On May 18, 2023, the Columbia Center for Political Economy hosted Simon Johnson as part of the Big Idea Book Series.

On Friday, May 19, 2023, Daron Acemoglu participated in a virtual panel discussion on AI Impacts on society with Sendhil Mullainathan (Chicago) and Sarah Kreps (Cornell) as part of a livestreamed public meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

Date: Monday, May 22, 2023
Time: 6:30 PM PDT
Location: The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
Tonni Rembe Rock Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 94105

Tickets required.

Date: Thursday, May 25, 2023
Time: 17:00 – 18:30 BST/12:00-1:30 pm EDT
Location: Sammy Ofer Centre, London Business School, LT18-19 or virtual via Zoom

Free and open to the public.

Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: 
855 El Camino Real Ste 74
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Simon Johnson presented a reading from Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Progress.

Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm BST (doors open at 5 pm)
Location: 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1H 9AA

Daron Acemoglu and Diane Coyle (Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge) discussed how technology has shaped our economic history, and may shape our economic future, during this launch event for Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity.

Free and open to the public.

Date: Thursday, May 25, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm PDT
Location: Seattle Town Hall, The Wyncote NW Forum, 1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.), Seattle, Washington 98101

Tickets required.

Date: Thursday, June 1, 2023
Time: 5:30 pm BST
Location: University College London (UCL), Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), 11 Montague St London, WC1B 5BP and online

This hybrid event was free and open to the public.

Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Time: 5-6 pm BST
Location:  Oxford Martin School Lecture Theatre, University of Oxford, 35 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BD

This event was free and open to all.

Date: Sunday, June 4, 2023
Time: 10 am BST
Location: Baillie Gifford Stage, Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye
Tickets: £12.00

Date: Friday, June 9
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Location: in-person at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C. and online via Hopin (registration required).