Past Seminars

Hong Kong

June 22, 2017

This one-day free Seminar was held to coincide with Wharton’s Global Forum on June 22-24 in Hong Kong. The Seminar featured Wharton Professor of International Management and Director, the Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies, Mauro Guillen, on “The Future of Global Markets” and Wharton Professor of Marketing and Director, Penn Wharton China Center, Z. John Zhang on “Marketing Opportunities in China.”

View: 2017 Hong Kong Agenda

May 24, 2007
For the first time in its 38 year history, the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists held a special one-day seminar outside of the US. Timed to coincide with Wharton’s Global Alumni Forum, May 25-26, this seminar allowed local and regional reporters to improve their reporting skills and gain valuable insights into current management practices from senior Wharton faculty members. The event took place at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, the location of the Alumni Forum to which all seminar participants were invited to register as media guests.

View: 2007 Hong Kong Agenda

London

June 27, 2019
We held a free one-day session in London featuring Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions Gad Allon and Professor of Management Mauro Guillen on “Scaling Ventures: The Playbook for Profitable Growth” and “New Business Opportunities in the 21st Century” respectively.

View: 2019 London Agenda

Madrid

June 23, 2010
This one-day free Seminar was held to coincide with Wharton’s Global Alumni Forum on June 24-25 in Madrid, Spain. The Seminar featured Prof. Mauro Guillen who discussed “the Financial Crisis” as well as Prof. Richard Shell who gave a presentation on “Negotiation Skills.” The event took place at the Melia/Castilla Hotel, the location of the Wharton Global Alumni Forum to which all Seminar participants were invited to register as media guests.

View: 2010 Madrid Agenda

New York

June 13, 2018
We held a free one-day session in New York on “Public Policy” featuring Assistant Prof. of Legal Studies & Business Ethics Peter Conti-Brown and Associate Prof. of Legal Studies & Business Ethics Kevin Werbach on “Central Banking and Financial Regulation” and “Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Cyberlaw” respectively.

View: 2018 New York Agenda

March 3, 2016
We held a free one-day session in New York on “Public Policy” featuring Adjunct Associate Professor of Real Estate Sam Chandan and Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics Peter Conti-Brown on “Real Estate Trends” and “The Future of the Federal Reserve” respectively.

View: 2016 New York Agenda

March 6, 2013
We offered our first ever one-day session in New York on “Public Policy” featuring Wharton Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy Mark Duggan and Assistant Professor of Finance Alex Edmans.

View: 2013 New York Agenda

Philadelphia, PA

October 14-16, 2024
We hosted our “flagship program” October 14-16, 2024 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered Accounting, Financial Reporting and Statements, Voluntary Disclosure, Immigration, Artificial Intelligence, Corporate Governance, and Central Banking and Financial Regulation. The sessions were taught by renowned Wharton professors including Peter Conti-Brown, Brian Bushee, Paul Fischer, Zeke Hernandez, Stefano Puntoni, and Mary-Hunter (Mae) McDonnell.

      View: 2024 Philadelphia Agenda

October 16-18, 2023
We hosted our “flagship program” October 16-18, 2023 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered Accounting and Business Taxation, Immigration, Gender and Diversity Economics, Data Science of Social Media, Central Banking and Financial Regulation and Financial Statements and were taught by renowned Wharton professors including Peter Conti-Brown, Jennifer Blouin, Paul Fischer, Zeke Hernandez, Corinne Low and Duncan Watts.

View: 2023 Philadelphia Agenda

October 17-19, 2022
Our “flagship program” was held October 17-19, 2022 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered Accounting and Business Taxation, Global Pension Challenges, ESG, Privacy Regulations, Financial Statements and Central Banking and Financial Regulation and were taught by renowned Wharton professors including Olivia Mitchell, Peter Conti-Brown, Jennifer Blouin, Paul Fischer, Vit Henisz and Pinar Yildirim.

View: 2022 Philadelphia Agenda

October 18 – 19, 2021
We hosted our virtual two-day “flagship program” October 18-19, 2021. Topics covered Accounting, Business Taxation, Global Pension Challenges, Financial Statement Analysis, Central Banking and Financial Regulation and the Stock Market, and were taught by renowned Wharton professors Jennifer Blouin, Peter Conti-Brown, Paul Fischer, Itay Goldstein and Olivia Mitchell.

View: 2021 Flagship Agenda

June 2, 2021
We hosted a virtual one-day session featuring Wharton Profs. Katy Milkman, Ben Keys and Mary-Hunter McDonnell, who presented on “The Science of Behavior Change,” “Unpacking the COVID-19 Housing Bubble” and “How Corporate America Responds to Contentious Social Environments,” respectively.

View: June 2021 Virtual Seminar Agenda

October 26 – 27, 2020
Our “flagship program” was held October 26-27, 2020 for the first time as a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics covered Accounting, Business Taxation, Global Pension Challenges, Financial Statement Analysis, Central Banking and Financial Regulation and the New Business Landscape, and were taught by renowned Wharton professors Jennifer Blouin, Peter Conti-Brown, Paul Fischer, Mauro Guillen and Olivia Mitchell.

View: 2020 Flagship Agenda

October 13 – 16, 2019
Our “flagship program” was held October 13 -16, 2019 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered Management, Accounting and Business Taxation, Self-Destructing Markets, Global Pension Challenges, Immigration in a Global Economy, Financial Statements and Central Banking and Financial Regulation and were taught by renowned Wharton professors including Olivia Mitchell, Peter Conti-Brown, Jennifer Blouin, Paul Fischer, Zeke Hernandez, Natalya Vinokurova and Drew Carton.

View: 2019 Philadelphia Agenda

October 7 – 10, 2018
Our “flagship program” was held October 7 -10, 2018 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered Leadership, Accounting and Business Taxation, Visual Science in Marketing, Global Pension Challenges, Business Opportunities in the 21^st Century, Financial Statements and the Economy and Stock Market and were taught by renowned Wharton professors including Mike Useem, Jennifer Blouin, Olivia Mitchell, Mauro Guillen, Paul Fischer and Jeremy Siegel.

View: 2018 Philadelphia Agenda

October 8 – 11, 2017
Our “flagship program” was held October 8 -11, 2017 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered Leadership, Accounting and Business Taxation, Competition, Global Pension Challenges, Business Opportunities in the 21^st Century, Financial Statements and the Economy and Stock Market and were taught by renowned Wharton professors including Mike Useem, Jennifer Blouin, Maurice Schweitzer, Olivia Mitchell, Mauro Guillen, Brian Bushee and Jeremy Siegel.

View: 2017 Philadelphia Agenda

October 8 – 11, 2016
Our “flagship program” was held October 8 -11, 2016 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered Leadership, Accounting and Business Taxation, Health Care Delivery, Global Pension Challenges, Business Opportunities in the 21st Century, Financial Statements, and the Economy and Stock Market and were taught by renowned Wharton professors including Mike Useem, Jennifer Blouin, Guy David, Olivia Mitchell, Mauro Guillen, Brian Bushee, and Jeremy Siegel.

View: 2016 Philadelphia Agenda

October 11-14, 2015
We held our “flagship program” October 11-14, 2015 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered included, Leadership and Strategic Thinking, Accounting and Business Taxation, Innovation Management, Global Pension Challenges, New Business Opportunities in the 21st Century, Financial Reporting, and the Economy and Stock Marketing taught by renowned Wharton Professors including Mike Useem, Jennifer Blouin, Christian Terwiesch, Olivia Mitchell, Mauro Guillen, Brian Bushee, and Jeremy Siegel.

View: 2015 Philadelphia Agenda

October 12-15, 2014
We held our “flagship program” October 12-15, 2014 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Topics covered included, Leadership and Strategic Thinking, Accounting, Financial Reporting, Executive Compensation, the Changing Business Environment, Global Pension Challenges, Understanding Housing and Real Estate, and the Economy and the Stock Market taught by renowned Wharton Professors including Mike Useem, Olivia Mitchell, Jeremy Siegel, Todd Sinai, Jennifer Blouin, and Brian Bushee.

View: 2014 Philadelphia Agenda

October 13 -16, 2013
Our “flagship program” was held October 13-16, 2013 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall.  Business, Finance, Real Estate and the Economy were taught by renowned Wharton professors including, Susan Wachter, Olivia Mitchell, Mike Useem, Brian Bushee, Mauro Guillen, Christopher Geczy and Jennifer Blouin.

View: 2013 Philadelphia Agenda

October 21-24, 2012
We held our “flagship program” on October 21-24, 2012 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Business and Financial topics were taught by renowned Wharton professors including, Jennifer Blouin, Brian Bushee and Lori Rosenkopf.

View: 2012 Philadelphia Agenda

October 9-12, 2011
Our “flagship program” was held October 9-12, 2011 at the University of Pennsylvania campus at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Business concepts were taught by renowned Wharton professors including, Jeremy Siegel, Olivia Mitchell and Brian Bushee.

View: 2011 Philadelphia Agenda

San Francisco, CA

June 16, 2022
We hosted a virtual one-day session featuring Wharton Profs. Lynn Wu, Ethan Mollick and Kevin Werbach, who presented on “How AI Transforms Labor and Firm Innovation,” “Understanding the Myths and Truths About Venture Capital and Startups” and “Crypto and Regulation: This Could Be the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship,” respectively.

View: June 2022 Virtual Seminar Agenda

March 8, 2018
A free one-day Seminar was held at Wharton San Francisco, focusing on “The Scaling, Valuing & Investing of Emerging Growth Firms” featuring Wharton Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions Gad Allon, and Adjunct Professor of Finance David Wessels.

View: 2018 Wharton San Francisco Agenda

June 1, 2016
A free one-day Seminar was held at Wharton | San Francisco, focusing on “Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship” featuring Wharton Professor of Marketing David Bell, and Assistant Professor of Management Laura Huang.

View: 2016 Wharton | San Francisco Agenda

June 11, 2014
A free one-day Seminar was held at Wharton | San Francisco, which focused on “Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship” featuring Adjunct Associate Professor of Management and Executive Director of Mack Institute for Innovation Management, Saikat Chaudhuri and Wharton Practice Professor of Operations and Information Management, David Robertson.

View: 2014 Wharton | San Francisco Agenda

June 27, 2012
A free one-day Seminar, the first-ever held at our new Wharton | San Francisco campus, was held on “Buzz, Engagement & Connectivity.” Wharton Assistant Professor of Marketing, Jonah Berger and Wharton Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Kevin Werbach presented to outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Sinomedia China and GigaOm.

View: 2012 Wharton | San Francisco Agenda

June 22, 2011
A free one-day Seminar was held at Wharton | San Francisco to coincide with the Wharton Global Alumni Forum, hosted for the first time ever in the U.S. The Seminar featured sessions by Prof. Kent Smetters on “the Economy” and Prof. Leonard Lodish on “Entrepreneurial Marketing” as well as a Venture Capital roundtable that included Prof. Raffi Amit and Vice Dean Doug Collom.

View: 2011 Wharton | San Francisco Agenda

January 11, 2010
This free one-day Seminar was held at the Wharton School’s San Francisco campus with emphasis on “Understanding Financial Statements” with Wharton Adjunct Prof of Finance, John R. Percival.

View: 2010 Wharton | San Francisco Agenda

January 28, 2008
This special one-day seminar, modeled after the flagship Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists focused on “Fundamentals of Accounting” and “Understanding Financial Statements.” The no-cost program was designed with plenty of time for interaction and discussion about the session content.

View: 2008 San Francisco Agenda

Seattle, WA

June 23, 2006
For this session the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists again teamed with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the National Press Foundation to offer a special one-day seminar to do just that in Seattle on June 23, 2006. Sessions included: “Understanding Financial Statements” with John R. Percival, Ph.D., adjunct professor of finance, the Wharton School and “Understanding Economic Indicators” with Gary Zimmerman, economist, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Tokyo

May 23, 2013
We held our first ever one-day session in Tokyo on “Public Policy” featuring Wharton Professor of Finance, Franklin Allen and Wharton Professor of Management, Nicolaj Siggelkow.

View: 2013 Tokyo Agenda

Washington, DC

March 16, 2022 (Virtual)
We offered a virtual one-day session featuring Wharton Profs. Itamar Drechsler, Emilie Feldman and Jules van Binsbergen, who presented on “The Rise and Fall of American Inflation,” “The End of the Conglomerate” and “Financial Markets Today: Impact Investing and Low Interest Rates in an Age of Secular Stagnation,” respectively.

View: 2022 Virtual Seminar Agenda

February 24, 2021 (Virtual)
We offered a virtual one-day session on “Public Policy and the Global Economy” featuring Wharton and Penn Profs. Mohamed A. El-Erian, Zeke Emanuel, Daniel Taylor and Carolyn Kousky, who presented on “Evaluating Unusual Economic Uncertainty,” “COVID-19, Affordable Care Act and Health Care in the Biden Era,” “Insider Trading in US Capital Markets,” and “An Overview of Disaster Recovery in the US,” respectively.

View: 2021 Virtual Seminar Agenda

March 28, 2019
We offered our free one-day session on “Public Policy” featuring Wharton Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy Kent Smetters, and Wharton Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics Philip Nichols, on “Taxation, Immigration & Medicare4All” and “Corruption & Emerging Economies in Transition,” respectively.

View: 2019 Washington Seminar Agenda

March 17, 2017
We offered our free one-day session on “Public Policy” featuring Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Wharton Professor of Health Care Management (Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor) Ezekiel Emanuel, and Wharton Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics David Zaring, on “Health Care Policy” and “Financial Policy,” respectively.

View: 2017 Washington Seminar Agenda

March 4, 2015
We offered our free one-day session on “Public Policy” featuring Professor of Healthcare Management and Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, Scott Harrington and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Kent Smetters on “The Affordable Care Act” and “The Economic Outlook, Long-term Risks and a Framework for Policy Reform” respectively

View: 2015 Washington Seminar Agenda

March 11, 2014
We offered our free one-day session on “Public Policy” featuring Wharton Professor of Healthcare Management, Mark Pauly, and Professor of Finance, Robert Inman.

View: 2014 Washington Seminar Agenda

March 6, 2012
We offered our first ever free one-day session on “Public Policy” featuring Wharton Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Susan Wachter and Professor of Business and Public Policy, Mark Duggan.

View: 2012 Washington Seminar Agenda