2024 Regional Disparities in AI Adoption Conference
2024 Regional Disparities in AI Adoption Conference
Date
Location
NYU Washington DC Campus (1307 L Street NW)The NYU Stern School of Business and its Center for the Future of Management are hosting the 2024 Regional Disparities in AI Conference in Washington, DC on July 11th and 12th. The conference has been generously sponsored by a grant from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The conference will be held at NYU’s Washington DC Campus (1307 L St NW). We will host a reception and dinner on Thursday evening, July 11th. The conference will run all day Friday, July 12th, and will feature a fireside chat with Justina Gallegos (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) and Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Conference events will include academic research presentations, moderated panels, and policy discussions focused on topics including: definitions and measurement of AI; the impact of AI on firms, workers and regions; the role of federal policy to stimulate AI investment; and AI and the workforce.
A detailed schedule, along with a list of confirmed speakers is available below.
| 8:15 - 9:00 am | Registration and breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Introduction and overview | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 am | Presentation Panel 1 – Definitions and Measurement Chair: Erica Groshen (Cornell) | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 pm | Presentation Panel 2 - Impacts on Firms, Workers and Regions Chair: Jane Dokko (Dept of Commerce) | |
| 12:00 - 12:45 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 12:45 - 1:30 pm | Fireside Chat Confirmed Speakers: Justina Gallegos (OSTP) & Simon Johnson (MIT) | |
| 1:30 - 2:30 pm | Discussion Panel 3 - Role of Federal Policy Chair: Dan Correa (FAS) | |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm | Coffee Break | |
| 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Discussion Panel 4 - Technology and the Workforce Chair: Allison Forbes (CREC) | |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Closing & Next Steps | |
| 4:30 - 5:30 pm | Networking reception |
Confirmed speakers:
- Tania Babina (Columbia University)
- Chaitan Baru (National Science Foundation)
- Lee Branstetter (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Peter Cihon (Github)
- Christophe Combemale (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Dan Correa (Federation of American Scientists)
- Jane Dokko (U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Allison Forbes (Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness)
- Lucia Foster (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Justina Gallegos (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy)
- Erica Groshen (Cornell University)
- Michael Handel (Northeastern University)
- Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Julia Lane (New York University)
- Heather Long (Washington Post)
- Mark Muro (Brookings Institution)
- Hodan Omaar (ITIF)
- Lisa Simon (Revelio Labs)
- Commissioner Keith Sonderling (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
- Neil Thompson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
