The 2024 Dr. Lewis B. O'Donnell Media Summit, presented by the School of Communications, Media and the Arts, will especially benefit students looking to make networking connections in the movie, television, marketing, public relations, or other media and communications industry. At 3 pm, an all-star panel tackles the summit's theme, followed by Career Connectors networking opportunity with young alumni from 4:45 to 6 pm.

This year's theme is “Technology Evolution and the Future of Television Production and Distribution.” 

Cameron E. Jones, a 2009 graduate who is a three-time Emmy Award winner and producer for ABC News Live, will moderate the panel. Panelists probing the evolving technology involved in communication will include 2019 graduate Amada P. Caba,  a writer and producer in A&E Network’s Global Creative Content operations; 2019 graduate Jake A. Piacenti, a technical director for CBS Sports HQ; and 1976 graduate Richard P. Wolf, who is a former vice president of telecommunications and affiliate support for ABC and a former executive vice president for “The Switch.”