Alleycon, Columbia Business School’s annual student-run technology conference, returned to an in-person format February 17 with a day-long series of panels, speeches, and keynotes covering such topics as generative AI, digital health, climate, venture capital, and decentralized finance.
The Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School, the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics, the CBS Venture Capital Club, and the CBS Fintech and Blockchain Club each sponsored panels at the event, which was held at Convene in Lower Manhattan.
The day’s sessions kicked off with opening remarks from CBS Dean Costis Maglaras, followed by a keynote from Jaleh Bisharat, co-founder and CEO of NakedPoppy, a beauty company that curates clean, safe, and effective beauty brands.
The day’s events included a climate technology roundtable as well as sessions such as “Generative AI: Current State, Future Applications, and Impacts on Business and Society,” “NYC Tech Startup Ecosystem: Current State and Future Opportunities,” and “Crypto: The Rise, the Fall, and What’s Next.”
The closing keynote was delivered by Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix, who recounted how tossing around product ideas with a colleague led him to develop the concept of Netflix.
“Success is proportional to how many ideas you try,” Randolph said.