Throughout the fall 2009 semester, Lally sponsored weekly events exploring emerging ideas across a range of management fields, including Finance, Technology Commercialization, Energy, HR, Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Publishing, and Global Business. Six of the events are now available for viewing online.
More than 750 people attended the nine events in the series, entitled “Doing Business in an Era of Significant Change.” The series began September 2 with the Reinert Lecture by New York Stock Exchange Chairman Marshall Carter, and continued through September and October.
Innovation Event Series Presentations and Video Links
Technical requirements for viewing the presentations can be found here.
9/2: Marshall Carter, Chairman, New York Stock Exchange, Deputy Chairman, NYSE Euronext “Navigating a Perfect Storm—Regaining Our Bearings After the Global Financial Crisis”
Video Link (44 min.)
9/16: RPIdol: How to be a STAR in Your Job Search--Interviewing Tips from the Pros
Panel of HR judges: Curtis Powell, Rensselaer’s VP for Human Resources; Monroe “Bud” Moseley, VP and Director, Isaacson, Miller; Robin G. Mamlet, Consultant, Witt/Kieffer; David C. Mead-Fox, PhD, Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International
Video Link (1: 42)
9/23: “Innovation in the Business of Energy: Electricity”
Hosts: Lally Finance Professor John Teall and Rana Mukerji MBA ‘84, NYISO VP of Market Structures
Pane: Bruce Bleiweis, Director of Market Affairs, DC Energy Quantitative Trading; Howard Fromer, Director of Market Policy, PSEG Power New York ; Raj Addepalli PhD ’99, Deputy Director, Office of Electric, Gas and Water, NYS Dept of Public Service; Sundar Vankataraman, Director, GE Energy-Energy Applications & Systems Engineering
Video Link (2:00)
10/14: Technology Commercialization-- Preparing a New Generation of Entrepreneurs and Innovators
Host: Lally Professor Lois Peters
Deans from Lally, Albany Law School, and RPI’s School of Engineering Discuss the Technology Commercialization & Entrepreneurship (TC&E) Program.
Video Link (1:26)
10/21: Innovation in the Business of Healthcare
Host: Lally Professor Gina O’Connor
Panel: Sue Ellen Wagner, Executive Director, Health Care Trustees of NY State; Eileen Murphy, COO, Price Waterhouse Coopers SMART Practice; Dr. John Bennett '74, President and CEO, CDPHP; Omid Moghadam, Personal Genomics Researcher, Harvard Medical School; and Dr. Patrice Milos '84, VP and Chief Scientific Officer, Helicos Biosciences
Video Link (1:56)
10/28: Innovation in Business of Media: Understanding the Transformations of the Media Industry
Host: Lally Professor T. Ravichandran
Panel: Robert Altman, President, WMHT, (PBS affiliate) Albany; Patti Hart, General Manager, Timesunion.com, Albany; Michelle Manafy, Editorial Director, Enterprise Group, Information Today Inc., Editor EContent Magazine; Michael Miller ’79, Senior VP, Ziff Brothers; Chief Content Officer Ziff Davis Media
Video Link (2:05)