Conferences & Events

Prepare for a packed calendar.

The year is filled with speakers, seminars, club meetings, major conferences, and social activities. You'll have the chance to hear directly from business leaders, work closely with your classmates, engage in discussion of the issues you care about, and maybe try a little ice hockey. Here are a few of the opportunities to gain insight and experience—not to mention have fun—in a year at Yale.

Daryl Morey, president of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers, joined Yale SOM Dean Kerwin K. Charles to discuss the business of sports.

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Student conferences

Yale SOM students host a number of conferences each year, including the annual Education Leadership Conference, Healthcare Conference, Philanthropy Conference, and Private Equity Venture Capital Conference.

Preview image for the video "Inside the Inaugural Responsible AI in Global Business Conference". — 2024 Responsible AI in Global Business Conference

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At a Yale Conference’s 20th Anniversary, a Glimpse of Healthcare’s Future

Shelley Xiaoli Wang ’25 reflects on her work as an organizer for the Yale Healthcare Conference, one of the nation's largest student-led healthcare conferences.

A group of students attending a conference

Living My Values Through Yale SOM’s Women’s Empowerment Conference

At the Women in Management club’s annual conference, attendees swapped friendship bracelets and learned how women’s leadership drives economic growth. Organizer Cinthya Garibay ’24 reflects on a unique event.

Feli Oikonomopoulou, Yale SOM MBA'24, and lead organizer of the 2023 Impact Investing Conference, reflects on what impact investing does and does not mean. “It is about actively seeking out opportunities to create social value while generating financial returns.” she says. Read her blog post.

Student clubs

Jump in and help plan the next Private Equity Conference or the big MBA soccer tournament. Our 45-plus student clubs cover diverse areas of professional interest and affiliation and produce dozens of talks, workshops, panels, and other events in an average week. You'll have the opportunity to take on a leadership role in an area that's important to you.

A group of students smiling in front of a whiteboard in a Yale SOM classroom.

We Needed a Space for First-Generation and Low-Income Students. So We Made One.

Kimberly Rosa-Perez ’24 and Stephanie Kim ’24 share what inspired them to establish Yale SOM’s First-Generation/Low-Income Club.

The Yale Venture Club in an office lobby

A Venture Capital Exploration of China

Since 2021, the Yale Venture Club has connected students and alumni across the Yale campus with an interest in entrepreneurship and investing in China. Last summer, the group organized its first multi-city trek there, visiting startups and investors in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen. Co-founder Melissa Lu ’22 looks back.

Preview image for the video "Yale SOM Social Impact Week 2023".

The student-run Net Impact club hosted a series of events aimed at engaging the Yale SOM community around the theme “earning your power" and introducing students to ways they can help make a difference.

Serious competition

It was the week of the Harvard-Yale football game, known as The Game, and the spirit of competition was in the air. Nearly two dozen SOM-affiliated pooches lined up, vying to become the first ever SOM mascot. Only one could win.