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On Friday, November 3, NYU Stern hosted its second-annual FinTech Conference entitled, “The Transformative Potential and Regulatory Challenges of FinTech.” 

NYU Stern’s Leadership Development team welcomed Susan Peters, senior vice president of human resources at GE, for an event entitled, “Tales in Leadership: Managing Change.”

On Saturday, Oct. 28, NYU Stern in Africa will host its annual Stern in Africa Business Forum entitled, “The Tipping Point: Accelerating Africa’s Agenda”.   

On Friday, Oct. 27, the NYU Stern Healthcare Associate (SHA) will host its annual conference themed, “Advancing and Adapting”. The conference will focus on how business is changing the healthcare landscape to meet the needs of the modern patient. 

On October 26, NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business welcomed John McAvoy (MBA ’87), Chairman and CEO of Con Edison, to Stern for a conversation entitled, “How Sustainability Drives Success at Con Edison”.

This program is intended for those who wish to rethink the habits that have made them successful in the past, and challenge the conventional wisdom and industry models that have defined their businesses. To achieve these objectives, this course combines presentations and discussions with practical exercises so that participants can apply disruptive leadership principles to business issues and scenarios.

On October 19, John E. Herzog (MBA '71), former member of the NYU Stern Board of Overseers, sat down with Professor Melissa Schilling for a discussion of his new book, A Billion to One: The Story of Herzog, Heine, Geduld, Inc. 

On Friday, Oct. 13, the NYU Stern Association of Hispanic and Black Business Students (AHBBS) and Supporting Excellence and Advocating Diversity (SEAD) will co-host the 5th annual Diversity in Business Forum entitled, “Breaking Barriers: Community and Leadership”. 

The NYU Stern Office of Alumni Relations will host the next installment of the "Author Lecture Series" featuring Professor Scott Galloway and Barry Ritholtz, chairman and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management.

The demand for excellent communication is a constant for any professional. But, what is excellent communication? The expectations of audiences and the need for instant feedback have changed the communication dynamic executives face each day. 

On Tuesday, Oct. 10, the NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business hosted a fireside chat with former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers and Professor Kim Schoenholtz, director of the Center. 

On Friday, Oct. 6, the NYU Stern Luxury & Retail Club will hold its 11th annual conference, themed “Luxury at a Global Scale: Envisioning a Connected Future”. 

On September 25, NYU Stern School of Business Dean Peter Henry and Vice Dean Raghu Sundaram invited current students, alumni and community members to join them for an evening to celebrate the launch of Stern’s Executive MBA (EMBA) Program in Washington, D.C., at NYU’s D.C. location, as the University celebrates its fifth-year anniversary in the nation’s capital. 

NYU Stern's Alumni department will host the next installment of the "Author Lecture Series" featuring Roger Martin, former dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, and Malcolm Gladwell, author, journalist and speaker. 

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and the NYU Stern MBA Energy and Infrastructure Club will co-host a panel discussion entitled, “Powering the Future: Energy Transformation in the US”.

On Tuesday, Sept. 19, NYU Stern’s Leadership Development will welcome Tony Alvarez, Co-Founder and CEO of Alvarez & Marsal, for a talk entitled “Managing Chaos.”

On September 18, 2017, the NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business hosted the inaugural David K. Backus Memorial Lecture featuring Professor and Nobel Laureate Thomas J. Sargent for a discussion entitled, “Risk Aversion or Mistaken Beliefs?”

On September 13, NYU Stern's W. R. Berkley Innovation Labs welcomed hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs to learn more about the $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge, one of the largest venture competitions and accelerator programs in the world.

The NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business will host a panel discussion entitled "Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in Portfolio Management" on September 13, 2017.

The NYU Stern Center for Global Economy and Business will host the Economic Outlook Forum on September 6, 2017.

 The program will address discounted cash flow valuation and the estimation issues that arise when information is imprecise or unavailable, value enhancement through the prism of discounted cash flow models, and contrast techniques. It will also delve into other valuation approaches, such as the use of multiples and comparables in relative valuation, and the use of option pricing to value certain types of stocks and businesses.

This course teaches participants to harness the full potential of big data to make more informed decisions at all levels of their organizations. Participants will learn modern decision models and tools in prescriptive analytics. Through application of these tools, they will examine data, recommend a range of actions and evaluate each action’s impact on targeted performance metrics.

On July 31-August 2, the NYU Stern School of Business co-hosted the Second Annual Conference on Creative Industries with Columbia Business School and the Yale School of Management. 

This course is a good fit for private wealth managers, investment advisors, financial advisors and institutional asset managers, as well as professionals interested in learning about modern portfolio management.

This two-day program covers: the true meaning and sources of power; the skills needed for effective political management of organizational problems; an understanding of your own political mindscape; and a personal plan for successful political management of conflict.