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IMT School Workshop
All timings are in Central European Time
Keynotes: 50 minutes talk + 10 minutes discussion
Presentations: 20 minutes talk + 5 minutes discussion
Day 1 – Thursday, 17 December 2020
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/kcc-rucu-pme
09:55 – 10:00 WELCOME
Pietro Pietrini, Director of IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
10:00 – 11:00 KEYNOTE1
People Analytics? Algorithms at Work - Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Oxford University
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30 PRESENTATIONS
Who are the Platform Workers? Are They the 'Most Vulnerable among the Vulnerables'?
An Empirical Exploration on Italian Survey Data - Dario Guarascio, University Rome 1 "La Sapienza" (with V. Cirillo)
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
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 – 13:30 PRESENTATIONS
Towards Sustainable Work Practices to Promote Productivity and Workers' Health - Arash Ajoudani, Italian Institute of Technology
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
The Impact of Labour Regulation on Innovation - John Van Reenen, LSE and MIT (with P. Aghion and A. Bergeaud)
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 – 12:30 PRESENTATIONS
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)
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)
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 – 13:30 PRESENTATIONS
Can Machines Learn Creativity Needs in Different Occupations? - Sara Landi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (with G. Gnecco and M. Riccaboni)
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 – 15:20 PRESENTATIONS
The Role of Social Robotics in Modern Society: General Considerations and Neuroscientific Findings - Francesco Bossi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Wages, Human Capital and Screening: Searching through 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
END OF WORKSHOP
The detailed programme in .PDF can be found here.
List of Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order):
Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Oxford University
Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University
John Van Reenen, LSE and MIT
Michael Wooldridge, Oxford University and Alan Turing Institute
PRESENTATIONS (in alphabetical order):
Arash Ajoudani, Italian Institute of Technology
Sotiris Blanas, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Francesco Bossi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Marco Capasso, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
Italo Colantone, Bocconi University
Francesco del Prato, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca and KU Leuven
Dimitris Exadaktylos, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Marco Grazzi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Andrew Green, OECD Future of Work Team
Dario Guarascio, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
David Hémous, University of Zurich
Sara Landi, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
For any inquiries:
Sotiris Blanas (sotirios.blanas@imtlucca.it), Massimo Riccaboni (massimo.riccaboni@imtlucca.it) and Armando Rungi (armando.rungi@imtlucca.it).
The event is supported by Artes 4.0 and the IMT School project on "Technological Change, Soft Skills and the Future of High-Skilled Jobs".
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