Highlights from the last several years
CBS Boston at the Red Sox – June 13, 2024
Join us on Thursday, June 13th, as we gather at Fenway Park to watch the Boston Red Sox take on the Philadelphia Phillies.
- Date: Thursday, June 13th, 2024
- Time: 7:00 PM
- Location: Fenway Park
Why you should attend:
- Connect and catch up with fellow Boston-based alumni at the Sam Adams Deck at Fenway Park.
- Enjoy a great game under the lights at one of baseball's most iconic venues.
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Breakfast with CBS Dean Costis Maglaras
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
8:30-10 am
On Tuesday, March 26, we are thrilled to welcome CBS Dean Costis Maglaras for breakfast with the CBS Boston alumni club! We will hold the event in the Ivy Room at The Newbury, Boston.
Costis Maglaras is the 16th Dean of Columbia Business School, and the David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business at Columbia University.
Dean Maglaras will share a brief school update and take Q&A from our local alumni.
The gathering will begin at 8:30 am, and Dean Maglaras will begin his talk at 9 am.
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Breakfast with CBS Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Thursday, October 19, 2023
7:30-9 am
Join us for a delightful morning with CBS Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh at Henrietta's Table in Cambridge, MA.
Prof. Van Nieuwerburgh will speak on the impacts of remote and hybrid work as well as of higher interest rates on real estate values. His focus will be on downtown office and retail values, but discuss implications for equity and debt investors, financial stability, and municipal fiscal health.
The gathering will begin at 7:30 am, and Prof. Van Nieuwerburgh will begin his talk at 8 am. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Virtual Book Talk with CBS Professor Jonathan Knee
Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 6 pm
We are thrilled to welcome CBS Professor Jonathan Knee for a virtual book talk Wednesday, December 8, to discuss his new book, The Platform Delusion: Who Wins and Who Loses in the Age of Tech Titans. We are making this event free to club members as a way to celebrate the holiday season.
Book Overview:
An investment banker and professor explains what really drives success in the tech economy
Many think that they understand the secrets to the success of the biggest tech companies: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google. It’s the platform economy, or network effects, or some other magical power that makes their ultimate world domination inevitable. Investment banker and professor Jonathan Knee argues that the truth is much more complicated–but entrepreneurs and investors can understand what makes the giants work, and learn the keys to lasting success in the digital economy.
At CBS, Professor Knee teaches Media Mergers and Acquisitions, co-teaches The Media Industries: Public Policy and Business Strategy, and co-teaches Digital Investing. He also serves as co-director of CBS' Media & Technology Program. Professor Knee is a Senior Advisor at Evercore Partners.
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CBS on the Cape
Monday, August 2, 2021, 5-8 pm
The CBS Alumni Club of Boston is grateful to invite you to our first in person alumni event since COVID-19 upended our lives.
Judi Remondi '92 has opened her vacation home on the Cape (Falmouth), an hour from Boston, to us for an evening of networking and engaging conversation. We hope that you will be able to attend and look forward to seeing many of your faces.
The event will be held outdoors and is limited to 40 attendees. Refreshments will be served.
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Virtual book talk with CBS Professor Josh Baron (free e-book for first 25 alumni)
April 29, 2021 @ 5:30 pm
We're thrilled to host CBS Family Business Adjunct Professor Josh Baron for a Zoom book talk on April 29 (Zoom details will be distributed prior to the event). Josh is the co-author of Harvard Business Review’s Family Business Handbook. An e-book copy of his book is included with the price of admission.
Josh Baron teaches family business courses at Columbia Business School and is a Partner and Co-Founder of BanyanGlobal, an advisory firm that works with leading family enterprises around the world. Josh has a PhD in Political Science from Columbia.
Please visit this page for a recent podcast appearance where Josh discusses his book.
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An Evening with David Epstein '87, Flagship Pioneering
Thu, March 11, 2021
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EST
Via Zoom
The CBS Alumni Club of Boston is delighted to host CBS Alum David Epstein '87.
David will share Cambridge's Flagship Pioneering's unique approach to creating value in biotech.
To read more about David, please visit: https://www.flagshippioneering.com/people/david-epstein
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Virtual Holiday Fireside Gathering Saturday, December 19 from 3-4:30 pm
We're hosting a Virtual Holiday Fireside Gathering this Saturday, December 19 from 3-4:30 pm in partnership with our friends at the Columbia Venture Community (CVC) New England and the Columbia Alumni Association of Boston (CAA).
This event will occur via Icebreaker.video. The instructions to join will be sent to all registered attendees before the event begins.
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Driving Innovation From Within: Book Talk with Kaihan Krippendorff '99
Education First | February 20th | 6:00 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Kaihan Krippendorff '99 to speak with our alumni community, to share insights from his recent book, Driving Innovation from Within, published in Fall 2019 by Columbia Business School Publishing.
About this Event
Conventional business wisdom tells us that entrepreneurs are society’s main source of innovation. Young founders leave college with a big idea, get to work in a garage, and build something that changes the world. Typical corporate employees, strangled by slow-moving bureaucracy, are blocked from making transformative discoveries.
In Driving Innovation from Within, strategist and advisor Kaihan Krippendorff (CBS '99) disproves one of today’s biggest business myths to highlight lessons for innovators and leaders. He reveals how many of the modern world’s most impactful creations were invented by passionate employee innovators. If it were left up to go-it-alone entrepreneurs, we would not have mobile phones, personal computers, or e-mail. Distilling more than 150 interviews with internal innovators and leading experts along with insights from the latest research and today’s most successful companies, from Tencent and Amazon to Mastercard and Starbucks, Krippendorff lays out a step-by-step playbook to unlock innovation from the inside. He maps the barriers that frustrate efforts to disrupt from within and provides tools to remove them, detailing how visionary leaders can create islands of freedom inside an organization to activate existing employees’ potential and beat startups at their own game. Driving Innovation from Within is a practical and inspiring guide to leadership from all levels for those who want the fulfillment of changing the world without leaving their job in order to do it.
About Kaihan
Kaihan Krippendorff is the founder of Outthinker and the Outthinker Strategy Network, a global community of corporate strategy leaders committed to staying ahead of the pace of disruption. Recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top emerging business thinkers to look out for, he is a professional speaker and the author of Outthink the Competition: How a New Generation of Strategists Sees Options Others Ignore (2011), among other business strategy books. A former McKinsey consultant, he is a strategic advisor to numerous leading corporations.
The first 25 attendees to the event will receive a copy of the book.
Refreshments will be served. Special thanks to fellow alum Vivek Sable '10 for hosting. Hope to see you all for what is sure to be an engaging evening!
Date: February 20th at 6:00 pm
Location: Education First, 2 Education Circle, Cambridge, MA
Cost: $20/alum, $30/guest
RSVP: https://cbsboston02202020.eventbrite.com
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Women's Alumni Club Luncheon
- February 4, 2020
- Lauri Meizler '94 is organizing an intimate women’s group of CBS women alumnus in the Boston area
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State of the Market 2019: Panel Discussion and Networking Event
The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of Boston is pleased to announce an exciting panel discussion on "The State of the Market" organized by Shilpa Mehra '09, Fidelity Portfolio Manager.
Panelists include Peter Saperstone, Sammy Simnengar and Vince Montemaggiore, with a variety of market exposures, sector coverage, and years of fund management experience.
The panel will be moderated by CBS Alumni Club Board Member Atul Varma '03.
Atul Varma founded IndeLish, an Indian-inspired meal kit company to address deficiencies in the meal kit industry, such as time to prepare, subscription lock-ins and absence of ethnic foods.
Prior to that, he was the head of business strategy at BNY Mellon, where he led strategic partnerships, M&A, and digital strategy. Prior to that, he was CFO of leading wealth and asset management platforms, such as BNY Mellon Wealth Management and Columbia Management.
Boston Business Journal acknowledged Atul as a 40 under 40 leader. He holds a CFA charter and earned an MBA at Columbia University.
We hope to have a dynamic discussion on each manager’s investment approach, where we are in the cycle today and long-term thematic opportunities in the market.
A networking reception will follow the panel discussion and refreshments will be served.
If you would like to attend this event you must RSVP as there will be no walk-ups permitted! This event is generously hosted by Fidelity Investments.
WHEN: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
WHERE: Fidelity Investments - 245 Summer Street. 14th Floor. Boston, MA 02210
COST: $15 for CBS Alums, $20 for guests
RSVP: https://cbsboston111919.eventbrite.com
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Professor Rita McGrath, Seeing Around Corners
Education First | September 25th | 6:00 PM
Please join us in Cambridge for what is sure to be a night of intimacy and conversation with one of Columbia Business School's most beloved professors.
Rita McGrath is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on corporate strategy. Much in demand for her cutting-edge insights, her ideas have been widely used by leading organizations throughout the world. Among other innovations, she first introduced the concept of “Discovery Driven Planning”, which was recognized as an early articulation of today’s “lean” startup philosophy and which was praised by Clayton Christensen (who has provided the foreword for SEEING AROUND CORNERS) as one of the most important ideas in management— ever. A highly-respected academic researcher and faculty member at Columbia Business School, McGrath’s work has won awards from the most prestigious management journals.
Rita will be sharing insights from her new book: Seeing Around Corners: Strategic Inflection Points and the New Strategy Playbook
A strategic inflection point calls into question the taken-for-granted assumptions upon which businesses are based. Inflection points can take a business to new heights – or if they are disregarded or ignored – bring it to ruin.
In this talk, Rita McGrath describes the new context for strategy, one of short-lived competitive cycles, and how this creates the need for a new strategy playbook. She describes how arenas are a more useful construct for anticipating the future than industries, how to think about customers in terms of their jobs to be done, and how to best position yourself to pick up insights from the edges of your organization.
The first twenty attendees to the event will receive a copy of the book. Refreshments will be served.
Special thanks to fellow alum Vivek Sable '10 for hosting. Hope to see you all for what is sure to be an engaging evening
Date: September 25th at 6:00 pm
Cost: $25/alum, $35/guest
RSVP: https://cbsboston092519.eventbrite.com
Location: Education First, 2 Education Circle, Cambridge, MA
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CBS Boston Event: Positioning Yourself at Mid-Career
June 25 + 26, 2019
Considering a career transition, looking for a new job, or returning to work after a break? As an alumnus, you have access to Columbia career services for life to help explore these questions.
Please join us for another informative evening with the leaders of the Experienced Professionals Career Management office at Columbia Business School. The presentation will discuss the unique challenges and opportunities facing us at mid-career.
With the vast transformative changes in the workplace today, mid-career choices can be different and unexpected, as well as opportunities for personal growth. After a successful career, what do you do for your next act? How do you transition to a new role or get back into the game after a career break? How do you manage your career and stay relevant in a digital and technical world? How do you position yourself effectively at mid-career for new opportunities?
Tom Monaco, Executive Director, and Nancy Farina Johnston, Senior Associate Director, will facilitate the session on Tuesday night to address these questions, share best practices and examples, and revisit new and existing Columbia resources available to alums.
In addition, Tom and Nancy will be offering complimentary individual coaching sessions on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Topics for your session could include job search strategy, reviews of your resume or LinkedIn profile, a mock interview, or other career management topics regarding your current role. It’s up to you!
Tuesday, June 25th
2:00-5:00: Individual coaching appointments at 45-minute intervals.
6:00-6:30: Networking; food and beverages will be served.
6:30 – 7:30: Presentation: Positioning yourself successfully at Mid-Career
7:30-8:30: Networking
Wednesday, June 26th
9:00 am – Noon: Individual coaching appointments at 45-minute intervals.
WHERE: Workbar Back Bay, 399 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116; the closest MBTA station is Arlington.
COST: $25 for CBS Alums; Free for CBS New Admits
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CBS @ TPC Brunch and Golf Outing
June 22, 2019
Brunch will be at 10 am and T-time will be 10:50/11 am.
Location: TPC golf course in Norton, MA
Time: 10:00am-4pm
Date: June 22th, 2019
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The New Digital Disruptors — What Impact Will They Have on Transforming Healthcare?” - a Presentation by Bunny Ellerin, director of the Columbia Business School Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program
Thursday, May 23
The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of Boston is pleased to host a presentation and networking reception with Bunny Ellerin, director of the Columbia Business School Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program on Thursday, May 23.
Bunny's presentation is titled “The New Digital Disruptors — What Impact Will They Have on Transforming Healthcare?”
We hope you can attend this special event on May 23 and give a warm welcome to Bunny in Boston. We will be graciously hosted by Kevin Martin, a Columbia Law Alumnus and Partner at Goodwin Procter, at Goodwin's Seaport offices.
• 6:00pm - Networking
• 6:30pm - Presentation and Discussion with Bunny
• 7:15pm - Networking
Below, please find details and logistics for the upcoming program.
• Date: May 23, 2019
• Location: Goodwin Procter, 100 Northern Ave, Boston, MA
• Security: Please bring an ID for check-in
• Directions: Walking distance from the Silver Line (Courthouse Station) and Red Line (South Station)
• Parking: There is a parking garage located at 100 Northern Avenue. Vehicle access to the garage is at the back of the building, adjacent to the Institute of Contemporary Art, and there is direct elevator access to the building lobby from the garage.
• Cost: $20/alumni, $30/guest
We're looking forward to seeing you there!
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Tour of iRobot
March 12th @ 5:30 pm
This rare opportunity to get a glimpse into one of the world's most innovative consumer robotics companies will be hosted by fellow CBS alum Violet Chen '19 and her colleague, a product manager who is a real iRobot veteran (has been there for 22 years).
We will have a tour of the iRobot museum, a view of the futuristic iRobot products on the horizon, and a brief overview of the iRobot vision. Many of you have asked if children may attend this event, and the answer is YES! Please purchase guest of alum tickets for them.
Location: 8 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 01730, in the Visitors Area
Time: 5:30-7pm
Date: March 12th, 2019
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Breakfast with David Sherman, Metropolitan Real Estate & Martin Zieff, Alcion Ventures
November 9th @ 7:30 am
We are excited to welcome to Boston David Sherman, Co-Founder, President and Co-CIO of Metropolitan Real Estate and the Chair of the real estate investment committee at Carlyle Investment Solutions. In addition to leading his firm that invests globally with over 100 real estate managers, David has been an active member of Columbia community and serves as a Co-Director of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate.
David is joined by Martin Zieff, Co-Founder of the Boston-based real estate private equity firm, Alcion Ventures, for an informal dialog over breakfast on November 9th, 2018 at 7:30 am.
David and Martin will share their thoughts on a variety of topics ranging from trends in global real estate, to practical challenges of fund formation, to insights into capital raising. More so, this is an opportunity to converse in a casual setting with two of the most accomplished industry professionals who have equal success in both, real estate investing and establishing thriving private equity investment platforms.
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Worldwide Alumni Club Event: An Evening with Jeremy Kagan '99, Managing Director of the Lang Center
Date: September 26th at 6:00 pm
Location: Brightcove, 290 Congress St., Boston, MA 02110
For WACE 2018, we're delighted to have Jeremy Kagan '99, the Managing Director of the Lang Center for Entrepreneurship, join us for an evening of discovery and to give us an update on the school's progress on facilitating entrepreneurship.
Jeremy will present:
What CBS is doing at the Lang right now, on campus
Their vision
Alumni resources and thoughts
Local CBS Entrepreneurs and VCs are requested to attend as feedback on how CBS can support the Boston community would be appreciated.
Last but not least, attendees will be given the option to sign up for office hours with the Lang Center, either remotely or something similar.
This event is FREE for CBS alums; however, signing up for the event is required in order to have your name on the attendee list at check-in. Sign up here.
Special thanks to Mike Green '04 for hosting. Refreshments will be served.
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WATERFRONT JAZZ NIGHT
Boston Harbor Hotel | August 29th | 5:30pm
Join us for the 3rd annual waterfront jazz night, on the evening of August 29th, to enjoy the best of summer in Boston - fantastic water views, a live band, and great company. Over 40 alums and guests attended last year.
The Boston Harbor Hotel runs its signature "Summer in the City" program on the waterfront and that evening presents Mike Dutra with his Strictly Sinatra Band.
The Columbia Business School Club of Boston has reserved outdoor tables for alums and their guests. Appetizers will be served. Click here to RSVP.
Date: August 29th at 5:30pm
Location: Harbor Walk Terrace at the Sea Grille, Boston Harbor Hotel
Cost: $20/alum or guest
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Columbia Summer Sunset Soiree
Lawn on D | July 13th | 6-8pm
Summer is in full swing! What better way to spend it than with fellow CBS alums?! We are joining the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) for one of their July events: Summer Sunset Soiree at Lawn on D on Friday, July 13th. We hope to see you there! See below for more information.
Meetup at Lawn on D
Join us for a casual get-together at Lawn on D this summer! In addition to great conversation with Columbia alumni, you will enjoy live music, lawn games, a cash bar/food and more. Click here to learn more about Lawn on D.
Friday, July 13 | 6 PM - 8 PM EDT
Lawn on D, 420 D St, Boston, MA 02210
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Boston Residential Development Boom
Boston Properties, Prudential Center
June 27th @ 5:30pm
The Columbia Business School and the MIT Alumni Clubs of Boston invite you to a joint event, an evening dedicated to a currently hot topic of “Boston Residential Development Boom”.
Whether you are a real estate professional, a wealth advisor, a private investor, an individual homeowner, a landlord or a renter, please come and hear our panel of leading developers and industry experts discuss current market trends and outlook.
Our esteemed speakers are Andrew Montelli, Founder of Post Road Residential, David Gillespie, VP of Development at AvalonBay, as well as representatives from Carpenter & Company and the The Collaborative Companies. The panel will be moderated by Sean Kelly-Rand, Managing Partner at RD Advisors.
Some topics to be debated are current and forecasted condominium pricing, supply and demand for rental and condominiums in core and new markets, increasing interest rates and other risks on the horizon.
5:30 – Networking
6:00 – 7:00 – Panel presentation
7:00 – 8:30 – Networking
Hosted by Boston Properties in the Marketing Suite at the Prudential Center, 111 Huntington Avenue (Mall Level), Boston, MA 02199.
Cost: $20/alum, $25/guest
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An Evening with Professor Hitendra Wadhwa
Wed, May 16, 2018, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Merrill Lynch, 100 Federal Street, Baum Conference Room 16th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
We're delighted to invite you all to join us for an evening with Professor Hitendra Wadhwa as he delves into the learnings he will be including in his upcoming book and engages us in the practice of authenticity in life and leadership. We hope that you will be able to join us for what is sure to be a thought-provoking evening with one of Columbia Business School's most popular professors. Refreshments will be served. Special thanks to Lei-Choon Ong '97 for hosting us at Merrill Lynch. Please enter via the Congress Street entrance (between High Street and Franklin Street) as the usual Federal Street entrance is closed for renovation.
Incidentally, in addition to speaking with us during the evening, Prof. Wadhwa is also the keynote speaker for this year's mentorship graduation (past representatives include Dean Hubbard and Prof. Bruce Greenwald) and will be hosting the mentors and mentees for a private graduation breakfast on the 16th as well!
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Columbia Business School Career Resources for Alumni Event
Wednesday, April 4th, and Thursday, April 5th
Considering a career transition, looking for a new job, or returning to work after a break? As an alumnus, you have access to Columbia career services for life. Please join us for an informative evening with the leaders of the Experienced Professionals Career Management office at Columbia Business School to learn how to:
Assess your current career interests
Research the market
Leverage the CBS network
Enhance your professional brand
And more!
Tom Monaco, Executive Director, and Nancy Farina Johnston, Senior Associate Director, will facilitate the overview session on Wednesday night and will be offering complimentary individual coaching on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Suggested topics for discussion include job search strategy, reviews of marketing materials such as resumes and LinkedIn profiles, mock interviews, or career management topics regarding your current role.
Wednesday, April 4th
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Individual coaching appointments at 45-minute intervals. Capacity of 6 alumni.
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Networking
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Overview of Alumni Career Management
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm Networking
Thursday, April 5th
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Individual coaching appointments at 45-minute intervals. Capacity of 10 alumni.
WHERE: Workbar Back Bay, 399 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116; the closest MBTA station is Arlington.
COST: FREE for CBS Alums, $25 for
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Columbia Newton Networking and Pub Night with our friends at the Columbia Alumni Association of Boston and Barnard Club of Boston
DATE: Thu, March 15, 2018
TIME: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
LOCATION: Union Street, 107 Rear Union Street, Newton, MA 02459
This annual event in Newton brings alumni from all Columbia schools together for a night of networking and fun with the Columbia Alumni Association of Boston, CBS Club of Boston, and Barnard Club of Boston.
Food will be provided along with a cash bar. Union Street is a short walk from both a municipal parking lot and the Newton Center stop on the Green Line's D Branch.
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Climate Change: A Race Against Time...An Evening with Prof. Bruce Usher
DATE AND TIME: Tue, December 19, 2017, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
LOCATION: BNY Mellon, One Boston Place, 201 Washington Street, 15th Floor Board Room, Boston, MA 02201
Catastrophic climate change is inevitable at the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, growth in greenhouse gas emissions is likely to slow significantly due to a convergence of cost-competitive renewable energy and advanced electric vehicles. Even in the absence of government policies, the renewable energy and electric vehicle sectors are experiencing dramatic growth resulting from favorable economics. The key issue is whether this will occur quickly enough to avoid the worse effects of climate change.
Join the CBS Alumni Club of Boston and Prof. Bruce Usher for a fascinating discussion. A networking reception will follow the talk and refreshments will be served.
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The Future of Medicine, with David Epstein '87
DATE AND TIME: Tue, October 17, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
LOCATION: Flagship Pioneering, 55 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA 02142
We live in a new technology era. Not just mobile communications, self-driving cars, and artificial intelligence but an era of multiple biological scientific breakthroughs which will allow us to live longer and hopefully better lives. Join us for an engaging evening with fellow CBS alum David Epstein '87 as he shares his insights about this exciting time in health and wellbeing.
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WACE 2017: Reception at the Millennium Tower Owner's Lounge
DATE AND TIME: Mon, September 18, 2017, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
LOCATION, Millennium Tower, One Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110
We're excited to be hosting a networking reception for WACE 2017 at the exclusive Millenium Tower, courtesy of fellow CBS alum and Millennium Tower resident, Hamid Benbrahim '07.
Food will be catered by the private restaurant dedicated to residents, Mina at the Tower. Wine and beer will also be provided.
Due to fire code limitations, there are only 30 spots available for WACE 2017. As we expect this event to sell out quickly, we are limiting the number of tickets that can be purchased to one per CBS alum, and one per guest of a CBS alum.
We hope that you'll be able to join us for what is sure to be a memorable evening!
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Waterfront Jazz Night at Boston Harbor Hotel (8/30)
DATE AND TIME: Wed, August 30, 2017, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
LOCATION: Harbor Walk Terrace at the Sea Grille, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 02110
Join us on the evening of August 30th to enjoy the best of summer in Boston - fantastic water views, a live band, and great company. Over 40 alums and guests attended last year and many of them remarked that we should make it a regular event!
The Boston Harbor Hotel runs its signature "Summer in the City" program on the waterfront and that evening presents Mike Dutra with his Strictly Sinatra Band.
The Columbia Business School Club has reserved outdoor tables for alums and their guests. Appetizers will be served.
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CBS Alumni Club of Boston Event: Artful Business with Greg Stone ('84)
DATE AND TIME: Wed, June 14, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
LOCATION: Workbar Cambridge, 45 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
DESCRIPTION
What does Michelangelo have to do with marketing? What can you learn about branding from Botticelli? Greg will share proven techniques to add punch to your promotional strategies -- with a lot of help from great artists and writers.
This interactive workshop is based on his acclaimed book Artful Business: 50 Lessons From Creative Geniuses, which offers a toolkit of tips for the “thinking manager” seeking new ideas or strategies.
Come and delight your eyes with sumptuous, colorful masterpieces. In the process you will learn how to see in a new way and to find inspiration from unlikely sources.
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An Evening with Bruce Greenwald
DATE AND TIME: Wed, May 17, 2017, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
LOCATION: Fidelity Investments Boston, 245 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210
DESCRIPTION
The Columbia Business School Club of Boston is thrilled to host Professor Greenwald, whom the New York Times has called "a guru to Wall Street's gurus", for an evening discussion about the Financial Crisis, where we are today in relation to it, and the path forward.
This event is not to be missed. We hope you will be able to make it!
About Bruce Greenwald:
Professor Bruce C. N. Greenwald holds the Robert Heilbrunn Professorship of Finance and Asset Management at Columbia Business School and is the academic Director of the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing. Described by the New York Times as "a guru to Wall Street's gurus," Greenwald is an authority on value investing with additional expertise in productivity and the economics of information.
Greenwald has been recognized for his outstanding teaching abilities. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award which honors the best of Columbia's teachers for maintaining the University's longstanding reputation for educational excellence. His classes are consistently oversubscribed, with more than 650 students taking his courses every year in subjects such as Value Investing, Economics of Strategic Behavior, Globalization of Markets, and Strategic Management of Media.
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Women's Week 2017
Re-entering the Workforce after an Extended Absence: An Evening with Carol Fishman, CEO of iRelaunch
WHEN: Thursday, April 6, 2017, from 6PM to 8PM
WHERE: Merrill Lynch at 100 Federal Street on the 16th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
In honor of the 6th Annual Columbia Business School’s Women’s Week, we are delighted to host an evening with Carol Fishman Cohen, the CEO and co-founder of iRelaunch www.iRelaunch.com.
This event is for women looking for concrete ways to return to the workforce after a long hiatus, and also for those considering leaving the workplace for a period of time. We expect an engaging and thought-provoking conversation during this intimate gathering.
We are honored Carol has accepted our invitation to speak to our Club. iRelaunch works with employers to create programs for hiring professionals returning to work after a career break, and provides strategies for relaunching individuals to resume their careers.
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Wed, March 8, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Hedging Political and Currency Risk in Today's World
Location: Santander Bank, 28 State Street, 16th floor, Boston, MA 02109
DESCRIPTION
The election of Donald Trump as president has disrupted America's relationships with both its allies and enemies. Given how unprecedented Mr. Trump's approach to diplomacy has proven to be -- both since his election and subsequent to his inauguration -- the longer-term implications of his presidency are of interest in all corners of the globe.
Two veteran prognosticators of foreign affairs -- Bob Savage and Daniel Wagner -- will offer their views on what we may expect in the short and long-term as a result of the Trump presidency, both politically and economically. Mr. Savage -- with a lengthy history at the very top of the foreign exchange trading arena -- has a distinguished track record of making accurate calls in that rather unpredictable domain. Mr. Wagner -- a cross-border risk management expert, author, and journalist -- was one of the few commentators to predict that Mr. Trump would win. Join us for what promises to be an engaging and thought provoking evening.
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February 1, 2017
Culture, Creativity, and the Innovation Imperative: An Evening with CBS Marketing Professor, Gita Johar
Hosted at BNY Mellon
Event Description:
What is creativity, why is it important and how can you cultivate it? How do you create a culture in which creativity thrives? Why does creativity and innovation thrive in some countries more than in others? In this talk, Professor Johar will draw on scientific research on creativity to define the term and to share her ideas on the essence of creativity and innovation. She will discuss ways to enhance creativity in your personal and professional life. Finally, Professor Johar will introduce principles that can help you nurture the creativity of those around you.
A networking reception will follow the talk and refreshments will be served.
Gita V. Johar (PhD NYU 1993; MBA Indian Institute of Management Calcutta 1985) has been on the faculty of Columbia Business School since 1992 and is currently the Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business. She served as the school’s Senior Vice Dean from 2011 to 2014.
