Frequently Asked Questions

The 2015 Social Enterprise Conference will be held at the New York Historical Society (170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way/77th Street) on the Upper West Side in New York City, which is easily accessible by subway or taxi. For more information, please review our information page here.

The Conference is geared towards students with an interest in social impact.

In order to reduce paper use, all materials are only available online including the program at a glance and speaker biographies. In addition, up-to-date information will be posted on our mobile conference app.

The mobile conference app is powered by Eventbase. You can download Eventbase by visiting your phone’s application store. Please be advised — printed copies will not be available on the day of the conference, so please download the app beforehand. The app works with iOS and Android phones. If you do not have a supported phone, the conference site is mobile! You can view it in your mobile browser.
iPhones: In the App store, download the Eventbase app.
Android: In the Google Play store, download the Eventbase app.

• Once inside the Eventbase app, search for “Columbia Social Enterprise”.
• Launch the event guide.

Volunteers will be located in the lobby area near registration. Anyone wearing the Columbia Business School pin can assist you in downloading the app.

For information on press passes, please email Heather Barbakoff at hsb2131@gsb.columbia.edu.

Welcome to New York! For travel and accommodation information, please check out some of our wonderful travel sites:

• Time Out: http://www.timeout.com/newyork
• NYC Go: http://www.nycgo.com/
• NYC Visitors Guide: http://www.nyc.com/visitor_guide/

Please review the MTA site for information on New York’s subway, bus, rail, and bridges & tunnels, http://www.mta.info/.
Are you driving into Manhattan? The Marriott Marquis has on-site and off-site parking information here.

All Columbia University/Barnard/Teachers Colleges Alumni qualify for the alumni ticket pricing. Please use your University lifetime ID when registering for the conference. Alumni ticket sales will be reviewed to confirm alumni status.

For corporate/business credit cards:
Please check with your financial department regarding the restrictions on your credit card; some cards restrict purchases of event registrations.

Browser troubleshooting: Sometimes there is an issue with the Internet browser you are using. Please try using another browser.

Website registration troubleshooting: If neither of the above methods solve your problem, please email Diana Rambeau at ddr2121@columbia.edu with the exact error message you receive from our registration site for help on troubleshooting your registration.

Please select your dietary restriction on the event registration. For any special requests, please indicate your restrictions in the space provided on the event registration. We will do our best to accommodate meals for all attendees.

Please provide a detailed description of any special accessibility accommodations needed while attending the conference. For questions, comments or concerns please email Diana Rambeau at ddr2121@gsb.columbia.edu.

Please email Diana Rambeau at ddr2121@gsb.columbia.edu to discuss if this will be possible.

Session and speaker planning begins in January each year. To nominate a speaker, please provide information on your speaker and references of past conferences spoken at, in addition to topics relevant to the current conference that (s)he would like to speak on. Information regarding this year’s conference theme can be found on our website here. Please e-mail your nomination to socialenterprise@gsb.columbia.edu.

The conference does not currently issue a call for papers. If you would like to nominate someone to speak on the conference theme, please email socialenterprise@gsb.columbia.edu.

Unfortunately the conference does not sponsor visas for international travel.

The conference is business casual attire.