Frankfurt 2015

The first MaKi Media Conference in Germany was held in Berlin, bringing together the best in business and higher education coverage.

This year we headed to Frankfurt, home of the European Central Bank and German financial markets. This event included editors and reporters from the leading publications from Germany such as Handelsblatt, Die Welt, Capital and FAZ, and international bureaus such as the FT, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.

Thanks to our Sponsors

Participating Institutions

CEMS (Global Alliance)
EFMD (Europe)
Esade Business School (Spain)
ESMT (Germany)
Frankfurt School of Finance & Mgmt (Germany)
IE Business School (Spain)
IESE Business School (Spain)
INSEAD (France & Singapore)
Koç University (Turkey)
Mannheim Business School (Germany)
Oxford - Saïd (UK)
Rotterdam School of Mgmt, Erasmus (Neth)
Univ St Gallen (Switzerland)
Univ of Edinburgh Business School (UK)
Univ of Virginia - Darden (USA)
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany)

Itinerary

Thursday may 28th

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Sonnemannstrasse 9, 60314 Frankfurt am Main

9:45am            Registration for conference with coffee, fruit and pastries

10:15am              Welcome from President and CEO of Frankfurt School of Finance     
& Management, Prof. Dr. Udo Steffens                            

10:30-11:45am     Best Practices Session I
  From German media to university editorial
Christoph Mohr, Managing Director Frankfurt School Verlag                        
and former Handelsblatt bus ed editor      
Best Practices Session II
Working with the German Media
Molly Ihlbrock, ESMT & Ralf Bürkle, Mannheim Business School

12:00-1:45pm      Lunch
Guest speakers Jennifer Garfinkel and Tina Peswani, GMAC

2:00-3:15pm        Media Panel I
Bus Ed reporter, Die Welt
Finance journalist, Behavioral Finance
Editor, Harvard Business Manager
Reporter, Reuters

3:15pm                Coffee break

3:30-4:45pm        Media Panel II
Business Education Editor, Handelsblatt
Chief Editor, Capital
Managing Editor at F.A.Z.- Frankfurt Business Media

5:30pm                Cocktail, sponsored by IESE Business School
Goldmund Restaurant

Friday may 29th

9:00am                Check in

9:15am                Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers

9:30-10:45am      Media Panel III
German Business Editor, Wall Street Journal
German Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
Reporter, Frankfurter Rundschau, Berliner Zeitung

10:45am               Coffee break

11:00-12:15pm     Media Panel IV
Editor in Chief, Business Punk
Editor, Der MBA Guide
Blogger, Feingold Research
Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

12:30 - 1:45pm    Lunch

2:00-3:30pm        Best Practices Session III     
Open forum - Questions to ask and stories to share on major issues             
we face as Comms Professionals at global business schools today