EMI Annual Conference
SAVE THE DATE – November 1, 2024
EMI’s next conference will be on November 1, 2024 – Cornell Tech, NYC
Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition and Cornell EMI Mark Mobius Pitch Competition finals will be on October 25, 2024 – Ithaca, NYC
The last conference was held on November 3, 2023, at Bloomberg Auditorium, Cornell Tech, NYC
Details on the next conference will be found here and you can download the brochure with the last event’s here.
The Conference had nearly 500 attendees, most in person!
Find and download pictures, and visit EMI’s YouTube channel to watch the videos of the day’s event.
Thanks to the speakers, judges, committee, and attendees.
Stay connected to this website to find news about the next conference, which will be held on November 1, 2024
The Cornell Emerging Market Institute Conference is the United States’ leading annual forum for discussing the ongoing trends and phenomena in our world’s rapidly growing emerging markets. Bringing together heads of the world’s largest multilateral institutions and preeminent business, the conference fosters engaging discussions on economic development and this year, specifically, through the lens of global supply chains.
The Conference is hosted at Cornell’s landmark Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City and will feature a variety of key-note speakers, thought-provoking panel discussions, networking sessions, and two sponsored competitions: the Cornell EMI Mark Mobius Pitch Competition and the Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition. The Conference also marks the launch of the Institute’s Annual Report, a collection of research and articles from the past year developed by researchers within Cornell as well as the Emerging Multinationals Research Network in collaboration with OECD Development Center, UNCTAD, IFC, and Inter-American Development Bank.
This year’s conference is centered around the compelling theme Risks and Realignments:
Emerging markets are in flux—no longer the future, already central to the present. And yet Capital is flowing as if there is doubt, with new partnerships dawning, old questions lingering. The EMI Conference straddles the crossroads, here to capture a seminal moment, when crises — even the specters of financial contagion — may not have to threaten us, so much as invite us to think anew. This Conference reaffirms our commitment to building bridges, as risks spill over, as potential realignments draw closer. The conference will hold 4 panels, the Cañizares Award ceremony, and the competition finals:
- Special Address with the former President of Colombia, Iván Duque
- Central Bank Digital Currencies: Looking Back and Looking Forward
- South-South Investments
- Realignments: Multilaterals and Sovereign Wealth Funds
- Launch of the EMI Report 2023
- Cornell EMI Corning Case Competition
- Cornell EMI Mark Mobius Pitch Competition
Cornell University’s Emerging Market Institute held its annual conference on November 3 at Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island, NYC.
The Emerging Markets Institute holds an Annual Conference every first Friday of November, in which Emerging Markets are brought to the forefront of discussion. Within the conference, EMI also holds the finals of the and the. Stay connected to the EMI Conference website to find more about the speakers and agenda and follow our newsletter.
Confirmed Speakers
Lourdes Casanova
Gail and Roberto Cañizares DirectorJoyce Chang
Chair of ResearchFrancesco Del Vecchio
Managing DirectorUSA
Rustom Desai
Global Tech Executive, Trusted Board Director, and EducatorC. Gökhan Doran
Division Vice President and General ManagerIván Duque
Former President ofColombia (2018-2022)
Anindo Dutta
Partner, EY Asia Pacific - Markets & Business DevelopmentHeather Henyon
Founding PartnerAndrew Karolyi
Charles Field Knight Dean and Harold Bierman Jr Distinguished Professor of ManagementAnne Miroux
Faculty FellowMark Mobius
Founding PartnerFred Olayele
Director, Sprott Centre for African Research and BusinessJuan Pablo Ortega
Co-Founder and CEO at Yuno, Co-Founder of RappiLorenzo Pavone
Deputy Head - Networks, Partnerships and Gender DivisionShaanti Shamdasani
CEO & FounderMarcos Troyjo
Former PresidentDr. Edward Tse
Founder and ChairmanHelen Ye
PresidentEMI Conference in Numbers
- 500 Attendees at 2023 EMI Conference
- 250 In person at Cornell Tech
- 25 Countries represented from all regions
- 26K EMI Reports’ visits since then
"I participated in the organizing committee. I was able to learn about the end-to-end process, the guest speakers, topics in ESG and overall innovation in emerging markets."
Yashodhara Neerukonda, Cornell AMBA 2022, EMI Conference Committee member
"The EMI conference was the highlight of our year, and engaging with impactful start-ups from different was inspiring - it challenged us to think about how we can bring positive, lasting impact in our own communities and countries."
Sharwari Pandit, MBA ‘23, EMI Fellow