The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, in partnership with the International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA), holds a monthly seminar program focused on strategy, management, and policy issues in telecommunications, computing, and electronic mass media. Check the schedule below:

Next meetings:

 

February 3

Jaron Lanier

Pioneer of virtual reality technology and applications
To register, visit: https://citiimmaalanier.eventbrite.com

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March 3

John Rose

Managing Director for the Media Practice, and Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group
To register, visit: https://citiimmaarose.eventbrite.com

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April 7

Ulrike Röhn

Professor of Media Economics and Management, Tallinn University, Estonia; President of the European Media Management Association (EMMA), 2016-2021
To register, visit: https://citiimmaarohn.eventbrite.com

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May 5

Thomas Hess

Professor of Information Systems & Management; Director, Institute for Digital Management and New Media, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München
To register, visit: https://citiimmaahess.eventbrite.com

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June 2

Robert McChesney

Professor of Communication, University of Illinois
To register, visit: https://mcchesneyciti.eventbrite.com

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July 7

Robert Picard

Senior Research Fellow, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford. (TBC.)

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Past Meetings:

January 13th, 2022

Vint Cerf, “Father of the Internet”, and VP/ Chief Internet Evangelist at Google

November 4th 2021
Julia Cagé
Associate Professor, SciencesPo

October 7th 2021
José Esteves
Associate Professor, IE Business School

September 2nd 2021
Andrea Pratt
Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

August 5th 2021
Luis Cabral
Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics and International Business, New York University

July 1st 2021
Sherry Turkle
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

June 3rd 2021
Don Tapscott
CEO, Tapscott Group and former Chancellor, Trent University, Canada

May 8th 2021
Alfonso Sanchez Tabernero
President of the University of Navarra, Spain, and Professor of Media Management,

April 1st 2021
Anidya Ghose
Professor of Technology and Marketing at NYU

March 4th 2021
Robert Metcalfe
Professor of Innovation, University of Texas-Austin

February 4th 2021
Chris W. Anderson
Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds

January 21st 2021
Lawrence Lessig

June 25th 2020
The Transformation of the Classroom: Digital Learning after Covid
Speakers include:

• Milton Goldberg, Formerly the Distinguished Senior Fellow, Education Commission of the States
• Roberts T. Jones, President & Founder, Education Workforce Policy, LLP
• Castulus Kolo, Professor, Macromedia University of Applied Sciences

May 14th 2020
The Impact of COVID-19 on Investments in Media and ICT
Speakers include:

• Simon Flannery, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
• Lawrence Strickling, Former Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
• Lorenzo Pupillo, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies
• Raul Katz, President, Telecom Advisory Services

April 30th 2020
Bottlenecks or Grace Under Pressure: The Telecom and Internet Infrastructure’s Performance under the Coronavirus Shock.
Speakers include:

• Lauren Van Wazer, Vice President of Global Public Policy, Akamai Technologies
• Sharon Strover, Philip G. Warner Regents Professor in Communication, University of Texas at Austin
• Reinhard Wieck, Managing Director and President, Deutsche Telekom
• Henning Schulzrinne, Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science, Columbia University
• Len Cali, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, AT&T

April 16th 2020
Short- and Long-Term effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Media Around the World
Speakers include:

• Harold Vogel, CEO, Vogel Capital Management
• Bozena Mierzejewska, Associate Professor and Area Chair Communications and Media Management, Fordham University
• Steve Wildman, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University