# The Benefits and Challenges of Open Source: Fostering Innovation, Igniting Growth, and the Promise of Equitable Design

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Center for the Future of Management

##  Benefits and Challenges of Open Source

SMS Conference Extension - September 28-29, 2023

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##  Agenda

**September 28, 2023**

*Bowery Road (Lower Level), 132 4th Avenue, New York, NY*

5:00 - 6:00pm Reception   6:00 - 8:00pm Dinner

**September 29, 2023**

*Tisch Hall (4th floor), NYU Stern School of Business, 40 West 4th Street, New York, NY*

8:30 - 9:00am Registration and continental breakfast (Lobby - Tisch L101)   9:00 - 9:20am Introduction and overview   9:20 - 9:30am GitHub Innovation Graph   9:30 - 10:30am Panel 1: Defining and Measuring Open Source (Chair: Martin Fleming) Ashish Arora (Duke)

James Bessen (Boston U)

Peter Cihon (GitHub)

Carol Robbins (NSF)

Ran Zhuo (Harvard Business School)   10:30 - 11:00am Morning Coffee Break   11:00am - 12:00pm Panel 2: Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Chair: Sonali Shah) James Herbsleb (Carnegie Mellon)

Nataliya Langburd Wright (Columbia Business School)

Natalia Levina (NYU)

Kush Varshney (IBM)   12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch Break   1:00 - 1:30pm Keynote Panel: Nithya Ruff (Amazon) in conversation with Frank Nagle (HBS)   1:30 - 2:30pm Panel 3: Open Source & Organizations (Chair: Frank Nagle) Sherae Daniel (U Cincinnati)

Abhishek Nagaraj (UC Berkeley)

David Nalley (Amazon)

Tony Tong (Colorado)   2:30 - 3:00pm Afternoon Coffee Break   3:00 - 4:00pm Panel 4: Effects on Workers (Chair: Martin Fleming) Amanda Brock (OpenUK)

Julia Lamm (PwC)

Milan Miric (U Southern California)

Henning Piezunka (INSEAD)   4:00 - 4:15pm Wrapping Up & Next Steps   4:15 - 5:00pm Closing Reception

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