{"id":6034,"date":"2025-01-14T21:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2025\/01\/14\/2024-emi-annual-conference-innovation-and-transformation-to-emerge-stronger\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:14:36","slug":"2024-emi-annual-conference-innovation-and-transformation-to-emerge-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2025\/01\/14\/2024-emi-annual-conference-innovation-and-transformation-to-emerge-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 EMI Annual Conference: Innovation and Transformation to Emerge Stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<\/head>

Cornell’s Emerging Markets Institute (EMI)<\/a> hosted its 14th annual conference October 31–November 1, 2024, at the Cornell Tech Campus in New York City. The conference brought together 37 global leaders and experts with over 500 participants to engage with this year’s theme, “Innovation and Transformation to Emerge Stronger<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lourdes Casanova, Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute, and Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, give opening remarks. Photos by Michael Graham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Karolyi<\/a>, Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and Lourdes Casanova<\/a>, Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director of the Emerging Markets Institute, opened the conference, emphasizing collaboration as a key to addressing challenges and seizing opportunities in emerging markets. “We’re not just observing or participating in the global education movement,” Karolyi said. “Our college is actually leading and shaping the way global business education will take place in the future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casanova echoed this focus on action and impact. “This is a movement … to foster the collaboration that is going to transform into action to build a stronger, more resilient, more equitable future for emerging markets and the whole world,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insights and Highlights from the Panels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Audience members listen to the panels at the 2024 EMI annual conference. Photo by Michael Graham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The event featured four dynamic panels, each delving into critical issues from sustainable investment strategies and technological innovation to public-private partnerships and regional growth drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference panels highlighted transformative opportunities in emerging markets. The “Spotlight on India” panel examined India’s rapid economic ascent, driven by advancements in digital payments, renewable energy, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n