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On January 23, 2026, the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) convened a full-day conference ‘Into the Next Digital Generation: Lessons from Yesterday, Predictions for Tomorrow: A Tribute to the 43 Years of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) and its Director, Prof. Eli Noam’ at Columbia University in NYC. The event, which was followed by a gala dinner, served as a celebration and tribute to the Institute, which will be closing with the retirement of founder, Professor Eli Noam.
CITI was the first research center dedicated to communications economics, management, and policy established at a US management school. Over the past 42 years, CITI has published 75 books and hundreds of articles, hosted nearly one thousand conferences, run several webinar series, and welcomed numerous visiting scholars and interns from around the world.
The conference was webcast via ISOC LIVE, and the dinner speeches recorded.
PROGRAM
01 – Opening and Welcome
Costis Maglaras – Dean, Columbia Business School
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02 – Introduction
Eli Noam – Emeritus Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Prof. of Economics, and Director, CITI
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03 – Vint Cerf Video Message
Vinton G. Cerf – CITI Advisory Board / Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
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04 – Telecom and Internet Infrastructure: The Invisible Resource
Erik Bohlin – Professor, Ivey University (Canada) & Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
Johannes Bauer – Quello Chair for Media and Information Policy, Michigan State University
Raul Katz – Director of Business Strategy, CITI, and President, Telecom Advisory Services
Co-Moderators and Respondents:
Robert Pepper – fmr Head of Global Policy and Planning, Meta
Alex Wolfson – Head, Mobile Content Operations, BMW Group
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05 – Brief Overview of CITI’s Influence
Dr. Zvezdan Vukanovic – University Canada West / Associate Director for International Media, CITI
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06 – Regulatory Institutions
Harold Furchtgott-Roth – Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute / fmr Commissioner, FCC
Andrew Schwartzman – Senior Counselor, Benton Institute for Broadband and Society
Marc Rotenberg – Georgetown Law / Center for AI and Digital Policy
David Redl – Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado / ex-Administrator, NTIA
Co-Moderators and Respondents:
Rosa Morales – Esq.
Lorenzo Pupillo – Centre for European Policy Studies
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07 – Media Industry Structure: An Iron Law of Oligopoly?
Ben Compaine – Director of Fellows Program, CITI
Jason Adam Buckweitz – Executive Director, CITI, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia Business School
Robert Frieden – Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and Law, Penn State University
Co-Moderators and Respondents:
Kenneth Carter – CEO and Founder, Ozeki
Heather Hudson – Professor and fmr. Director ISER, University of Alaska Anchorage
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08 – Lunch Session: International Multipliers
Koos Bekker – Chairman, Naspers / founder, Multichoice (video)
Merit Janow – Dean Emerita and Professor of Professional Practice in International Economic Law and International Affairs, SIPA, Columbia University (video)
Derek Wyatt – fmr. Member of Parliament, UK (video)
Haru Sato – Professor Emeritus, Konan University (video)
Ambassador David Gross – Senior Counsel, Wiley Rein (video)
Internet Society New York Chapter Award Presentation – Dave Burstein and Stuart Reid
Moderators:
Michael Nelson – Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Henning Schulzrinne – Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University
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09 – Content Media: 3 Generations of Past Trouble, and Into the Next
Esther Dyson – Investor, Journalist, Author, Philanthropist
Howard Homonoff – Senior U.S. Media & Industry Advisor, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Joost van Dreunen – Asst. Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
Stanley Pierre-Louis – President & CEO, Entertainment Software Association
Co-Moderators and Respondents:
Corey Spencer – Asst. Director, CITI
Bozena I. Mierzejewska – Associate Professor, Fordham Gabelli School of Business
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10 – Communications Finance: The Past and Future of Media and IT Investments
Doug Conn – fmr Executive Director, SMBC Nikko Securities
Tom Aust – fmr VP-Senior Analyst, State Street
Blair Levin – Policy Advisor, New Street Research
James Alleman – Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, Boulder
Co-Moderators and Respondents:
Harold Vogel – CEO, Vogel Capital Management
Bruce Lincoln – Sr. Fellow, CITI / co-founder, Silicon Harlem
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11 – America and the World: Digital Thought Leadership in the 21st Century
Reed Hundt – fmr Chairman, FCC
Joseph Stiglitz – University Professor, Columbia University
Lawrence Lessig – Furman Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Leonard Waverman – fmr Dean, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Martha Garcia-Murillo – Dean, College of Information Science & Technology, University of Nebraska Omaha
Co-Moderators:
William Drake – Director of International Studies, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Jonathan Liebenau – Professor of Technology Management, London School of Economics
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12 – Closing Remarks and Thanks
Eli Noam – Director, CITI
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13 – Gala Dinner: Welcome and Session 1: Public Policy
Lee Bollinger – fmr President, Columbia University (video)
Doreen Bogdan-Martin – Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (video)
Reed Hundt – fmr Chairman, FCC (video)
Castulus Kolo – President, Macromedia University
Richard Wiley – Chairman Emeritus, Wiley Rein (video)
Robert Frieden – Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and Law, Penn State University
Rosa Morales – Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP
Moderator: Robert Pepper – fmr Chair, CITI Advisory Board
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14 – Gala Dinner Session 2: Academia and Business
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google (video)
Johannes Bauer – Quello Chair for Media and Information Policy, Michigan State University
Martha Garcia-Murillo – Dean, College of Information Science & Technology, University of Nebraska Omaha
Ivan Seidenberg – fmr CEO, Verizon (video)
Robert C. Atkinson – fmr Director of Policy Studies, CITI (video)
Erik Bohlin – Professor, Ivey University (Canada) & Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
Moderator: Tom Hazlett – Macaulay Professor of Economics, Clemson University
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15 – Gala Dinner Session 3: Columbia
Gerald Rosberg – fmr Sr. EVP, Columbia University
Joseph Stiglitz – University Professor, Columbia University (by video)
Jeanine D’Armiento – Chair, Columbia University Senate
John Tomasi – President, Heterodox Academy and Prof. Brown University
Alex Wolfson – Head, Mobile Content Operations, BMW Group (video)
Moderator: Nadine Strossen – fmr. National President, ACLU
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