Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Following the holiday break, we will resume our monthly virtual luncheon seminars, co-sponsored by the Columbia University Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) and the International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA). Normally, the webinars take place on the first Thursday of each month, at 11 AM New York Time (5 PM in much of Europe, 8 AM West Coast, and 9:30 PM in New Delhi. Please note that the meeting times are one hour earlier than last year.

Our next event, scheduled for January 13th, 2022, will be:

Vint Cerf

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

Vint will review history and policy issues that have arisen with the growth of the Internet and its new applications, looking ahead to the impact and implications on internet companies and others.

To register visit: https://vintcerfciti.eventbrite.com

Subsequent seminar speakers in 2022 are listed below.
We look forward to seeing you at our events next year.

With warm regards,
Eli Noam

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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.)