Digitization Tutorial
Organized by Avi Goldfarb
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
March 4-5, 2020
Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Schwab Residential Center, Vidalakis Rooms, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA

Wednesday, March 4

12:00 n

Lunch

1:00 pm

Introduction to Digitization Workshop:
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER (reading) (slides)

2:00 pm

First Session: Erik Brynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER (reading) (slides1) (slides2)

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Second Session: Amalia Miller, University of Virginia and NBER (reading) (slides)

5:30 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Group Dinner - Indo Restaurant, 3295 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA

Thursday, March 5

8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

8:45 am

Recap of Day 1

9:00 am

Third Session: Judith Chevalier, Yale University and NBER (reading) (slides)

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Fourth Session: Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER (syllabus)

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Exercise

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Wrapup:
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER
Shane Greenstein, Harvard University and NBER (slides)

5:00 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Group Dinner (with the Digitization Group)
MacArthur Park Restaurant, 27 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA