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NYU Stern's Economics of Robots Conference

Friday, April 21


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