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February 21, 2022

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Conversation with Jim Bessen on AI, Innovation, Productivity, and Work

AI is reshaping economies and societies across the world, improving efficiency, lowering costs, and promising to generate productivity gains. At the same time AI...

James Bessen (Boston University)Dirk Pilat (OECD, Deputy Director, Science, Technology and Innovation)

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

AI, productivity, and diffusion

The availability of AI systems and applications has been surging in the recent years, however the practical diffusion and use of AI technologies are still at relatively...

Francesca Lazzeri (Microsoft)Steve Lohr (New York Times)Kristina McElheran (University of Toronto (UTSC & Rotman))Lucilla Sioli (European Commission: DG CONNECT)Frederic Warzynski (University of Aarhus)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Discrimination and AI in the workplace

Discrimination in hiring and at work is longstanding and widespread. A meta-analysis of 30 years of experiments in the United States found that white job applicants...

Lorraine Finlay (Australian Human Rights Commission)Joanna Goodey (EU-Fundamental Rights Agency)Pauline Kim (Washington University in Saint Louis)Stefano Scarpetta (OECD)Keith Sonderling (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Informing AI policy: Data in education, jobs, software development and more

As AI diffusion and adoption evolve apace, timely data on AI education, jobs, skills, research and other areas can help inform policy. At this session, the OECD will...

Luis Aranda (OECD)Vilas Dhar (Patrick J. McGovern Foundation)Markus Dicks (German AI Observatory)Tim Jurka (LinkedIn)Dunja Mladenić (Jožef Stefan Institute)Karine Perset (OECD.AI Policy Observatory)Thijs van Vugt (Studyportals)

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Conversation with Daron Acemoglu on AI, automation and skills

AI will radically change the nature of work and profoundly impact labour markets across OECD economies, for better or for worse. Indeed, AI will expand the set of tasks...

Daron Acemoglu (MIT)Stefano Scarpetta (OECD)