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Location: Fordham Law School Building, Skadden Conference Center, 150 W 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
Plenary [clear filter]
Monday, May 2
 

6:30pm EDT

Welcome Reception
Fordham University, Lowenstein Building, 12th Floor
113 W 60th Street, New York, NY 10023

Monday May 2, 2016 6:30pm - 8:30pm EDT
12th Floor Lounge 113 W 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
 
Tuesday, May 3
 

9:00am EDT

Keynote 1 - Denise Warren: 'Digital Transformation in the News Media Industries'
Speakers
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Denise Warren

Member of the Board of Directors, Electronic Arts
Denise Warren is currently on the Board of Directors of Electronic Arts, a California-based publisher of game software and services. Until March 2016, Warren was President of Digital & CEO of East Coast Publishing for Tribune Publishing. As President of Digital, Warren led Tribune's... Read More →

Moderators
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Angela Powers

Professor, Kansas State University
Angela M. Powers a professor at Kansas State University. Her research appears in journals such as Journal of Media Economics and Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. As a visiting scholar in the Middle East, she served as consultant at national media such as Al-Ahram in... Read More →


Tuesday May 3, 2016 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Costantino A+B+C Law School
  Plenary
  • Manuscript # 1201
  • Session # Key1
 
Wednesday, May 4
 

9:00am EDT

Keynote 2 - Gerry Byrne: 'Media 101'
Speakers
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Gerry Byrne

Vice Chairman, Penske Media Corporation
PMC owns leading entertainment, fashion and digital media brands that include Variety, WWD, Deadline Hollywood, IndieWire, Hollywood Life, TVLine, and India.com (partnered with Zee TV). Byrne’s decades of accomplishments as a media executive, entrepreneur and community leader are... Read More →


Wednesday May 4, 2016 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Costantino A+B+C Law School
  Plenary
  • Manuscript # 1202
  • Session # Key2

3:30pm EDT

General Assembly
Approval of WMEMC organizational structure and election of officers
The General Assembly of the World Media Economics and Management Conference (made up of all registered attendees) will discuss and vote on the proposal to establish a Conference Board to direct WMEMC on Wednesday, May 4, at 3:30 p.m.  A copy of the proposal can be found here [see pdf below]. The meeting will be chaired by Greg Lowe (University of Tampere), who directed the organizational planning group that produced the document. John Oliver (Bournemouth University) has been selected to serve as Acting Secretary for the meeting.

If the proposal is accepted, the transition to the new structure will begin immediately, with the General Assembly electing two initial officers:
- Deputy Chair (will succeed to Chair after 2018 conference)
- Secretary

Nominations and self-nominations for the positions should be sent to Carolina Díaz-Espina (University of Navarra) who has been selected as Auditor for the voting.  Nominations should be sent to her at cdiaz.3@alumni.unav.es. Please put "WMEMC NOMINATION" in the subject heading. Nominations are due by 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 3.

Moderators
avatar for Gregory Lowe

Gregory Lowe

University of Tampere
Gregory Ferrell Lowe (Ph.D. 1992, University of Texas at Austin) is Professor of Media Management at the University of Tampere in Finland. He designed the curriculum for this international graduate studies program and previously worked as Senior Advisor in Corporate Strategy and Development... Read More →



Wednesday May 4, 2016 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Costantino A+B+C Law School
  Plenary
  • Manuscript # 1204
  • Session # GA
 
Thursday, May 5
 

9:00am EDT

Keynote 3 - Rob Norman: 'A conversation with GroupM, the world’s largest investor in digital advertising'
Speakers
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Rob Norman

Global Chief Digital Officer & Chairman North America, GroupM
As Chief Digital Officer of GroupM Global, Rob oversees the activities of the world’s largest buyer of online. In this role, he develops the digital capabilities within GroupM while establishing thought leadership positioning in the digital space and contributing to each agency’s... Read More →

Moderators
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Robert Picard

Professor, University of Oxford
Robert G. Picard is a specialist on media economics and policy and the business challenges facing media in the digital age. He is affiliated with the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and the information Society... Read More →


Thursday May 5, 2016 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Costantino A+B+C Law School
  Plenary
  • Manuscript # 1203
  • Session # Key3

5:45pm EDT

Gala Dinner Cruise
Chelsea Piers 61, Spirit of New York ** UPDATE:
Starting point: 150 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023, entrance of Law school building

We will re-direct people from 60th street to 62nd street. Please try to be still on time.

NO late departure possible as cruise ship will leave on time
Individual tickets organized via conference registration
Evening program schedule provided soon

Thursday May 5, 2016 5:45pm - 9:45pm EDT
Spirit of New York (Cruise) Manhattan
 
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