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