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MIT Roundtable on the On-Demand Economy
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
Sun Mar 13, 2016
Cambridge, MA
Date
Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:00pm MDT
Location
Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy explores how people and businesses work, interact, and prosper, as we enter an era of profound digital transformation. The project is dedicated to the exploration of the the following topics:
Productivity, Employment, and Inequality
Big Data and Information Privacy
New Digital Business Models
Social Analytics and Digital Experimentation
In March, the Initiative hosted a conference on the On-Demand Economy, featuring an array of speakers and panelists, including Senator Mark Warner, Honorary Co-Chair of the Future of Work Initiative, who delivered the Keynote address, and Bruce Reed, Co-Chair of the Future of Work Initiative.
The panel also featured:
Larry Katz,Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University
David Weil, Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor
Johannes Schmieder, Professor of Economics, Boston University
Zeynep Ton, Professor of Operations Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Business
Jonathan Hall, Head of Economic Research, Uber
Jon Lieber, Chief Economist, ThumbTack
Peter Coles, Head Policy Economist, Airbnb
John Horton, Associate Professor of Information Systems, New York University Stern School of Business
Prasanna Tambe, Associate Professor of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, New York University Stern School of Business
