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2024 Regional Disparities in AI Adoption Conference

Friday, July 12


NYU Stern's Economics of Robots Conference Program

Thursday, July 11

6:30 - 9:00 PM

Reception and dinner (RPM Italian)

Friday July 12

8:30 AM

Registration opens

Continental breakfast available

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Introduction and overview

9:30 - 10:30 AM

Presentations:

Moderator: 

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  • Role of integrators - US evidence (Nancey Green Leigh, Georgia Tech)

10:30 - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00 PM

Panel: Measuring Robot Quality

Moderator: Victor Bennett (University of Utah)

  • Kim Normann Andersen (CBS)
  • David Byrne (Federal Reserve)
  • Susan Helper (Case Western/OMB)
  • Ron Jarmin (U.S. Census Bureau)

12:00 - 12:45 PM

Lunch Break

12:45 - 1:15 PM

Panel: From Robots to AI

Moderator: Katya Klinova (Partnership on AI)

  • Peter Cihon (GitHub)
  • Pamela Mishkin (OpenAI)

1:15 - 2:15 PM

Presentations: Effects of Robots on Workers 

Moderator: Betsey Stevenson (University of Michigan)

  • Heterogeneous effects on labor (Lynn Wu, U Pennsylvania)
  • Health outcomes (Osea Giuntella, U Pittsburgh)
  • In depth study of de-skilled workers (Matt Beane, UC Santa Barbara)

2:15 - 2:45 PM

Coffee Break

2:45 - 3:45 PM

Panel: Labor Policy & Workforce Development

Moderator: Chris Meserole (Brookings)

  • Amanda Ballantyne (AFL CIO)
  • Claude Dinsmoor (FANUC)
  • Allison Forbes (Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness)
  • Anton Korinek (Brookings and UVA)

3:45 - 4:00 PM

Closing & Next Steps

4:00 PM

Closing Reception