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The conference will explore emerging issues in global digital finance with a broad range of high-level thought leaders

NEW YORK— Columbia Business School’s 6th Annual Digital Finance Summit on June 8 and 9 will provide an opportunity to engage with and hear from over 70 experts in fintech, mobile payments, blockchain, investing, regulation, and startups. Organized by the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), the two-day summit will examine disruptive effects and implementation of mobile payments, digital financial services, and cryptocurrencies in emerging and developed markets. Speakers will include:

On Tuesday, April 4, Columbia Business School's Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics will host an impassioned discussion on the new energy economy and changing American policies.

Columbia Business School’s Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program will host the 13th Annual Healthcare Conference on February 24.

If you have been wondering how to be more entrepreneurial at work, how to win that leadership role you’ve coveted, or even how to synthesize the enormous amount of data available when making business decisions, new programs from Columbia Business School Executive Education may help you find answers. These new programs are focused on giving participants the ability to produce fast yet innovative results, solve challenges inherent in contemporary business situations, and stay relevant in the ever-changing world of business.

In the past three decades, dozens of investors have tried to improve education by funneling billions of dollars into alternative schools, online education, and textbook publishing, and they have, with surprising regularity, failed. A just-released book from Columbia Business School Professor Jonathan Knee dissects what drives investors' efforts to improve education and why they consistently struggle to succeed.

Someone who supports and stands up for the rights of LGBT people is known as an “Ally.” And to celebrate all the “allies” who support the LGBT community, Columbia Business School held its annual Ally Week November 14–18.

Today, Columbia University announced the establishment of the Mendelson Center for Undergraduate Business Initiatives, a joint program between Columbia College and Columbia Business School. The Center was established with a $10 million gift from the Mendelson family, whose relationship with Columbia spans four generations. The Center will foster an ongoing business education program for select Columbia undergraduates.

Columbia Business School’s W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness recently honored David M. Cote, chairman and CEO at Honeywell, and Indra K. Nooyi, chairman and CEO at PepsiCo, with the 2016 Deming Cup for Operational Excellence. In addition, the center bestowed the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award to Paul H. O’Neill, 72nd Secretary of the US Treasury and former director and chairman at Alcoa, for his legacy of leadership across the public and private sectors over five decades.

On November 18, 2016, Columbia Business School’s Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics will host its annual conference, titled “Restoring Trust: New Realities and New Possibilities for Business Leadership,” featuring executives from US Soccer, Coach Inc., and Duke Energy among many others. This year’s theme focuses on how leaders view trust in the modern business world and how they integrate fairness and value into their daily roles in their respective industries.