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Inaugural Market Shaping Conference

Inaugural Market Shaping Conference

We are excited to host our Inaugural Market Shaping Conference on September 21-22, 2018 at Koret-Taube Conference Center, Gunn-SIEPR Building, Stanford University. This conference is supported by Schmidt Futures.

Participants will discuss state-of-the-art market shaping techniques, areas ripe for market shaping intervention, and set the market shaping research agenda moving forward.

Schedule

(Tentative Schedule)

Friday, September 21
8:00 – 8:45 am Registration and breakfast
8:45 – 9:30 am Susan Athey and Thomas Kalil
​Welcome, Introductions and Motivation for Market Shaping
9:30 – 10:30 am Michael Kremer and Chris Snyder
The Pneumococcal Vaccine AMC
10:30 – 10:45 am Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30 am Heidi Williams
Making Markets for Innovations
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Canice Prendergast
The Allocation of Food to Food Banks
12:15 – 1:15 pm Working Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 pm Shlomy Kattan
Adult Literacy XPrize
2:00 – 2:30pm Rick Hanushek
Incentivizing Governments
2:30 – 3:15pm Brian Beachkofski and Vinice Davis
​Aligning Incentives in Education and Training Programs/Income Share Agreements
3:15 – 3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:15 pm Marc Laitin
Market Shaping to (Re) Solve Behavioral Gaps
4:15 – 5:00 pm Mark Duggan, Rohit Naimpally, and Michael Kremer
Panel: Good Opportunities to Help Solve Social Problems
6:00 – 6:30 pm Reception
6:30 pm Dinner
Saturday, September 22
8:00 – 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45 am Justine Hastings
Populations that Could Benefit from Training and Relocation Treatments
9:45 – 10:30 am Shiva Dustdar
European Investment Bank’s Support for Innovation - Overview of Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
10:30 – 10:45 am Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30 am Scott Stern, Josh Gans, and Hal Varian
Panel: Research Lessons on Incentivizing Innovation
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Hal Varian
Out of Controls
12:00 – 1:00 pm Working Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 pm Jacob Leshno
Monopoly Without a Monopolist: An Economic Analysis of the Bitcoin Payment System
1:45 – 2:30 pm Zoë Hitzig
Optimal Matching Funds
2:30 – 2:45 pm Coffee break
2:45 – 3:15 pm Ron Harstad
Aftermarkets
3:15 – 3:30 pm Jon Levin
Final Thought on Market Shaping
3:30 – 3:45 pm Susan Athey
Closing remarks

Registration

This event is by invitation only. Registration will end on August 3, 2018.
Click here to register.

Lodging

We have reserved a block of rooms for this conference at the Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel.

Each attendee must make his/her own reservation and must mention “Inaugural Market Shaping Conference” in order to receive the group rate. Speakers should coordinate with Rochelle Bagalso to book lodging.

Ways to Make Your Reservation

Call 1 (800) 325-3535
Email Sheraton Reservations with your:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • Name of your group
  • Arrival and departure date
  • Credit card number and expiration date (to guarantee reservation)
Online Sheraton Online Reservations

Cut-Off Date

The reservation cut-off date is Tuesday, August 21, 2018. Any remaining rooms in the block will be released this day. Reservations received after the cut-off date will be taken on a space-available basis and the group rate will no longer be guaranteed.

Guest Room Rate and Billing

The per-night rate for a single or double room is:

September 20 $329 per night
September 21-22 $149 per night

The following taxes and fees are applied per room per night:

Occupancy tax 14%
California tourism tax 0.195%
Convention and Visitors Bureau Tourism fee $0.84
These taxes are not included in the room rate and are subject to change without notice.

Each individual will be responsible for his or her own room, tax and incidental charges. A credit card deposit will be requested upon check-in.

Parking

We offer valet parking for $25 per day, or self-parking for $20 per day.

Check-In and Check-Out Time

The check-in time is 3:00pm and check-out time is 12:00pm. The hotel will accommodate early arrivals on a space-available basis only. If you do not check-in before 12:01am the day following your arrival, we will release the hold on the room and it will be available for general sale.

Guest Room Internet

High-speed internet access is complimentary in the guest rooms.

No Show or Failure to Show Policy

All individual guest rooms must be canceled 48 hours or more prior to arrival to receive a full refund. If a guest should fail to show, on the reserved arrival date, a charge of one-night room and tax will be charged to the individual’s credit card or to the contracted account assigned.

Conference Organizer
Susan Athey
Susan Athey
The Economics of Technology Professor
Conference Contact

Erin Ann Fahrenkopf
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Economics

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