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As machines take on more jobs, many find themselves out of work or with raises indefinitely postponed. Is this the end of growth? No, says Erik Brynjolfsson -- it's simply the growing pains of a radically reorganized economy. A riveting case for why big innovations are ahead of us ...

 

Erik speaks about:

  • Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing our Digital Future

  • The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

  • Big Data and Data Driven Decision Making

  • Competing in the Age of Omnichannel Retailing

  • Using IT to Drive Innovation

  • Productivity and Employment in the Digital Economy

  • Internet Commerce and Competition: The Long Tail

Recent speaking engagements include:

  • “What's Next on the New Economic Agenda” World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Davos, Switzerland, January, 2020.

  • “New Skills for the New Collar Worker” Infosys. Davos, Switzerland. January,, 2020

  • “What Can Machine Learning Do? Implications for Tasks, Occupations, Industries and the Economy” (Keynote). 13th Digital Economics Conference, Toulouse School of Economics. Toulouse, France, January, 2020.

  • “GDP-B: Accounting for the Value of New and Free Goods in the Digital Economy” American Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January, 2020.

  • “What Can Machine Learning Do and What Does It Mean for the Economy? (Keynote). NABE Tech Economics Conference: Economics in the Age of Algorithms. Experiments, and AI. Seattle, WA, November, 2019.

  • “AI and the Economy” (Keynote). Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Conference on AI, Ethics, Policy, and Governance. Stanford, CA, October, 2019.

  • “The Triple Revolution: From Mind to Machine Product to Platform and Core to Crowd” (Keynote). Teradata Universe 2019 conference. Denver, CO, October 21, 2019.

  • “The AI Awaking and the Coming Productivity Boom”. Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and Stanford Institute for Human-Cemtered Aritifcial Intelligence (HAI) Associates meeting. Stanford, CA, October 1, 2019.

  • “Presidential Scholar Address” American Accounting Association 2019 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, August, 2019

  • “The AI Awaking: Implications for the Workforce” (Vipuri Prize Speaker). 100th Anniversary of the Society for Viipuri School of Economics, LUT School of Business and Economics. Lahti, Finland, June, 2019.

  • “The Triple Revolution: From Mind to Machine, Product to Platform, and Core to Crowd” (Keynote). 100th anniversary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Stockholm, Sweden, June, 2019.

  • “The Triple Data Revolution and What it Means for Us All” (Keynote). FundForum International. Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 2019.

  • “What Can Machine Learning Do and What Does It Mean for the Economy?” (Keynote). OECD Forum on Global Productivity. Sydney, Australia (via videoconference), June, 2019.

  • “What Can Machine Learning Do? Implications for Work and the Economy” (Keynote). Cognition X. London, UK, June 10, 2019

  • “How Will Machine Learning Transform the Economy?” (Speaker). Congressional Budget Office Panel of Economic Advisers meeting, CBO headquarters. Washington, DC, June, 2019.

  • “How Technology is Reshaping the Economy, Society, and the Future of Work”. Heidrick & Struggles Annual Management Meeting. Championsgate, FL, May, 2019.

  • “Emerging Technology and the U.S. Economy”. George P. Shultz Project on Governance in an Emerging New World, Hoover Institution. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, May, 2019.

  • “Machine Learning Will Drive the Coming Productivity Boom”. Oracle Presidents Council Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2019.

  • “IQ and EQ: Where Do We Go From Here?” (Keynote, with Rana el Kaliouby). Dell Technologies World, Las Vegas, NV, March, 2019.

  • “The AI Awakening: Implications for the Economy”. Thoma Bravo (Hiltzik Strategies), San Francisco, CA, March, 2019.

  • “Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, and National Security”. AEI World Forum, Sea Island, GA, March, 2019.

  • “A Look Ahead: Intersection of Technology & Business” (Keynote, with Andrew McAfee). Dell Technologies Worldwide Leadership Summit, Las Vegas, NV, February, 2019.

What People Are Saying

“An electrifying keynote [at Gartner Symposium] by MIT Sloan professor and author Erik Brynjolfsson. Brynjolfsson had a huge audience in the palm of his hand as he described what he termed the 'second machine age’.”

— Jim Love, Gartner symposium asks the big questions about world's technological future, IT Business

"Thank you so much for coming to MarTech to tell the story of The Second Machine Age. You delivered an electrifying presentation. The feedback I've heard from attendees has been nothing short of 'that was amazing!'"

— Scott Brinker, Program Chair, MarTech

"Your presentation on "Automation's Impact on the Knowledge Worker" was exactly what we needed to launch the discussion. It was powerful, insightful, and was thought provoking for all in the room. We have had nothing but positive feedback."

— Frank Casale, CEO, The Outsourcing Institute

 

"Insightful and empirical information about the impact of digital technology on business. Entertainingly and convincingly presented. Erik is generous with his time and his expertise, and presents with authority and humor."

— Neil Jacobsohn, FutureWorld

 

"Very engaging topic that fit well with our retail model and desire to innovate. Not too cerebral for the mixed audience. Kept everyone entertained. Thought provoking. A lot of good post presentation feedback."

— Kelly Abney, Walmart