2017 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

DAY 1: THURSDAY MARCH 30TH

Conference Registration

People Analytics Expo

Research Paper Competition

Finalists present the latest research in people analytics

Student Case Competition

Using real data from Teach For America, finalists present solutions on how to best optimize recruitment resources and implement strategies to generate the most admits

Startup Competition

Visit the booths of the emerging and promising entrepreneurial ventures selected as finalists in the inaugural Startup Competition

Conference Opening

Keynote Conversation

Author Malcolm Gladwell with Adam Grant, Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management, The Wharton School

Cocktail Reception

DAY 2: FRIDAY MARCH 31ST

Morning Session

Keynote Address

Maxine Williams, Global Director of Diversity, Facebook

Q&A Moderated by Sigal Barsade,
Joseph Frank Bernstein Professor of Management,
The Wharton School

An Analytical Perspective on Diversity

Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders, Former Managing Director and Senior Advisor, Goldman Sachs; Joelle Emerson, Founder and CEO, Paradigm; and Derek Avery, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity & Global Initiatives and Sisel Professor of Management, Wake Forest University School of Business

Moderated by Corrine Low, Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, The Wharton School

Break

Presentation

Winners of the Student Case Competition

Measuring the Immeasurable

Kieran Snyder, CEO and Co-Founder, Textio; Anita Williams Woolley, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business; and Steven Huang, Strategist at Culture Amp

Moderated by Cade Massey, Practice Professor, Operations, Information and Decisions Department, The Wharton School

Microsoft Case Study

Dawn Klinghoffer, General Manager, HR Business Insights, Microsoft, and Ryan Fuller, General Manager, Workplace Analytics, Microsoft

Q&A moderated by Martine Haas, Associate Professor of Management, The Wharton School

Inside Perspective

Rosalind Picard, Professor & Director of Affective Computing Research, MIT

Chairman & Co-founder, Empatica

Networking Lunch

Afternoon Session

Keynote Conversation

Adam Silver, NBA Commissioner, with Dan Pink, Author

Presentation

Startup Competition Winners

Applying Gaming to People Analytics

Trisha Williams, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Pigeon Hole Productions; Guy Halfteck, Founder and CEO, Knack; and Pamela Kato, Owner, P. M. Kato Consulting and Scientific Advisor, Emteq

Moderated by Ethan Mollick, Edward B. and Shirley R. Shils Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School

Presentation

Winner of the Research Paper Competition

Break

Outside Perspective

R. Luke DuBois, Artist, Composer, Engineer, NYU School of Engineering

Big Data and Beyond

Matthew Salganik, Professor, Department of Sociology, Princeton University, and Keith McNulty, Head of People Analytics and Measurement, McKinsey & Company

Moderated by Peter S. Fader, Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School

Keynote Conversation

Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO, Teach For America, with Adam Bryant, Author and New York Times Columnist

Closing Discussion

*Program is subject to change

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