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