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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
Christophe Combemale
Assistant Research Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Evolution of AI in Society
Martin Fleming
Research Scientist, MIT Sloan
Detecting Signals of Firm-Level AI Adoption From Job Postings
Dustin Ferrone
Associate Partner, Valdos Consulting, LLC
Discussant:
AI Adoption in S&P 500 Firms
Ben Hyman
Economist and Senior Researcher, UCLA
10:45 AM
Demographic and Geographic Adjustment to AI
Research Alliance on AI Labor Implications: Demographic and Geographic Adjustment to AI
Morgan Frank
Weatherhead School of Manageement, Case Western Reserve University.
Esteban Moro
Professor, Northeastern University
YY Ahn
Quantitative Foundation Distinguished Professor, University of Virginia School of Data Science
Resilience of Labor Markets: The Role of Job Connectivity
Wendi Li
PhD student, Case Western Reserve University
Where Is AI Heading?
Munjung Kim
Phd candidate in Data Science, Univeristy of Virginia
Discussant:
Research Alliance on AI Labor Market Implications
Christophe Combemale
Assistant Research Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
12:00 AM
Lunch
1:00 PM
2:15 PM
AI-induced Shortages and Surpluses; JEDx Evaluation
Why Estimates of AI’s Labor Market EffectsDiffer and How to Modernize Labor MarketMeasurement
Erica Groshen
Senior Labor Market Advisor, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Mark Schweitzer
Research Associate Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University.
Discussant:
Comments on: Why Estimates of AI’s Labor Market EffectsDiffer and How to Modernize Labor Market Measurement
Morgan Frank Additional Review
Morgan Frank
Weatherhead School of Manageement, 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

Martin Fleming
Research Scientist
MIT Sloan
Christophe Combemale
Assistant Research Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Tess Fagan
Head of Operations
MIT FutureTech
Poornima Suresh
Project Coordinator
MIT FutureTech

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

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