Program
Day 1 - AI, innovation and employment
Monday, 6 May
9:30 - 10:00
Welcome and introduction
Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
Michele Raitano, Director of the Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome
Giuseppe Ragusa, Director of the Ph.D in Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
Antonello Zanfei, University of Urbino
10:00 - 11:20
Technological change and Artificial Intelligence
Dario Guarascio, Sapienza University of Rome
11:30 - 12:50
AI and employment: a regional perspective
Jelena Reljic, Sapienza University of Rome
Lunch break 13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:20
AI as a new technological paradigm? Some evidence of pathdependence and possible employment impacts
Marco Vivarelli, Catholic University of Milan
15:30 - 16:50
AI, skills and productivity: evidence and measurement challenges
Flavio Calvino, OECD
17:00 - 18:30
Stata class
Francesca Subioli, Roma Tre University
Day 2 - GVC and innovation
Tuesday, 7 May
9:30 - 11:00
Firms and GVCs in times of geo-economic fragmentation
Enrico Marvasi, Roma Tre University
11:10 - 12:30
Global Value Chains, FDIs and Economic Performance
Antonello Zanfei and Andrea Coveri, University of Urbino
Lunch break 13:00 - 14:00
14:10 - 15:20
Evolutionary Economic Geography and Innovation: Theories and empirics
Francesco Quatraro, University of Turin
15:30 - 16:50
GVC: offhsoring, reshoring and friendshoring
Valentina Meliciani, LUISS University
17:00 - 18:30
Stata class
Francesca Subioli, Roma Tre University
Day 3 - Innovation and performance: firm-level perspective
Wednesday, 8 May
09:30 - 11:00
Digital platforms, power relations and firm performance
Valeria Cirillo, University of Bari
11:10 - 12:30
Factors enhancing AI adoption by firms
Alessandro Sterlacchini, Marche Polytechnic University
Lunch break 13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:20
Innovation and firm survival
Elena Cefis, University of Bergamo
15:30 - 16:50
The empirics of the innovation-firm growth nexus
Federico Tamagni, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
17:00 - 18:30
Stata class
Francesca Subioli, Roma Tre University
Day 4 - Technology and inequality
Thursday, 9 May
9:30 - 11:00
The engines of inequality
Maurizio Franzini, Sapienza University of Rome
11:10 - 12:30
Drivers of wage inequality
Michele Raitano, Sapienza University of Rome
Lunch break 13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 17:00
Complex Evolving Economies
A discussion on Giovanni Dosi ‘The foundations of complex evolving economies’, Oxford University Press, 2023
Chair: Dario Guarascio, Sapienza University of Rome
Introduction: Giovanni Dosi, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
Discussants:
Antonio Andreoni (SOAS)
Chiara Criscuolo (OECD)
Luigi Marengo (LUISS)
Gianmarco Ottaviano (Bocconi
University)
Mario Pianta (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Maria Enrica Virgillito (Sant’Anna School
of Advanced Studies)
17:00 - 18:30
Stata class
Francesca Subioli, Roma Tre University
Day 5 - Technology and directions of industrial policy
Friday, 10 May
10:00 - 11:20
Technological sovereignty, strategic dependencies and the green transition
Francesco Crespi, Roma Tre University
11:30 - 12:50
Industrial policy and the climate transition
Antonio Andreoni, SOAS
Lunch break 13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:20
A roadmap towards a just transition: the case of the European automotive industry
Maria Enrica Virgillito, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
15:30 - 17:00
The relationship between military and civilian technologies in the digital age: Implications for industrial policy
Mario Pianta, Scuola Normale Superiore
Dario Guarascio, Sapienza University of Rome