Join us for our new Virtual Global Media Series starting in September. In six monthly sessions we will connect international media with communications and marketing directors from the world’s leading graduate business schools. With over 120 of these schools in our network, we have created an elite virtual gathering connecting our business school colleagues with the top tier networks and newsrooms that will help us to reach the best journalists covering business topics today.
We are now offering a $100 discount to our Muck Rack friends. You must be a member of Muck Rack and use code MRFRIENDS when you check out.
Muck Rack is the new standard in public relations software. Easily search for journalists, monitor news, and build reports.
We are also offering a $100 discount to our EFMD Friends. You must be a member of EFMD and use code EFMDFRIENDS when you check out.
EFMD is a global, non-profit, membership-driven organisation dedicated to management development. It is recognised globally as an accreditation body for business schools, business school programmes, and corporate universities.
Please register here
Global Virtual Series 2020 Schedule
Tuesday 15 Sept, 2020 - The Financial Times
10:00am ET /3:00pm UK Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt
10:15am ET /3:15pm UK Fireside Chat with John A. Byrne - Editor in Chief, Poets & Quants
11:00am ET /4:00pm UK Best Practices Session with Kent Holland, Ian Hainline & Rachel Miller from Kivvit
Stairway to Admissions: Insights on Digital Advertising for Student Enrollment In the COVID Era
Kivvit is back again to present their audience first, data-driven approach to brand authority and
student enrollment campaigns.
11:30am ET /4:30pm UK Media Panel with the FT
Paris Bureau Chief
US Business Editor
London Capital Markets Editor
Business Columnist
Business Education Correspondent
Tuesday 6 Oct, 2020 - Wall Street Journal
10:00am ET /3:00pm UK Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt
10:15am ET /3:15pm UK Fireside Chat with Patrick Thomas, B-Schools Reporter
11:00am ET /4:00pm UK Best Practices Session with Matt Symonds & Stephanie Mullins from BlueSky Education
The 5 Es of Marcomms: Reinventing the rules of Porter and McCarthy for PR in the COVID Era.
If journalists everywhere are swamped with pitches, faculty are pushing for coverage, and programs need to be filled,
how do you stay on track to deliver meaningful results that keep stakeholders happy?
11:30am ET /4:30pm UK Media Panel with WSJ
Detroit Michigan Business Columnist
New York Deputy Management Bureau Chief
London Banking & Investing Editor
London Deputy World Coverage Chief
Tuesday 10 Nov, 2020 - Bloomberg
10:00am ET /3:00pm UK Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt
10:15am ET /3:15pm UK Fireside Chat with Caleb Solomon, Bloomberg Business Week Rankings, Senior Editor
11:00am ET /4:00pm UK Media Panel with Bloomberg
Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek
Mumbai Bureau Chief
London Bureau Chief
Managing Editor for Latin America
12:00pm ET /4:30pm UK Best Practices Session with Muck Rack and Greg Galant
It's no secret that both the PR & the journalism industry are fast-paced and ever-evolving.
That's why the team over at Muck Rack conducts annual research with communicators and journalists
to stay on top of trends and forecasts to inform best practices. Muck Rack publishes the results in two reports:
the State of PR and the State of Journalism. Join us as Greg Galant, CEO of Muck Rack, presents keys
Bloomberg Editors and Correspondents from EMEA, US and Asia
Tuesday 1 Dec, 2020 - EMEA
10:00am ET /3:00pm UK Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt
10:15am ET /3:15pm UK Fireside Chat with Phil Baty -Chief Knowledge Officer, THE (Times Higher Education) London, England
11:00am ET /4:00pm UK Media Panel with Media from Europe, M.East and Africa
Education Editor The Sunday Times London, England
Freelance Journalist, As seen in: Handelsblatt, Hamburger Abendblatt, Berliner Morgenpost,
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Insights Editor at BusinessBecause
Journalist and Design editor at Le Nouvel Economiste and Le Parisien
12:00pm ET /5:00pm UK Open Best Practices Session for colleagues to ask questions and share updates
Tuesday 12 Jan, 2021 - The Americas
10:00am ET /3:00pm UK Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt
10:15am ET /3:15pm UK Fireside Chat with B-Schools Editor, America Economia
11:00am ET /4:00pm UK Media Panel with Media from North and South America
Career Editor at Valor Econômico
Content Marketing and Commercial Content Editor at The Globe and Mail
Graduate Schools Reporter/U.S. News & World Report
12:00pm ET /4:30pm UK Best Practices Session
Tuesday 9 Feb, 2021- India, Asia, US
10:00am ET /3:00pm UK Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt
10:15am ET /3:15pm UK Best Practices Session with Julian Lorkin: Getting your message across in the time of Social Distancing. How to get the best from your academics as they interview from home.
11:00am ET /4:00pm UK Media Panel- India, Asia, US
Podcaster Extraordinaire, Accepted.com
Education Editor, Times of India
The Economist’s Asia Digital Editor
Co-Editor, AACSB Insights
