Events

The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy – the leading research center of its kind in the nation’s capital – is uniquely positioned to convene scholars, business leaders, industry experts, and public policy practitioners.  Center events disseminate knowledge, foster understanding of complex and nuanced economic policy issues, and provide opportunities for open dialogue. Center scholars serve as experts in these discussions and highlight the important role of empirical research for economic and business policymaking. These convenings – held on the Georgetown campus, throughout Washington, across the nation, and around the world – inform business leaders, inspire policymakers, and bring focus to scholars. Through information sharing and debate, participants gain valuable perspective on developing policies, pending legislation, and regulatory changes on the horizon.

Recent Events

Spring 2026

February 18, 2026
MBA Lunch and Learn: Foreign Policy in Venezuela and Its Impact on Global Energy Markets

February 12, 2026
Georgetown on the Hill – Rules in Flux: How Trade Uncertainty Is Reshaping Supply Chains, Investment, and U.S. Competitiveness
Read about it in our Newsroom.

January 28, 2026
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom: The Spectrum Pipeline and Related Policy Reset – What’s Next?
Read about it in our Newsroom.

January 26, 2026
Making AI Work: What Firms and Workers Need
Read about it in our Newsroom.

Fall 2025

December 8, 2025
Senior Policy Scholar Spotlight: How Talent, Firms, and Cities Evolve Together
Read about it in our Newsroom.

November 19, 2025
MBA Lunch and Learn: Entrepreneurship with Doug Levin, Executive in Residence at Harvard

November 18, 2025
Georgetown on the Hill – Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Mergers: Can Antitrust Thread the Needle?
Read about it in our Newsroom.

November 17, 2025
MBA Lunch and Learn: National Security and Cyber Policy with Michael Sulmeyer

October 22, 2025
Georgetown on the Hill – U.S. Antitrust Policy:  Economics, Populism, or Politics?
Read about it in our Newsroom.

October 22, 2025
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom

October 6, 2025
MBA Lunch and Learn: Firm Analysis and Strategy for Real Estate

October 1, 2025
Tariffs and Tempranillo

September 15, 2025
Takeaways from Georgetown on the Hill: Broadband Subsidy Programs
Read about it in our Newsroom.

Spring 2025

June 9, 2025
Georgetown on the Hill: Discussions on AI – Open vs. Closed AI Development
Read about the discussion.

March 27, 2025
Georgetown on the Hill: Discussions on AI
Read about it here.

March 26, 2025
MBA Lunch and Learn: How Tapestry Uses AI to Drive Growth in the Fashion Industry

March 26, 2025
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom: Broadband Subsidy Programs Under a Trump Administration: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?

January 25, 2025
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom: Charting the Course: The 2025 Regulatory and Policy Landscape
Read about it here.

Fall 2024

November 19, 2024
MBA Lunch and Learn with Josie Brocca
From Digital Adoption to the Digital Divide: a Policy Journey
Read about it here.

October 30, 2024
MBA Lunch and Learn with Sarah Box
The Center for Business and Public Policy welcomed Sarah Box, the 2024 New Zealand Harkness.
Read about it here.

October 23, 2024
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom: Anticipating the Tech and Telecom Policy Environment post-November 5th: a Conversation with Nathan Leamer, Founder, Fixed Gear Strategies
Read about it here.

October 16, 2024
Georgetown on the Hill: “Regime Change: U.S. Antitrust Policy in Transition”
Read about it here.

September 26, 2024 
Georgetown on the Hill: “Current Trade Policy Challenges and Opportunities: the Path(s) Forward”
Read about it here.

September 20-21, 2024
18th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
Read about it here.

September 19, 2024
MBA Lunch and Learn: Hall Wang MPP ‘19, MBA ‘19
“Your Job After Graduation and the Regulatory Environment”
Takeaways from the Georgetown Nonmarket Strategy Certificate
Read about it here.

Academic Conferences

Leading scholars join industry experts, and policy practitioners from across the nation and around the world on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C., and on the campuses of our partner universities abroad.

Georgetown on the Hill

Georgetown on the Hill takes the center’s work to Capitol Hill. This signature series of presentations and panel discussions of issues on current legislative agendas fosters collaboration and exchange among prominent academics, industry experts, business leaders, and policy makers.

Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom

Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom — A Lunch Series with Jen and Carolyn is a new monthly lunch time discussion series featuring national, international, and local experts from business, law, policy, and economics. For 30 minutes each month over Zoom, Jen and Carolyn will pose a “What If?” question to analyze different scenarios and factors impacting our sector as they and their guests challenge the status quo on hot topics like how to close the digital divide, the myths of spectrum sharing, and the emerging use cases for 5G that might drive a new wave of growth and innovation in the U.S.

MBA Lunch and Learn

The CBPP brings great speakers to campus to discuss interesting and relevant issues at the intersection of business and public life. And of course, lunch is provided!

CBPP Scholar Presentations

Center faculty, scholars, and fellows are invited to present their research at events hosted by leading organizations and associations around the world.

Academic Research Seminars

The Center’s academic research seminar series showcases the scholarship of faculty from leading universities across the nation and around the world.

The research presentations attract Georgetown University faculty and students, as well as industry and policy professionals. The seminars are held in the McDonough School of Business on the main campus of Georgetown University.

Business, Economics, and Public Policy Seminars

International Economics Seminars