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:
2024
Sam Zussman, CEO, BSE Global
Sandra L. Richards, Head of Global Sports and Entertainment, Morgan Stanley
2023
Evan Shapiro, CEO, ESHAP
Matt Schnaars, President, Content Distribution, NBCUniversal
2022
Brent Weinstein, Chief Development Officer, Candle Media
Cathy Engelbert, Commissioner of the WNBA
Chris McCarthy, President and CEO, MTV Entertainment Group, Viacom CBS
2021
Richard Plepler, Founder & CEO of Eden Productions
Richard Tofel, President, ProPublica
2019
Bob Bakish ’89, President & CEO of Viacom and
Meredith Kopit Levien, Executive Vice President & COO of The New York Times
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 Fricklas, EVP & General Counsel of Viacom
2004
Don Graham, Chairman & CEO, The Washington Post Company
Jack Valenti, former President & CEO, Motion Picture Association of America