# NYU Stern's Economics of Robots Conference Program

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NYU Stern's Economics of Robots Conference

##  Friday, April 21

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##  NYU Stern's Economics of Robots Conference Program

##  Thursday April 20

##  6:30 - 9:00 PM

Reception and dinner (Brasserie Beck)

##  Friday April 21

##  8:30 AM

Registration opens

*Continental breakfast available*

##  9:00 - 9:30 AM

Introduction and overview

##  9:30 - 10:30 AM

Presentations: Barriers to Adoption

Moderator: Jeff Burnstein (Association for Advancing Automation)

- New research on barriers to adoption (Ani Kelkar, McKinsey)
- Role of integrators - European evidence (Anders Humlum, U Chicago)
- 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

[Participant List](https://web-docs.stern.nyu.edu/management/Robots/Participant_List_EOR_2023.pdf)