Stanford
Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

AI & the Economy

Opportunities, Risks, and Policy for Shared Prosperity

Event Details:

Thursday, November 20, 2025
12:00pm - 8:00pm PST

Location

John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building
366 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305
United States

What are the keys to making AI an engine of shared prosperity?

The SIEPR Policy Forum – AI & the Economy: Opportunities, Risks, and Policy for Shared Prosperity – brings together academics, industry leaders, and policymakers from across sectors and disciplines.

Together we will examine what governments and companies can do now to prepare the workforce for AI, catalyze productivity gains that are broadly shared, and manage risks such as job displacement and market concentration.

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Schedule

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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    Registration and Lunch

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    Welcome Remarks

    • Neale Mahoney, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
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    Panel 1: Preparing the Workforce for AI

    • Maria Flynn, Jobs for the Future
    • Lindsey Raymond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Fabrizio Dell’Acqua, Harvard Business School

    Moderated by Erika McEntarfer, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

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    Measuring AI’s Impact on the Labor Market and Beyond

    • Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford Digital Economy Lab
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    Break

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    Panel 2: Unlocking the Productivity Potential of AI

    • Lorraine Bardeen, Microsoft
    • Neil Ashe, Acuity
    • Dwarak Rajagopal, Snowflake  

    Moderated by Nicholas Bloom, Stanford Department of Economics

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    Realizing AI’s Economic Promise: Prerequisites, Challenges, and Strategies

    • James Manyika, Google & Alphabet
    • Mohamed El-Erian, The Wharton School

    Moderated by Shirin Ghaffary, Bloomberg

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    Break

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    Panel 3: Designing Public Policy for Our AI Future

    • Susan Athey, Stanford Graduate School of Business
    • Era Dabla-Norris, International Monetary Fund
    • Samuel Hammond, The Foundation for American Innovation

    Moderated by Vivek Viswanathan, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research 

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    Beyond Words: Building AI for the Physical World

    • Fei-Fei Li, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI 

    Moderated by Neale Mahoney, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

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    Dinner

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    AI for America: A Roadmap – Keynote Address by Senator Mark Kelly

    • Mark Kelly, United States Senator from Arizona 

    Moderated by Ramin Toloui, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

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