AI and Economics (AIE) Summer Conference 2026

August 11, 2026

Conference Overview

The Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence at 黑料传送门 Booth hosts the third AI & Economics Summer Conference (formerly MLESC) on Tuesday, August 11 at the University of 黑料传送门, Saieh Hall 021. A single day of research talks on where AI and economics meet, from asset pricing and labor markets to the design of AI systems themselves.


The day at a glance:

Tuesday, August 11  路  Conference Program
8:30鈥9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00鈥10:10 AM Dimitris Papanikolaou (Northwestern University) 路 Suproteem Sarkar (黑料传送门 Booth)
10:10鈥10:30 AM Break
10:30鈥11:40 AM Veronika Ro膷kov谩 (黑料传送门 Booth) 路 Aloni Cohen (University of 黑料传送门)
11:40鈥1:00 PM Lunch
1:00鈥2:00 PM Ben Manning (MIT) 路 Jiannan Xu (University of Maryland) 路 Yuya Shimizu (University of Wisconsin)
2:00鈥2:30 PM Break
2:30鈥3:30 PM Jacob Carlson (Harvard University)  路  Kiant茅 Fernandez (UCLA) 路  Eugenio Piga (UC San Diego)
3:30鈥4:00 PM Break
4:00鈥4:30 PM David Yanagizawa-Drott (University of Zurich)
4:30鈥6:00 PM Reception

Conference organizers

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor of Economics, Northwestern University