Friday Sessions 9/27/24

12:45-1:00 Welcome to be led by Scott Guile Executive Marketing Manager and Carolyn Merrill Senior Executive Program Manager

1:00-1:30 Justin Wolfers Professor University of Michigan session TBD

135:-2:05 Jonathan Meer Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs Texas A&M “My AI Journey Thus Far”

2:10-2:40 Eric Chiang Professor-in-Residence University of Nevada Las Vegas and Erika Martinez Senior Instructor University of South Florida “Fostering Success among First-Generation Students: Academic Policies and Best Practices”

2:45-3:15 Tyler Cowen Professor George Mason University “How Should Economists Think About Policy?"

3:20-4:15 AI Panel with Susan Winslow CEO Macmillan Learning and Sophie Haci Professor Houston Community College, Erika Martinez, Senior Instructor University of South Florida, Kalina Staub Assistant Professor University of North Carolina, and Jonathan Meer Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Texas A&M

6:00-8:00 Open reception with buffet, drinks, and magic show with Scott Greene

Saturday Sessions 9/28/24

8:45-9:15 Betsey Stevenson Professor University of Michigan “Government Interventions: Navigating Deadweight Dilemmas”

9:20- 9:50 Alex Tabarrok Professor George Mason University“The Economic Way of Thinking in a Pandemic”

10:00-10:35 Christopher Clarke Assistant Professor Washington State University “The 'Vibecession': a disconnect between data and perceptions” 

10:40-11:10 Eric Parsons Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies University of Missouri “Does an economics education affect student policy views?”

11:15-11:55 Paul Krugman Professor Graduate Center City University of New York Questions and Conversations with Paul Krugman moderated by Ryan Herzog Associate Professor Gonzaga and Aisling Winston Clinical Associate Professor University of Buffalo