Panel Co-Organized by CITI:
On Notice: The Coming Transformation of Key Economic Sectors
This panel will look at several key sectors that are currently undergoing significant disruption as a result of the development and commercialization of data and digital technologies over the past decade: finance, urban transportation, telecommunications and logistics. For instance, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have grown over the past five years – the financial sector is now quickly adopting the underlying blockchain technology to gain efficiencies in their own operations.
Utilities and agriculture are rapidly adopting sensors and data-driven operations. The ‘uberization’ of several markets over the past decade (e.g. hotels, taxis) is now moving into logistics.
• What changes are occurring in your industry/sector due to new waves of technology and how are these changes manifesting themselves?
• What are the public policy consequences of these changes? How might these consequences differ globally?
• Are there comparative policy models emerging to deal with these changes internationally? What characterizes these differing models?
• How might the public and private sectors effectively engage one another in promoting the adoption of or dealing with the consequences these technologies globally?
Speakers
Vikram Pandit, Founding Principal, The Orogen Group (Moderator)
Vikram Pandit is the founding principal of The Orogen Group, a platform that identifies and leverages investment opportunities created by the rearchitecture of financial services.
He joined Morgan Stanley in 1983 and ultimately became president and COO of its institutional securities and investment banking businesses. He left Morgan Stanley to found Old Lane, LP, which was acquired by Citigroup in 2007. He eventually became CEO of Citigroup and successfully recapitalized, restructured, and revitalized the company before he left in October 2012.
Mr. Pandit is a member of the board of directors of Bombardier Inc. and is chairman of TGG Group. He earned BS and MS degrees in engineering from Columbia University and received his PhD in finance from Columbia in 1986.
Betsy Masiello, Director for Public Policy and Economics, Uber
Betsy Masiello is director of communications and public policy at Uber. Prior to joining Uber, Betsy spent seven years at Google, where she led public policy strategies on issues including privacy, child safety, tax, security, and controversial content. Before Google, Betsy was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she advised global telecommunications companies on new business strategies for emerging technologies. Betsy holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Wellesley College, a master’s degree in economics from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and a master’s degree from MIT’s technology and policy program.
Eli Noam, Professor, Columbia Business School
Eli Noam is professor of economics and finance at the Columbia Business School since 1976, and its Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility. He is the director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, a research center focusing on management and policy issues in communications, Internet, and media. Noam has published 30 books and over 300 articles. Recent books and projects include Who Owns the World’s Media (Oxford); Media Management (three volumes, forthcoming); and the project A National Initiative for Next Generation Video.
Noam’s advisory board memberships have included the federal government’s telecommunications network, the Nexus Mundi Foundation (chairman), the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Oxford Internet Institute, Jones International University, and several committees of the National Research Council. He received the degrees of BA, MA, PhD (economics), and JD from Harvard University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Munich (2006) and the University of Marseilles Aix-la-Provence (2008).
Joah Sapphire, Adjunct Professor, SIPA
Joah Sapphire leads Internet of Things solutions in highly regulated industries, leveraging twenty years of experience in the public and private sectors. Joah is founder and president of Global Dynamic Group, LLC. Previously, he was founding partner of Verulam LLC, China representative of Ospraie Management, CFO of NROTB, deputy commissioner of Suffolk
County, finance director of Nassau County, and senior analyst in New York State Assembly. Joah serves as adjunct professor for Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He is an industry affiliate of Cornell University’s Program in Infrastructure Policy and a member of the Advisory Board of University at Buffalo’s Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics. He received a BS from Cornell University and an MPA from Columbia University.