This is an era of great opportunities and challenges.
On the one hand, digital technology has a profound impact on all aspects of economics, commerce and social life, and will eventually lead to productivity gains and generate new production relations. On the other hand, is unprepared for these changes, leading to a restructuring of the world economic order and growing uncertainty.
As digital technology penetrates, micro-foundation of the macroeconomies are changing profoundly. Enterprise boundaries and traditional supply chains are being dismantled, giving rise to platform economies and new synergies, while the identities of consumers and producers are being redefined.
The extent of digital economy development, along with its mechanisms, trends, boundaries, and challenges, remains a critical area of exploration. To foster better understanding and utilization of technology, and to prepare society for the most pressing problems, the world's top social scientists, technical experts, privacy experts, entrepreneurs and core management of the Alibaba economy, including six Nobel laureates, have confirmed their participation and will have in-depth discussions on the most important issues in the era of digital technology.
Conference Agenda
Date: 25th June 2019 - 26th June 2019
Venue: West Lake State Guesthouse, 18 Yanggongdi, Hangzhou, China
Organizer: Luohan Academy
Co-organizer: Alibaba Damo Academy, Hupan University
Opening Remark
09:00 - 09:50
Speaker: Long Chen (President of Luohan Acady) - Purposes, arrangements and expectations of the conference
Speaker: Michael Spence (Professor at NYU, 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics) - Digital technology and long-term welfare
Release Top 10 Questions of Digital Economy
Forum I "New Economy": How is Digital Technology Reshaping the Economy
Moderator: Wang Neng (Professor at Columbia University)
09:50 - 11:30
Speaker: Lei Yang (Co-founder and CEO of Hello TransTech) - Technology-driven sharing travel
Speaker: Yi Wang (Co-founder and CEO of LAIX Inc.) - Digital technology transforming education
Speaker: Richard Holden (Professor at University of New South Wales) - Boundaries of the firm in the digital era
Speaker: Yi Huang (Associate Professor at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) - BigTech and Financial Market Structure
Speaker: Alberto Rossi ((Associate Professor at University of Maryland) - Who benefits from robo-advising?
Speaker: Bengt Holmstrom (Professor at MIT, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics) - Future of Finance
11:30 - 11:40
Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:30
Panel discussion
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Forum II "New Coordination": The Rising of Platform Economy and Ecosystem
Parallel Venue 1 (Mingyuan Hall in Villa 6)
13:30 - 15:00
Session 1: Platform mechanism and operations
Moderator: Steve Tadelis (Professor at UC Berkeley)
Speaker: Kaifu Zhang (Researcher of Alibaba) - Platform operations in practice
Speaker: Zhengyun Patricia Sun (PhD Candidate at Harvard University - Product Innovation and Development
Speaker: Geoffrey Parker (Professor at Dartmouth College) - Platform revolutions
Speaker: Jieyuan Liao (Founder and CEO of WeDoctor) - Technology transforms health industry
Speaker: Alvin Roth (Professor at Stanford University, 2012 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics) - Matching mechanisms in healthcare
15:00 - 16:00
Panel Discussion
Parallel Venue 2 (Youyi Hall in Villa 6)
13:30 - 15:00
Session 2: Platform and Ecosystem
Moderator: Patrick Bolton (Professor at Columbia University)
Speaker: Jun Su (CEO of Smartmi Technology) - Consumption upgrades and supply coordination
Speaker: Shanglue Xiao (Founder and CEO of Yunji Sharing Technology) - Future of retail
Speaker: Wenlan Qian (Associate Professor at National University of Singapore) - Does e-commerce crowd out consumer spending offline?
Speaker: Sir Chris Pissarides (Professor at LSE, 2010 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics) - Work in the age of robots and artificial intelligence
15:00 - 16:00
Panel Discussion
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:50
Dialogue: Platform in the Digital Age
Moderator: Long Chen (Luohan Academy)
Speaker: Daniel Zhang (CEO of Alibaba Group), Bengt Holmstrom (Professor at MIT, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics), Thomas Sargent (Professor at NYU, 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics) and Sir Chris Pissarides (Professor at LSE, 2010 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics)
Forum III "New Challenge": Privacy Protection and Data Governance
Date: 26th June
09:00 - 10:30
Moderator: Preston McAfee (Former Chief Economist of Microsoft)
Speaker: Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin (Former Chairman of the French Data Protection Authority) - Privacy regulations and legislations, firm operation and innovations
Speaker: Ariane Mole (Partner, Co-head of Bird & Bird) - The privacy paradox and concerns
Speaker: Long Chen (President of Luohan Academy) - Privacy in the digital age
Speaker: Jane Horvath (Senior Director of Global Privacy, Apple Inc.) - Principles and practice of privacy protection
Speaker: Zhengjun Nie (Chief Privacy Officer of Ant Financial Services Group) - Practices of privacy protection at Ant Financial
Speaker: Benjamin Bai (Vice President and Chief IP Counsel of Ant Financial Services Group) - Technology solutions to privacy protection
10:30 - 11:10
Panel Discussion
11:10 - 11:20
Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:00
Speaker: Wei Xiong (Professor at Princeton University) - Data Privacy and Temptation
Speaker: Thomas Sargent (New York University) - Information, geometries, statistics, computations
12:00 - 12:30
Panel Discussion
12:30-13:30
Lunch
Forum IV "New Technology": Blockchain and Other Future Digital Technology
Date: June 26th
13:30 - 15:50
Moderator: Zhiguo He (Professor at University of Chicago) and Markus Brunnermeier (Professor at Princeton University)
Speaker: Jared Psigoda (Founder and CEO of BitGuild) - Blockchain transforming the gaming industry
Speaker: Lin William Cong (Professor at Cornell University) - Theories and applications of blockchain
Speaker: Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton University) - Blockchain economics
Speaker: Hui Zhang (Senior Staff Engineer of Ant Financial Services Group) - Applications of blockchain at Ant Financial
Speaker: Hongxia Yang (Senior Data Scientist of Damo Academy) - Damo Tech Highlights
Speaker: Yuan Qi (Vice President and AI Chief Scientist of Ant Financial Services Group) – Machine Learning for Inclusive Finance
Speaker: Lars Peter Hansen (Professor at U Chicago, 2013 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics) - Purely evidence-based decision-making does not exist
15:50 - 16:50
Panel Discussion
16:50 - 17:00
Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00
Check-out Session
