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Friday, March 11, 2016

• 8:00am - 9:00am PST

  Welcoming Remarks

  Mark Duggan, The Trione Director of ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï; The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï

• 8:05am - 9:25am PST

  Session I: Challenges and Opportunities for Education Reform

  Russlynn Ali, CEO, XQ Institute

  Raj Chetty, Professor of Economics, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Senior Fellow

  Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder, Teach for All

  Moderator: 

  Susanna Loeb, Barnett Family Professor of Education, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï; faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis; co-director of Policy Analysis for California Education; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Senior Fellow

   

   Chetty's slides

• 9:25am - 10:35am PST

  Session II: Two Perspectives on Income Inequality in the U.S.

  David Autor, Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the School of  Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative, M.I.T. 

  Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics, Harvard University 

  Moderator: 

  Mark Duggan, The Trione Director of ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï; The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics, ÿÈճԹϠ

   

   Autor's slides

   Mankiw's slides

• 10:35am - 10:55am PST

  Break

• 10:55am - 12:05pm PST

  Session III: The Impact of Policy and Market Forces on Renewable Energy

  Lyndon Rive, CEO and Co-Founder, SolarCity 

  Geisha Williams, President, PG&E Electric 

  Moderator: 

  Frank Wolak, Holbrook Working Professor in Commodity Price Studies, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï; Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, at the Precourt Institute, and at ÿÈճԹϠ

   

• 12:05pm - 12:45pm PST

  Lunch

• 12:45pm - 1:30pm PST

  Session IV: Status of U.S. – China Relations

  Max Sieben Baucus, U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China 

  Moderator: 

  John Shoven, Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï; Buzz and Barbara McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, ÿÈճԹϠ

• 1:30pm - 2:40pm PST

  Session V: Holding Court on NBA Economics

  Steven A. Ballmer, Chairman, Los Angeles Clippers; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Board Member 

  Joseph Lacob, Co-Executive Chairman, CEO and Governor, Golden State Warriors 

  Moderator: 

  Rick Levin, CEO, Coursera; President Emeritus, Yale University; Consulting Professor, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï

   

• 2:40pm - 3:00pm PST

  Break

• 3:00pm - 4:10pm PST

  Session VI: Is the Productivity Slowdown for Real?

  Nick Bloom, Professor of Economics, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Senior Fellow 

  Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google, Inc.; Professor Emeritus, Haas School of  Business, University of California, Berkeley 

  Moderator: 

  Steve Kohlhagen, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Board member

   

   Bloom's slides

   Varian's slides

• 4:30pm - 5:45pm PST

  Critical Issue Sessions

  I. Does America Need Immigration Reform?

  Jennifer Chacón, Edwin A. Heafey, Jr. Visiting Professor of Law, Stanford Law School 

  Marshall Fitz, Managing Director of Immigration, Emerson Collective

  Timothy Joseph Kane, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï

  Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose

  Moderator: 

  Noosheen Hashemi, President, The HAND Foundation; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Board Member 

   

   

  II. Housing Market Cycles: Effects on Homeowners, Industry, and Policy

  Jon Jaffe, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Lennar Corporation 

  Susan Meaney, Managing Director, Makena Capital Management 

  Carolina Reid, Faculty Research Advisor, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, University of California, Berkeley 

  Moderator: 

  Adam Shapiro, Co-Founder, East Rock Capital; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Board Member 

   

   

  III. The Transformation of Transportation

  Carl Guardino, President & CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group; Member, California Transportation Commission 

  Jonathan Hall, Head of Economic Research, Uber 

  Stefan Heck, CEO, Nauto, Inc.; Precourt Energy Scholar, Precourt Institute for Energy, ÿÈճԹϠ

  Moderator: 

  Jesse Rogers, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Altamont Capital Partners; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Board Member 

   

   

  IV. What Lies Ahead for the Health Care Sector?

  Sandra R. Hernández, MD, President and CEO, California Health Care Foundation 

  Bob Kocher, Partner, Venrock 

  Paul Markovich, President and CEO, Blue Shield of California

  Moderator: 

  Jonathan Coslet, Senior Partner & Chief Investment Officer, TPG Capital, L.P.; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Board Member 

   

• 6:00pm - 6:45pm PST

  Reception

• 6:45pm - 9:00pm PST

  Dinner and Keynote Speaker: Outlook for the Global Economy

  Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank (2003-2011); Chairman and  CEO, Group of Thirty 

  Moderator: 

  John Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï; George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution; ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Senior Fellow