NEW YORK- Dean Murphy, Business Editor, New York Times will facilitate a discussion with Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs on the growing impact of technology on cities at SABEW’s fall conference, Oct.9.
New York City based Sidewalk Labs is a Google-funded innovation company striving to tackle some of our most pressing urban issues, including; pollution, energy consumption, transportation and quality of life.
Before beginning Sidewalk Labs, Doctoroff was CEO and president of Bloomberg L.P and served as deputy mayor for economic development under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Murphy, an award winning New York Times journalist and SABEW Board member will lead the discussion.
The conference will be held at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Oct. 8-9, beginning with an evening event on Thursday and continuing with a 
daylong program on Friday. The Thursday evening program will feature the McGraw Symposium, a keynote panel on the continuing digital transformation of business journalism sponsored by CUNY’s McGraw Center for Business Journalism.
Early-bird rates are now available for SABEW’s annual fall conference. Register here. For a full list of speakers and events, visit our conference page.
This will be the sixth consecutive year of collaboration between SABEW, a 3,600-member organization of business journalists, and CUNY, one of New York’s premier universities.
Personal Finance Reporting Workshop ?For the third year, SABEW and the National Foundation for Financial Education (NEFE) will conduct a personal finance workshop on Thursday, October 8, before the start of the SABEW conference. Visit the personal financial reporting workshop page for more information.
Hotel Information:?SABEW has a block of hotel rooms available at The New Yorker, located at 481 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001. Discounted rates are available until September 7, 2015. Please contact the hotel’s reservations department at 1-800-764-4680 and mention SABEW in order to receive the special rates.
For more information, contact Crystal Beasley, 602-496-7862 or email cbeasley@sabew.org.
Interested in sponsorship opportunities at the at SABEW’s fall conference? Contact Renee McGivern, SABEW sponsor/exhibitor director at 651-210-0911 or email rmcgivern@sabew.org.
