Each year, DFI organizes and hosts numerous conferences, workshops, lectures, and seminars featuring industry professionals and Columbia’s thought leadership. These programs bring together students, academics, alumni, government official, policymakers, and members of the private sector to engage in dialogue and exchange ideas on areas of critical importance.
4April 2023 |
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"How Technical does a Product Manager need to be?" with Paankhuri Gupta ’19 (Amazon)Lunch and Learn One of the most common questions an aspiring product manager asks is "how technical does a PM need to be?" Join us to hear from Paankuri to demystify the different types of product managers and how the best often draw on a diverse set of skills. |
11April 2023 |
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"Less is Better: Lessons in Internal Innovation and Personal Growth" with Tiffany Dockery (Etsy)Lunch and Learn Join Tiffany Dockery, Director of Product Management, Etsy, as she walks through lessons she's learned from launching Oto 1 products at some of the world's most recognized tech companies, including Amazon, Spotify, and Google. |
17April 2023 |
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Paradigm with Dan RobinsonBriger Family Digital Finance Lab Event Registration forthcoming.Registration Forthcoming |
18April 2023 |
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"How the New York Times is navigating changes in product and technology in their mission to help people understand and engaged within the world" with Alex Hardiman (New York Times)Lunch and Learn How has the New York Times managed to transform an over 100 year old publication into a leading digital publication? Come learn how The Times is navigating changes in product and technology in their mission to help people understand and engage with the world. |
25April 2023 |
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"What is Quantum Computing and why does it matter?" with Catherine Vollgraff Heidweiller (Google)Lunch and Learn Join Catherine, Quantum AI Product Manager, Google, to learn about what kinds of problems traditional supercomputers can't manage, why Google is investing in quantum and how to manage a product and build the ecosystem at the same time. |
5-6May 2023 |
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3rd Annual CBER ConferenceBriger Family Digital Finance Lab The Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research (CBER) Forum is a conference of leading blockchain faculty from top universities to discuss the latest research in this area. In collaboration with Management Science, Columbia University’s Briger Family Digital Finance Lab and Center for Digital Finance and Technologies, Boston University’s Digital Business Institute at the Questrom School of Business, Ecole Polytechnique, FinTech at Cornell - an Initiative of the SC Johnson College of Business, the NYU Stern School of Business, the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management's FinHub, and the Wake Forest University School of Business. |
19May 2023 |
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Workshopping the New MBA: Tech, Data, AnalyticsEvent Registration forthcoming.Registration Forthcoming |