
James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features
Robert Bakish, EVP Operations of Viacom

2005

Michael Wolf, Director and Leader of McKinsey’s Media Practice
Don Logan, Chairman of Time Warner’s Media & Communications Group
Leo Hindery, Chairman of InterMedia Advisors & former Chairman of YES Network
Mike Ficklas, EVP & General Counsel of Viacom

2004

Don Graham, Chairman & CEO, The Washington Post Company
Jack Valenti, former President & CEO, Motion Picture Association of America