Lecture Series

Executive interaction is a key element of the learning process at the Penn State Smeal College of Business. Each year, our students and faculty engage with high-level industry partners to learn from their experiences and exchange ideas.

Executive Insights

Leadership in Focus: Executive Insights is Smeal's signature speaker series, which brings high-profile business leaders to the college to connect with students, faculty, and administrators. Past guests have included executives from prominent companies such as Boeing, Bank of New York Mellon, Cosmopolitan Magazine, EY, Dell, Deloitte, Samsung, Shell, Siemens, GE, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, Tumi Holdings, Inc., and U.S. Steel.

Past Executive Insights Sessions

View Past Executive Insights sessions on Vimeo

Advance Realty Group Real Estate Lecture Series

The was established in 2004 to provide a platform at Smeal for leading real estate professionals to discuss the issues facing the field. Past guests have included partners and executives from firms such as Silverstein Properties, Axial Advisory Group, Normandy Real Estate Partners, and Black Rock.

G. Albert Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics

Established in 1985, the brings together faculty members, students, and members of the business community to consider current perspectives in business ethics.

Watch: Jonathan Haidt, the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the New York University Stern School of Business, as he speaks on "What Capitalism Does to Us and For Us."