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AI and the Workforce Conference

July 9-10th, 2026

Join us in Washington, DC to understand and shape AI's current and future impact on the workforce. The conference melds views from industry, academia and government to discuss interventions and their impact so far, and outline key policy and legislative imperatives. 


Organizers

Mark Kennedy

Director, NYU Development Research Institute

 

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Robert Seamans

Director, NYU Stern Center for the Future of Management

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Arun Sundararajan

Director, NYU Stern Fubon Center

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Dates: July 9-10, 2026 

Location: 1307 L St NW, Washington, DC

 

NYU’s Center for the Future of ManagementFubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation, and Development Research Initiative are hosting a conference on AI and the Workforce. This is an invite-only event.

 

The conference will be held at NYU’s Washington DC campus. We will begin with a reception and dinner the evening of Thursday, July 9th. The conference will run all day Friday, July 10th. 

 

The conference will bring together academic, industry, government, policy and labor leaders for a series of discussions about understanding and shaping AI's current and future impact on the workforce: what the research tells us, views from the field, how education must evolve, creative interventions and their impact so far, and the key policy and legislative imperatives. 

 

Stay tuned for more information about our speakers and agenda.

Speakers

Andy Armacost

President, University of North Dakota

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Joseph Atkinson

Global Chief AI Officer, PwC

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Amanda Ballantyne

Senior Fellow for Workers and Technology, New America

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Bharat Chandar

Researcher, Stanford Digital Economy Lab

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John Colborn

Executive Director, Apprenticeships for America

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Maureen Conway

Vice President, Aspen Institute

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Curtis Dubay

Chief Economist, U.S Chamber of Commerce

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Morgan Dwyer

Head of Policy Development and Operations, OpenAI

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Pam Eddinger

President, Bunker Hill Community College

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Martha Gimbel

Executive Director, The Budget Lab at Yale

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Francis Hintermann

Global Managing Director, Accenture Research

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Michael Impink

Assistant Professor of Strategy, HEC Paris

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Jason Jabbari

Assistant Professor, Washington University 

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Welby Leaman

Senior Director of Global Policy Strategy, Walmart

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Sam Manning

Senior Research Fellow, GovAI

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Laura McGorman

Director of AI for Good, Meta

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Cierra Mitchell

Acting Deputy Administrator
U.S. Department of Labor

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Frank Nagle

Chief Economist, The Linux Foundation

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Todd Saliman

President, University of Colorado

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Gregor Schubert

Assistant Professor of Finance, UCLA

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Lisa Simon

Chief Economist, Revelio

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John Soroushian

Senior Director of Policy, Americans for Responsible Innovation

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Michael R. Strain

Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

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Welcome reception at RPM Italian (650 K Street)
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Cocktail Hour
7:00 - 9:00 PM: Dinner 

 

Location: NYU Washington DC Campus - 1307 L St NW, Washington, DC 20005

8:30 AM: Registration opens, breakfast available

9:00 - 9:30 AM: Welcome, introduction and overview

9:30 - 10:30 AM: Panel 1 – Views from the Data: AI & Labor Market Studies (what does the data say about entry level work and transitions?)

  • Chair: John Soroushian (Americans for Responsible Innovation)
  • Bharat Chandar (Stanford)
  • Martha Gimbel (Yale)
  • Sam Manning (Gov AI)
  • Gregor Schubert (UCLA)
  • Lisa Simon (Revelio)

10:30 -11:00 AM: Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00 PM: Panel 2 – Views from the Field: On the Ground Experience (what trends are companies seeing with entry level work — where is there a shortage and where are there cutbacks?)

  • Moderator: Frank Nagle (MIT/Linux)
  • Joe Atkinson (PwC)
  • Francis Hintermann (Accenture)
  • Welby Leaman (Walmart)

12:00 - 12:30 PM: Lunch

12:30 -1:45 PM: Keynote Panel of University Presidents - Preparing Talent for the AI Economy 

  • Mark Kennedy (NYU)
  • Andy Armacost (University of North Dakota)
  • Pam Eddinger (Bunker Hill Community College)
  • Todd Saliman (University of Colorado)

1:45 - 2:00 PM: Short Break

2:00 - 3:00 PM: Panel 3 – Apprenticeships and Experiential Learning

  • Moderator: Rob Seamans (NYU)
  • John Colborn (Apprenticeships for America)
  • Michael Impink (HEC Paris)
  • Jason Jabbari (Washington University)
  • Cierra Mitchell (U.S. Department of Labor)

3:00 - 3:30 PM: Coffee Break

3:30 - 4:30 PM: Panel 4 – Industrial and Workforce Policy for the AI Era

  • Moderator – Arun Sundararajan (NYU)
  • Amanda Ballantyne (New America)
  • Maureen Conway (Aspen Institute)
  • Curtis Dubay (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
  • Morgan Dwyer (OpenAI)
  • Michael Strain (American Enterprise Institute)

4:30 - 4:45 PM: Closing & Next steps

4:45 - 6:00 PM: Networking reception