| October 1–2, 2024 Organized by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Boston, and Richmond Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| Tuesday, October 1 | ||
| 10:30 a.m. | Registration |
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| 11:00 | Welcome and opening remarks [Watch the session  ]Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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| 11:10 |
Morning keynote [Watch the session ] 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 |
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| 11:45 | Lunch | |
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AI, Big Data, and the Path Ahead for Productivity [Watch the session ] 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 |
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Session 2: Research Perspective [Watch the session ] 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 |
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| 2:50 | Break | |
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Technological Disruptions in Insurance and Credit Markets [Watch the session ] 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 |
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Session 4: Research Perspective [Watch the session ] 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 |
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| 5:15 | Reception | |
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Evening Keynote: A Conversation with the Federal Reserve Presidents [Watch the session ] 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 |
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| 7:00 | Dinner | |
| 8:00 | Adjournment | |
| Wednesday, October 2 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration and breakfast | |
| 9:00 | Welcome and opening remarks [Watch the session ] Anna Kovner, director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
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| 9:10 |
Shifts in How Work Gets Done: Remote Work, Outsourcing, and Future Technological Disruption [Watch the session ] 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 |
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| 10:10 | Break | |
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Session 6: Research Perspective [Watch the session ] 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 |
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| 11:30 | Closing keynote [Watch the session ] 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 |
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| Closing remarks [Watch the session ] Kartik Athreya, director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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| Lunch | ||
| 1:00 | Adjournment | |