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8:00-8:35am
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Hit the Curveball: Lessons from Crisis, Competition and Consumer Change |
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Spencer Rascoff, Co-Founder of Hotwire and Zillow, Co-founder & Chair of Pacaso, Recon Food, Supernova SPAC
Moderator: Issi Romem, Economist & Founder, MetroSight |
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8:40-9:15am |
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Diversity in Tech and Econ |
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Amanda Bayer, Franklin and Betty Barr Professor of Economics, Department Chair, Swarthmore College
Moderator: Benjamin Leyden, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Business Economics, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University |
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9:20-10:00am |
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Economists in the Tech Sector: Past, Present and Future |
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Susan Athey, Economics of Technology Professor, Stanford University
Pat Bajari, VP Core AI and Chief Economist, Amazon
Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google
Moderator: Mike Luca, Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Optional reading: Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies (Athey / Luca)
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10:00-10:45am |
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NABE Industry Job Fair / Recruiters Row / Virtual Expo |
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Virtual recruiting booths open
Product demo virtual booths open |
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11:00-11:45am |
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Concurrent Sessions |
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A) Blending Data to Understand the Economic Impact of COVID19
Scott Brave, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Rebecca Hutchinson, U.S. Census Bureau
Christopher Kurz, Chief, Industrial Output Section, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Michael Stepner, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Moderator: Ron Jarmin, Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau |
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B) Econometrics / Machine Learning
Gregory Duncan, Chief Economist and Chief Statistician, Amazon
Moderator: Daniel Pollmann, QuantCo
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C) Behavioral Econ at Companies
Devin Pope, Professor of Behavioral Science and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow, The University of Chicago
Moderator: Wilko Schulz-Mahlendorf, Director of Pricing & Economics, Wayfair |
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D) Outlook for Economist Careers in Tech
Peter Coles, Data Science Lead, Airbnb
Carolyn Evans, Chief Economist, Intel
Stan Humphries, Chief Analytics Officer & Chief Economist, Zillow
Moderator: Duncan Gilchrist, VP Data, Gopuff |
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Interactive Breakout |
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E) Book Talks
Ben Ho, Associate Professor of Behavioral Economics, Vassar College
Mike Luca, Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Links to books:
The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World (Luca / Bazerman)
Why Trust Matters: An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us (Ho)
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Interactive Breakout |
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12:00-12:30pm |
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Birds of a Feather MeetUps |
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Open to all. Pre-register for topics on the virtual event platform. |
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12:45-1:30pm |
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Concurrent Sessions |
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A) Using Business Data for Public Research: Best Practices for Successful Partnerships
Mike Bailey, Research Science Manager, Facebook
Peter Blair, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Moderator / Presenter: Mischa Fisher, Chief Economist, Angi |
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B) GDPR and Privacy
Michael Kummer, Lecturer, University of East Anglia
Scott Shriver, Professor, UC Boulder
Moderator: Benjamin Leyden, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Business Economics, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University |
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C) What is the Value of Data to a Company?
Jill Furzer, Economist, Keystone
Ali Hortaçsu, Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Vitoria Rabello De Castro, Economist, Keystone
Moderator: Christine Meyer, Managing Director, NERA |
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D) Economists’ Role in Customer Acquisition at Media Firms
Guy Calvert, Staff Tech Data Scientist, Twitter
Dave Tomala, Director of Analytics, Roku Inc.
Nils Wernefelt, Research Manager, Facebook
Moderator: Chris Wignall, Senior Economist Manager, Amazon |
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Interactive Breakout |
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E) Straight from the Recruiters: Interview Tips for Industry Jobs
Renee Dubuque, Technical Recruiter - Economics, Amazon
John Harpole, Consultant, Spencer Stuart
Liz Kutzman, Senior PhD Recruiter, Uber
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1:45-2:45pm |
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NBER Session: Research Insights on the Digital Economy |
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Simone Schaner, Professor, University of Southern California
Amit Seru, Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Moderator: James Poterba, President and CEO, NBER
Hosted by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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2:50-3:30pm |
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How Data is Driving a Tech Revolution in Trucking: A Conversation with Convoy CTO Dorothy Li
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Dorothy Li, CTO, Convoy
Moderator: Aaron Terrazas, Director of Economic Research, Convoy |
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3:35-4:15pm |
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Environmental Sustainability and Urban Resilience:
Adapting to Climate Change through Technology and Predictive Analytics |
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Joseph Hun-wei Lee, President and Chair Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology
Moderator: Juhi Dhawan, Senior Managing Director, Global Macroanalyst, Wellington Management |
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