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X-WR-CALNAME:AI\, Economics\, and Business Conference at USC
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DESCRIPTION:Covering Topics of AI\, Labor\, and the Economy\, Machine Learn
 ing\, and Econometric\,s AI and Human Behavior from academic and industry 
 POV.\n\n \n\nThis symposium is a live in-person event in Los Angeles with 
 no cost. It is open to the public and requires registration. Light lunch a
 nd breakfast will be served. You can drop by in and out throughout the day
  to check out the sessions that interest you.\n\nJoin us for the AI\, Econ
 omics\, and Business Conference \, co-organized by the Dornsife Department
  of Economics and the Marshall Initiative on Digital Competition and spons
 ored by the Marshall Initiative on Digital Competition.\n\n \n\nEvent Sche
 dule:\n\nFriday\, October 17th\, 2025\n\nDavidson Conference Center\, Vine
 yard Room\n\n \n\nMORNING SESSION\n\n8.00 am - Coffee\, registration\n\n8.
 45 am - Welcoming remarks by Caroline Betts (USC) and D. Daniel Sokol (USC
 )\n\n9.00 am - SESSION I. “AI\, LABOR\, AND THE ECONOMY”\n\nChair: Sim
 on Quach (USC Economics)Gregor Schubert (UCLA Anderson)Lucas Kremens (Univ
 ersity of Washington)Zhengyi (Isaac) Yu (USC Economics)10.30 am COFFEE BRE
 AK\n\n10.45 am - SESSION II. “MACHINE LEARNING AND ECONOMETRICS”\n\nCh
 air: Timothy Armstrong (USC Economics)Ashesh Rambachan (MIT)Vira Semenova 
 (Berkeley)Kyohei Okumura (Wisconsin School of Business)12.15 pm LUNCH\n\nA
 FTERNOON SESSION\n\n1.45 pm - SESSION III. “AI AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR”\n\n
 Chair: Nicolas Lambert (USC Economics)Kevin He (University of Pennsylvania
 )Daniel Martin (UCSB)Lindsey Raymond (Microsoft and MIT)3.15 pm COFFEE BRE
 AK\n\n3:45 pm A CONVERSATION\n\nModerator: Marianne Andries (USC Economics
 )Aviv Nevo (George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor\, U
 Penn)Preston McAfee (Distinguished Scientist\, Google)Chen Zhao (Head of E
 conomic Research\, Redfin)About USC Marshall Initiative on Digital Competi
 tion\n\nThe continued and rapid growth of digital platforms has generated 
 questions about the consequences for society\, business\, and the global e
 conomy.\n\nThe USC Marshall Initiative on Digital Competition aims to disc
 over insights on these questions through a collaboration of industry pract
 itioners and academics from business disciplines as well as non-business d
 isciplines (e.g.\, computer science\, economics\, law\, communications)\; 
 and disseminate these insights to a broad set of audiences that includes a
 cademics\, business leaders\, and the public.\n\nLearn more at bit.ly/USC_
 ID\n\n \n\nAbout USC Dornsife Department of Economics\n\nThe Department of
  Economics brings together students\, scholars\, and alumni in a dynamic e
 nvironment that fosters education\, research\, and community engagement. O
 ur mission is to inspire intellectual curiosity and critical thinking whil
 e equipping students with a strong foundation in economic theories\, princ
 iples\, and their real-world applications.\n\nCommitted to academic excell
 ence\, the department champions interdisciplinary approaches to economic r
 esearch and consistently ranks among the top 20 research institutions in t
 he United States.\n\nLearn more at dornsife.usc.edu/econ/
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LOCATION:Davidson Conference Center\, Vineyard Room
SUMMARY:AI\, Economics\, and Business Conference at USC
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