CISDM Annual Research Conference 2019

Friday, October 04, 2019
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Newton, MA
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“Challenges to the U.S. & the Global Economy”Keynote Speaker:Dr. Lawrence SummersDistinguished Speakers:Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Dr. Mihir Desai, Dr. Stephanie KeltonSupported by:Michael

“Challenges to the U.S. & the Global Economy”

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Lawrence Summers

Distinguished Speakers:

Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Dr. Mihir Desai, Dr. Stephanie Kelton

Supported by:

Michael & Cheryl Philipp Chair in Finance

at the Mount Ida Campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Newton

Registration for this event is full.

Learn more about the speakers here

 

9:00-10:00

General conference check-in, Registration, Breakfast, Meet & Greet

10:00-10:45

The Future of Work in the Digital Economy
Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Sloan School of Management and Fellow of the Initiative on the Digital Economy & of the MIT Connection Science Initiative

10:45-11:00

Q&A

11:00-11:15

Break

11:15-12:00

The Wisdom of Finance
Dr. Mihir Desai
The Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School

12:00-12:15

Q&A

12:15-1:00

Lunch

1:00-2:00

A Conversation about Global Trade, Domestic Economic & Social Policies and the Future of Higher Education
Dr. Lawrence Summers
Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University, 71st Treasury Secretary in the Clinton Administration & the Director of the National Economic Council in the Obama Administration 

2:00-2:30

Q&A

2:30-2:45

Break

2:45-3:45

The Modern Monetary Theory & the U.S. Economic Policy
Dr. Stephanie Kelton, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University, Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee and a senior economic adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders. 

3:45-4:00

Q&A

4:00-6:30

Cocktail Reception