ORGANIZERS
Sotiris Blanas, Massimo Riccaboni, Armando Rungi
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
All timings are in Central European Time
Keynotes: 50 minutes talk + 10 minutes discussion
Presentations: 20 minutes talk + 5 minutes discussion
PROGRAM
DAY 1 – Thursday, 17 December 2020
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/kcc-rucu-pme
09:55 – 10:00 Introduction
Pietro Pietrini, Director of the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
10:00 – 11:00
KEYNOTE 1
People Analytics? Algorithms at Work
Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Oxford University
11:00 – 11:15 BREAK
11:15 – 11:40
What is the Platform Economy? Taxonomies, Theory and Empirical Evidence
Dario Guarascio, University Rome 1 "La Sapienza" (with F. Bogliacino, C. Codagnone and V. Cirillo)
11:40 – 12:05
The Distinct Effects of Information Technologies and Communication Technologies on the Age-Skill Composition of Labour Demand
Sotiris Blanas, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
12:05 – 12:30
We Were the Robots: Automation and Voting Behaviour in Western Europe
Italo Colantone, Bocconi University (with M. Anelli and P. Stanig)
12:30 – 12:40 BREAK
12:40 – 13:05
Towards Sustainable Work Practices to Promote Productivity and Workers' Health
Arash Ajoudani, Italian Institute of Technology
13:05 – 13:30
The Changing World of Work: Automation, the Demand for Skills, and Labour Market Policy
Andrew Green, OECD Future of Work Team
13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30 – 15:30
KEYNOTE 2
Technology and the Labour Market
John Van Reenen, LSE and MIT
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DAY 2 – Friday, 18 December 2020
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/jcz-rgpz-esh
10:00 – 11:00
KEYNOTE 3
Automation, Globalization and Vanishing Jobs: A Labour Market Sorting View
Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University (with E. Faia, S. Laffitte and M. Mayer)
11:00 – 11:15 BREAK
11:15 – 11:40
Visualizing the Evolving Fit of Education and Economy: The Case of ICT Education in Norway
Marco Capasso, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (with M. Spjelkavik Mark)
11:40 – 12:05
For Whom the Bell Tolls: the Effects of Automation on Wage and Gender Inequality within Firms
Marco Grazzi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (with G. Domini, D. Moschella and T. Treibich)
12:05 – 12:30
Automating Labor: Evidence from Firm-level Patent Data
David Hémous, University of Zurich (with A. Dechezleprêtre, M. Olsen and C. Zanella)
12:30 – 12:40 BREAK
12:40 – 13:05
Can Machines Learn Creativity Needs in Different Occupations?
Sara Landi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (with G. Gnecco and M. Riccaboni)
13:05 – 13:30
How Does Innovation Stimulate Performance of Global ICT Producers in the Competitive Digital Market?
Dimitris Exadaktylos, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (with M. Ghodsi)
13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30 – 14:55
The Role of Social Robotics in Modern Society: General Considerations and Neuroscientific Findings
Francesco Bossi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
14:55 – 15:20
Wages, Human Capital and Learning: the Case of the 'Hub Firms'
Francesco Del Prato, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca and KU Leuven
15:20 – 15:30 BREAK
15:30 – 16:30
KEYNOTE 4
The Road to Conscious Machines: The Current State of AI and Prospects for Progress
Michael Wooldridge, Oxford University and Alan Turing Institute
