MIT FutureTech
Research Alliance on AI Labor Implications Convening
October 21st, 2026
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Stata Center: Hewlett Room (D882), 8th Floor
Computer Science and Artificial Lab (CSAIL)
32 Vassar St, Cambridge MA, 02139

Agenda

Wednesday, October 21st
8:30 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Introductions & Welcome
Martin Fleming
Research Scientist, MIT Sloan
Christophe Combemale
Assistant Research Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Neil Thompson
Director, MIT FutureTech; Principal Research Scientist, MIT CSAIL
9:30 AM
Enterprise AI Adoption: Patterns and Drivers
(Discussant: Ben Hyman)
Christophe Combemale
Assistant Research Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Martin Fleming
Research Scientist, MIT Sloan
Dustin Ferrone
Associate Partner, Valdos Consulting, LLC
10:45 AM
Demographic and Geographic Adjustment to AI
(Discussant: Christophe Combemale)
Morgan Frank
Weatherhead School of Manageement, Case Western Reserve University.
YY Ahn
Quantitative Foundation Distinguished Professor, University of Virginia School of Data Science
Esteban Moro
Professor, Northeastern University
12:00 AM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Worker-Level Experience Using Comprehensive Labor Market Data
(Discussant: Robert Seamans)
Ben Hyman
Economist and senior researcher, UCLA
2:15 PM
AI-induced Shortages and Surpluses; JEDx Evaluation
(Discussant: Morgan Frank)
Erica Groshen
Infinity Professor and AI Innovation Institute Director, Stony Brook University
Mark Schweitzer
Research Associate Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University.
3:30 PM
Cross Project Insights
Each team takes 15 minutes to access benefits to their work from other projects
4:45 PM
Closing

Organizers

Contact

Workshop Organizers: Martin Fleming (MIT Sloan), Christophe Combemale (Carnegie Mellon University), Tess Fagan (MIT FutureTech), Poornima Suresh (MIT FutureTech)
For questions, contact mitft@mit.edu