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