{"id":30139,"date":"2023-12-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=30139"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:19:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:19:43","slug":"columbia-business-schools-student-run-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/columbia-business-schools-student-run-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Business School\u2019s Student-Run Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Business School (CBS) offers a series of student-run conferences throughout the year that give both first- and second-year students the opportunity to expand their knowledge across a variety of disciplines via panels and keynote speaker addresses, and to network with like-minded students, conference sponsors (who are often also big CBS recruiters), and even industry professionals.<\/p>\n<p>During the popular\u00a0<strong>Social Enterprise Conference<\/strong>, which typically takes place in the fall, speakers discuss the ways leaders and managers can use strategy as a tool to maximize social change and how organizations can incorporate a broader spectrum of social gains into their organizational strategies, among other issues. The 2023 Social Enterprise Conference was hosted on campus in October with the theme \u201cCapital for Good\u201d and the chief climate officer of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection serving as the keynote speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Social Enterprise Conference, the\u00a0<strong>Marketing Association of Columbia (MAC) Conference<\/strong>\u00a0usually enjoys a packed house in the fall. The MAC Conference has focused on such topics as the elevation, enhancement, and personalization of the brand experience for today\u2019s mindful consumer. The 2023 event was hosted in November with the theme \u201cMarketing in the Next Generation\u201d and such keynote speakers as the founder of MaryamB and the founder and CEO of Kadima Careers.<\/p>\n<p>The annual\u00a0<strong>CBS Healthcare Conference<\/strong>, which is held in February, has featured such panel discussions as \u201cThe Business of Cancer: Innovations, Trends and Challenges in Delivering Cures\u201d and \u201cHealthcare M&amp;A: Is Bigger Always Better?\u201d The 2023 conference took place on campus throughout two days and had the theme \u201cThe New Patient Journey: Advancing Holistic and Personalized Care.\u201d Keynote speakers included the head of the healthcare group and general partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson &amp; Stowe, while panel discussion topics included \u201cHolistic Care Models: From Acute to Preventative Medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The year-round conference season at CBS also includes the India Business Conference and the Columbia Women in Business Conference. CBS often touts its New York advantage\u2014students have the business world right outside the school\u2019s door, ripe for exploration. As you can see, however, this advantage does not mean that CBS neglects to bring the business world to its students.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information on CBS or 16 other leading MBA programs, check out our free\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/guides.php?category=insiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Business School (CBS) offers a series of student-run conferences throughout the year that give both first- and second-year students the opportunity to expand their knowledge across a variety of disciplines via panels and keynote speaker addresses, and to network with like-minded students, conference sponsors (who are often also big CBS recruiters), and even industry &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/columbia-business-schools-student-run-conferences\/\">Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&nbsp;<i class=\"fal fa-sm fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":36484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[171,372,251,211,373],"class_list":["post-30139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columbia","tag-columbia-business-school","tag-healthcare","tag-insiders-guides","tag-marketing","tag-social-enterprise"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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