Technology-Enabled Disruption: Implications of AI, Big Data, and Remote Work

Organized by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Boston, and Richmond
Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Technological change is a fundamental impulse that sets and keeps the market economy in motion, reshaping the ways of producing and distributing goods and services, as well as the structure of firms and industries.

The purpose of this conference series is to provide a better understanding of emerging and ongoing technology-enabled disruption and to explore its implications for the broader economy. This includes exploring how technology-enabled disruption impacts businesses, workers, and consumers along with broader impacts on the overall economy and economic inclusion.

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Media contact: Atlanta Fed's Public Affairs office at 470-858-6665 or media@atl.frb.org

Agenda

Time	Session
Tuesday, October 1
10:30 a.m.	Registration
11:00	Welcome and opening remarks Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
11:10	Morning keynote Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and the Path Ahead for Productivity Lisa Cook, governor, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Moderator: Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
11:45	Lunch
12:45 p.m.	AI, Big Data, and the Path Ahead for Productivity Session 1: Business Leader Perspective Michael Abbott, senior managing director, Accenture [Presentation ] Kent Cunningham, chief technology officer, Microsoft Federal Civilian Government[Presentation ] Denise Quarles, head of strategy, Siemens USA [Presentation ] Moderator: Egon Zakrajšek, director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
1:50	Session 2: Research Perspective Martin Beraja, associate professor of economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [Presentation ] Daniel Rock, assistant professor of operations, information, and decisions, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania [Presentation ] Laura Veldkamp, Leon G. Cooperman professor of finance and economics, Columbia Business School [Presentation ] Moderator: Egon Zakrajšek, director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
2:50	Break
3:10	Technological Disruptions in Insurance and Credit Markets Session 3: Business Leader Perspective Atur Desai, deputy chief technologist for law and strategy, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Brad Jiulianti, executive vice president, Capital One Raghu Kulkarni, chief AI officer, Equifax Moderator: Paula Tkac, director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
4:15	Session 4: Research Perspective Benjamin Handel, associate professor of economics, University of California, Berkeley [Presentation ] Scott Nelson, assistant professor of finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business [Presentation ] Ansgar Walther, associate professor of finance, Imperial College London [Presentation ] Moderator: Paula Tkac, director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
5:15	Reception
6:15	Evening Keynote: A Conversation with the Federal Reserve Presidents Tom Barkin, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Susan Collins, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Moderator: Catherine Rampell, opinion columnist, Washington Post
7:00	Dinner
8:00	Adjournment
Wednesday, October 2
8:30 a.m.	Registration and breakfast
9:00	Welcome and opening remarks Anna Kovner, director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
9:10	Shifts in How Work Gets Done: Remote Work, Outsourcing, and Future Technological Disruption Session 5: Business Leader Perspective Heidi Kobylski, vice president, Microsoft's US Federal Government Civilian business unit Joanne Smith, executive vice president and chief people officer, Delta Air Lines Alan Stukalsky, chief digital officer, Randstad North America Moderator: Chris Foote, senior economist and policy adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
10:10	Break
10:25	Session 6: Research Perspective Alberto Cavallo, Thomas S. Murphy professor of business administration, Harvard Business School [Presentation ] Emma Harrington, assistant professor of economics, University of Virginia [Presentation ] Claudia Macaluso, economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond [Presentation ] Moderator: Chris Foote, senior economist and policy adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
11:30	Closing keynote Nicholas Bloom, William Eberle professor of economics, Stanford University; senior fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; codirector, Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship program, National Bureau of Economic Research [Presentation ] Moderator: Jonathan Willis, senior economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
12:10 p.m.	Closing remarks Kartik Athreya, director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
12:15	Lunch
1:00	Adjournment