June 3, 2020
Opportunity in crisis: How to pivot a hospitality career during a pandemic

Featuring Bruce Tracey; While the current global pandemic is the toughest challenge the industry has ever faced, it’s important to remember that disruption can also lead to opportunity. Experts discussed what can you do to weather the storm and how to best position yourself for the hospitality jobs that are likely to emerge when the pandemic is over.

May 28, 2020
The new norm for breweries: Safety, quality, and fresh opportunities

Featuring Doug Miller; Beer experts discussed the challenges of brewer’s high standard of quality and service in a climate where demand is unpredictable and purchasing habits have shifted from inside the taproom to mail order, curbside pickup, and grocery store shelves.

May 27, 2020
Accounting and financial reporting: Navigating COVID-19 challenges

Featuring Mary MacAusland; A diverse group of participants discussed the financial reporting impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, and offer insights and tips for navigating these challenges.

May 20, 2020
Hospitality capital markets: Front-line expert perspectives on the latest trends, challenges, and viable solutions

Featuring Steven Carvell; A panel of commercial real estate experts answered questions and shared their insights on how lenders and borrowers are adapting to the ever-changing landscape created by this unprecedented pandemic.

May 15, 2020
The future of business schools post-COVID-19

Featuring Kevin Hallock; Deans of five business schools in the Americas jointly reflected on what business education will look like after the crisis.

May 14, 2020
Hotel transactions in a post-COVID world: The road ahead

Featuring Crocker Liu; A panel of investment and real estate experts shared their perspectives on how hotel transactions have been affected by the economic downturn and what the road back to “normal” may look like.

May 12, 2020
Managing restaurants in the time of Coronavirus: A look at emerging best practices

Featuring Christopher Gaulke; A panel of restaurant operators from around the world will share best practices for navigating operational challenges and seek to envision a post-COVID “new normal.”

May 8, 2020
Personal Behavior in the COVID-19 Crisis – Contagion, Persuasion, and Motivation

Featuring Robert Frank; A panel of Cornell University experts in the fields of behavioral and economic decision-making, social influence, and communication discussed how to balance personal priorities with public health concerns.

May 7, 2020
Equity Crowdfunding: Skipping VCs and Connecting With Passionate Investors

Featuring Andrea Ippolito; A panel of startup and crowdfunding experts discussed the best ways to plan and execute a crowdfunding campaign in the current economic climate.

May 6, 2020
Back on tap: Strategizing the reopening of your taproom or brewpub

Featuring Doug Miller; A panel of seasoned beer and hospitality will discussed the ways taproom and brewpub owners can leverage their reopening and navigate the “new normal” that awaits on the other side of the pandemic.

May 5, 2020
Learning strategies in a changing world: Overcoming challenges and investing in the future

Featuring Allan Filipowicz; A panel of corporate learning leaders explored how organizations can create meaningful learning experiences during and after the pandemic.

May 4, 2020
The Hotel Industry in Recovery: Travel in an uncertain future

Featuring Kate Walsh; Hotel industry experts discussed how the hospitality industry, once restarted, can begin its recovery. Highlights included initiatives to get travelers back to hotels, how to obtain funding, and how hotels, including their restaurants, will likely operate differently in the future.

April 30, 2020
Can economic, political, and public health realities align?

Featuring Kaushik Basu; A panel of leading voices in the fields of public health, economics, and politics informed priorities as we pursue the safest way to protect both our public health and economic functions.

April 29, 2020
How loan restructuring can keep hotels in business: Navigating the COVID-19 crisis

Featuring Daniel Lebret; This session featured a panel of hotel industry and commercial real estate experts who examined various lending options available to hard-pressed hotel owners and operators.

April 24, 2020
The world after COVID-19: A view from emerging markets

Featuring Kaushik Basu; Beyond the health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic may restructure the global economic order. This new emerging world was discussed by voices from China, Kenya, and experts from Cornell shaping this new normal.

April 22, 2020
Brand building: Cutting through the noise in an age of extreme choice

Featuring Chetikan Dev and Patti Mandel; Marketing and branding experts discussed the difficult challenges for marketers in today’s hyper-connected world, where consumers have more options and distractions than ever before, making branding both more difficult and more important.

April 22, 2020
Commercial real estate in the wake of a pandemic: How borrowers and lenders are responding to COVID-19

Featuring Steve Carvell; The COVID-19 global health pandemic caused abrupt and unprecedented economic shock around the world and the commercial real estate sector is no exception. A panel of owners/borrowers, lenders, and restructuring professionals will discussed the myriad challenges to commercial real estate.

April 20, 2020
Protecting and assisting workers in the midst of a pandemic: Labor-Management solutions

Featuring David Sherwyn; Cornell University’s ILR School, School of Hotel Administration, and Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER) brought together both union and management leaders as well as a public policy expert to clarify productive answers to the challenges that have emerged.

April 16, 2020
The travel industry’s road to recovery navigating the COVID-19 crisis

Introduced by Dean Kate Walsh; The travel industry will begin its recovery which is unlikely to be even, as some hotel types and markets are more likely to bounce back than others. The panel of travel industry experts discussed current market dynamics and different recovery scenarios.

April 16, 2020
What’s next for NYC restaurants: Navigating the COVID-19 crisis

Featuring Alex Susskind; The School of Hotel Administration and the Cornell Institute for Food and Beverage Management (CIFBM) brought together three prominent leaders in the restaurant industry representing well-established and iconic brands in New York City (NYC) and beyond. The panel discussed the restaurant business, supply chains, labor issues, protecting (and building) brand identity, and what the future holds for the business of restaurants, bars, and tourism in NYC.

April 14, 2020
Part 3—COVID-19 business readiness webinar series: Digital media strategy

Featuring Neil Tarallo; The School of Hotel Administration in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, along with the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, brought together business leaders to discuss best practices and answer questions on digital media. The discussion included crisis communications, aligning your value proposition, and using social media to reach customers and source new opportunities.

April 10, 2020
Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: Global supply chain (fr)agility

Featuring Vishal Gaur and Miguel Gómez; moderated by Linda Barrington, associate dean; From everyday basics that are no longer available on grocery store shelves to shortages of desperately-needed medical equipment, the news has been filled with reports of scarcity. The panel shared their insights on the functioning and structure of supply chains during this unprecedented crisis.

April 10, 2020
COVID-19 and sustainability

Featuring Glen Dowell; Organizational response and how it relates to sustainability. This webinar examined why businesses fail to anticipate and adequately prepare for disruptive events like pandemics, and what parallels can be drawn to issues like climate change.

April 10, 2020
Part 2—COVID-19 business readiness webinar series: Marshaling financial resources and re-thinking the economic model

Featuring Neil Tarallo; The School of Hotel Administration in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, along with the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, brought together business leaders to discuss best practices and answer questions on finance and economics. The discussion included available financial resources, banking, and managing operating leverage.

April 9, 2020
Remote Leadership in Startups and Small Business

Featuring Elizabeth Mannix and Ken Rother; moderated by Steven Sauer; The webinar focused on leading remote teams and how theories and science apply to startups and small businesses. Discussions included CEO insights on leading companies remotely and hiring new employees in a virtual world.

April 9, 2020
Part 1—COVID-19 business readiness webinar series: Creating a plan and developing the right mindset

Featuring Neil Tarallo; The School of Hotel Administration in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, along with the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, brought together business leaders to discuss best practices and specific strategies to help navigate businesses during these challenging times. The discussion included developing a new mindset for business management, redefining customers, thinking like a start-up, and four key business components needed to implement your plan.

April 7, 2020
Disruption in the financial sector

Featuring Maureen O’Hara, Sanjeev Bhojraj, and Andrew Karolyi; Cornell’s most prominent thinkers in the world of finance shared their insights and expertise so that we may better navigate and prepare for what lies ahead. The panel looked at the actions and reactions of the world’s financial markets and institutions in the face of the global COVID-19 crisis.

April 3, 2020
The restaurant business in crisis: Coping with restaurant slowdowns, expense management, and the road ahead

Featuring Alex Susskind; The School of Hotel Administration and the Cornell Institute for Food and Beverage Management (CIFBM) brought together restaurant executives and faculty experts to offer solutions to the challenges that operators, employees, and guests are experiencing in our new normal.

March 31, 2020
Labor-management relations in the midst of a pandemic: Conflict or accommodation?

Featuring David Sherwyn; As labor and management work through key issues and potential solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic, a major unknown is whether conflict is inevitable or if the crisis will force the parties to work together.

March 31, 2020
Leading through COVID-19: VUCA leadership

Featuring General George W. Casey, Jr.; As Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Casey led one of the world’s largest and most complex organizations during an extraordinary period in its history. He shared his insights on what’s required of leaders in the present crisis.

March 30, 2020
COVID-19 and the hospitality industry: Priorities and action steps for human resources

Featuring Bruce Tracey; As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, many firms are struggling to develop HR plans and action steps for mitigating the negative consequences of this crisis. Our panel of industry and academic experts addressed some of the most critical HR priorities and operational implications of the current health crisis.

March 27, 2020
COVID-19 on corporate strategy and supply chains: Impact, challenges, and potential responses

Featuring Hernan Saenz; Hear what CEOs should be doing now, planning for a post-COVID-19 world, and the pandemic’s impact on global supply chains.

March 27, 2020
Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: Identifying, understanding, and complying with employment laws, old and new

Featuring David Sherwyn and Dean Kate Walsh; Cornell University and the Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations brought together lead practitioners and faculty experts to discuss employment law challenges that have emerged during the COVID-19 crisis.

March 25, 2020
Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: Leading remote teams

Featuring Elizabeth Mannix; Cornell faculty experts discussed how leaders can quickly rise to the challenge of leading remote teams and keeping them engaged and productive in these uncertain times.

March 24, 2020
COVID-19 and the financial system

Featuring Maureen O’Hara; Professor O’Hara examined COVID’19’s impact on the financial system and shared what differentiates this crisis from past markets and what might be expected going forward.

March 24, 2020
Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: Leadership through communication

Featuring Lynn Wooten, Theomary Karamanis; and Andrew Karolyi; Faculty shared their crisis communication expertise to best to serve stakeholders, preserve goals, and safeguard the community’s current and future health.

March 20, 2020
Evidence-based entrepreneurship: A mindset for startup success

Featuring Ken Rother and Tom Schryver; Most startups fail due to creating a product that nobody really wanted. Applying evidence-based entrepreneurship principles can greatly increase the chances of creating a product or solution that truly addresses a customer need.