Economic Futures Symposium proposals
Last updated Oct 14, 2025
The following list includes "lightning talk" speakers at our first Economic Futures Symposium at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, as well as other Symposium awardees who did not present on stage.
Many of these proposals informed the nine categories of ideas we feature in Preparing for AI’s economic impact: exploring policy responses.
DC Economic Futures Symposium awardees and speakers by institution and policy idea
| Abigail Ball | American Compass | Workforce training grant |
| Andreas Kern | Georgetown University | AI for emerging market monetary authorities |
| Anh Nguyen and Era Dabla-Norris | International Monetary Fund | Fiscal policies for managing the AI transition |
| Avinash Collis | Carnegie Mellon University | Measuring the consumer benefits of AI |
| Chris Carnell | Small Block | PLACE-SELECT-RANGE framework for strategic rural economic development |
| David Gamage | University of Missouri | Tax architecture for a resilient AI economy fiscal framework |
| Esuna Dugarova | George Washington University | AI literacy and skills development for rural US workforce |
| Ezra Karger | Forecasting Research Institute | Forecasting the economic effects of AI |
| Ignacio Lopez Gaffney | Yale University | ADAPT phased plan for AI-era labor displacement |
| Maggie Chen | George Washington University | Experimental evidence on generative AI and work in the Global South |
| Martin Fleming | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | AI labor market policy challenges and solutions: research implications for Census, BLS, and BEA |
| Meicen Sun | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | A strategy for long-term productivity growth: leveraging AI for growth acceleration through science & innovation |
| Neil Thompson | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | An “expertise framework” for labor market policy responses |
| Nohl Patterson | RAND | Analysis of AI's impact on entry-level white-collar work |
| Rebecca Hann | University of Maryland, College Park | Targeted disclosure requirements for AI in financial oversight |
| Revana Sharfuddin | The Mercatus Center, George Mason University | Tax code reform to build a workforce resilient against AI displacement |
| Sam Carter | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab | AI for social impact playbook for public sector adoption |
| Sam Manning and Suchet Mittal | Centre for the Governance of AI and Convergence Analysis | Automation adjustment assistance |
| Scott Stirrett | Venture for Canada | How governments can accelerate adoption of AI across small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through sector-specific training |
| Tom Bowen | Gusto | AI for Main Street - helping small businesses adopt AI |
| Varsha Shukla | Dartmouth College | Task-based framework for labor mobility in the AI age |
| Yong Lee | University of Notre Dame | Proactive workforce development and assistance in the AI age |