Media and Technology Forum Annual 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 distinguished members of the Columbia Business School Board and 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.
2023 — Changing Regulatory Approaches to Big Tech // Traditional Media in Big Tech’s Shadow
Pierre Yared — Senior Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, Vice Dean, Executive Education and MUTB Professor of International Business, Columbia Business School
Timothy Wu — Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology, Columbia Law School
Luther Lowe — SVP of Public Policy, Yelp
Gail Slater — VP Global Government Relations, Roku
Andrea Prat — Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business, Columbia Business School and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Columbia University
Bruce Campbell — Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer, Warner Bros.Discovery
Brian Murray — President and CEO, HarperCollins
2022 — Operating, Planning, and Leading in Uncertain Times
Roger Altman — Founder & Senior Chairman, Evercore
Glenn Hubbard — Dean Emeritus & Carson Professor of Finance & Economics, Columbia Business School
Bob Bakish — President & CEO, Paramount
Ann Dennison — EVP & CFO, Nasdaq
Mark Kaye — CFO, Moody’s
Glenn Schiffman — EVP & CFO, Fanatics
Sean Sullivan — EVP & CFO, SiriusXM
2021 — Merger Strategy and Policy: The Acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T
Merger Strategy and Policy: The Acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T
Jeff Bewkes — CEO and Chairman of Time Warner, 2008-2018
Makan Delrahim — Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, 2017-2021
Paul Cappuccio — EVP and General Counsel, Time Warner
2020 — Virtual Fireside Chat with Reed Hastings
Jonathan Knee hosts a discussion with Reed Hastings, Netflix Founder and CEO
2019 — Leadership and Diversity in Media and Technology
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 — Media & Technology In the Age of Trump
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 // News, Media and Technology
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 // Audience Monetization Trends
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 // Business Models for News in the Digital Age
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 // Net Neutrality
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 — The Impact of Social Media
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
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
Sir Martin Sorell — CEO, WPP
Robert Thomson — Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones
Bernd Schmitt — Robert D. Calkins Professor of International Business, Columbia Business School
2009 — The Great Chase: Media Economics and Metrics Try to Keep Pace with Changing Media Audiences
Roger Altman — Chairman & CEO, Evercore Partners
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
2008 — Conventional Wisdom versus Quantifiable Results in Media
David Calhoun — Chairman of Executive Board & CEO, The Nielsen Company
Bruce Greenwald — Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School
Eric Abrahamson — Hughie E. Mills Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
2007 — Impact of the Internet
Dan Rosensweig — COO, Yahoo
Eric J. Johnson — Norman Eig Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
2006 — The Global Economy/Intellectual Property and the Global World
Joseph Stiglitz — Executive Director and Co-founder of Initiative for Policy Dialogue and Professor, Columbia Business School
Lon Jacobs — Senior Executive Vice President & Group General Counsel, News Corporation
Michael Fricklas — Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Viacom
2005 — Valuing Growth in Media
Dean Glenn Hubbard — Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School
Bruce Greenwald — Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management, Columbia Business School
Richard Bilotti — Managing Director, Morgan Stanley