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Digital Innovation Conference: Platform Strategy

Friday September 27, 2019
Hosted by NYU Stern Fubon Center
Top academics, innovative startups, and forward-looking institutions discussed the challenges and opportunities of platform strategy

Conference Speakers

Joseph Borrello

CTO at BioSapien

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J.P. Eggers

Interim Dean and the Catherine & Peter Kellner Professor of Entrepreneurship at NYU Stern

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Chaim Fried

Founder & Chief Product Officer of OWAL

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Umang Dua

Founder and COO of Handy (click below for more)

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Sunil Gangwani

Co-founder of Plootus

BIO

Annabelle Gawer

Director of the Centre of Digital Economy at the University of Surrey

BIO

Hanna Halaburda

Associate Professor of Technology, Operations and Statistics at NYU Stern

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Aija Leiponen

Professor of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University

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Sara Nadel

Co-founder of StellarEmploy

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Jihoon Rim

Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern and founder of the Jihoon Rim Foundation

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Robert Seamans

Professor at NYU Stern and Director of Stern’s Center for the Future of Management

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Melissa Schilling

Fubon Center Tech Innovation Director and Professor at NYU Stern

Bio

Greg Sivinski

Former Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft

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Arun Sundararajan

Professor of Technology, Operations and Statistics at NYU Stern

Bio

Marshall Van Alstyne

Professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business

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Youngjin Yoo

Professor in Entrepreneurship at Case Western University

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    Welcome and Opening Keynote (Arun Sundararajan, Umang Dua)

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    Plenary Session 1: Creative Value Through Platform Governance (Melissa Schilling, Aija Leiponen, Hanna Halaburda)

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    Keynote: Are Platform Firms Different? (Marshall Van Alstyne)

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    Demo Sessions (Sunil Gangwani, Sara Nadel, Joseph Borrello)

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    Plenary Session 2: Platform Business Models (Annabelle Gawer, Jihoon Rim, Youngjin Yoo)

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    Panel: Big Tech Platforms and Increased Regulatory Scrutiny (Greg Sivinski, Robert Seamans, JP Eggers, Chaim Fried)

PROGRAM

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Umang Dua, Handy
Arun Sundararajan, NYU Stern

A Star is Born: How Platform Hubs Orchestrate the Success of Complements (Melissa Schilling, NYU Stern) slides
Innovation Strategies in the Markets for Data (Aija Leiponen, Cornell)
Platform Competition with Multihoming: Subsidize or Not? (Hanna Halaburda, NYU Stern) slides

Marshall Van Alstyne, BU slides

Sunil Gangwani, Co-Founder, Plootus slides
Sara Nadel, CoFounder and Chief Science Officer, StellarEmploy slides
Joseph Borrello, CTO, BioSapien, Inc. slides
 

The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power (Annabelle Gawer, University of Surrey)
Platform business, SO WHAT? (Jihoon Rim, NYU Stern)
Evolution of WordPress (Youngjin Yoo, Case Western Reserve University) slides

Greg Sivinski, Microsoft
Robert Seamans, NYU Stern
JP Eggers, NYU Stern
Chaim Fried, Owal