Agenda: Day 2

Saturday, April 11, 2015
7:30 am – 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:05 am

Opening Remarks

Wharton PAC Team

9:05 am – 9:35 am

Keynote Presentation

Anne Milgram, Former Attorney General of New Jersey, Senior Fellow at NYU Law, Vice President of Criminal Justice for the Laura and John Arnold Foundation

A 20-minute keynote presentation followed by 10-minutes of Q&A with the audience.

9:35 am – 10:20 am

Network Analytics

Rob Cross, Associate Professor of Management, University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
Ben Waber, President and CEO of Sociometric Solutions, Visiting Scientist at MIT Media Lab
Michael Arena, Chief Talent Officer, General Motors
Moderator: Lynn Wu, Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School

Three back-to-back 10-minute case studies/deep-dives (one presentation from each of our three speakers), followed by a 15-minute moderated discussion between the presenters and the audience.

10:20 am – 10:40 am Break
10:40 am – 11:05 am

An Interview with Peter Fasolo, Johnson & Johnson

Interviewee: Peter Fasolo, Vice President of Global Human Resources, Johnson & Johnson
Interviewer: Nancy Rothbard, Professor of Management, The Wharton School

Structured as an interview, with the conversation alternating between a dialogue between speakers and the audience.

11:05 am – 11:50 am

The Limits of Analytics

Mark Huselid, Professor of Workforce Analytics and Director of the Center for Workforce Analytics at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University
Zeynep Tufekci, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science
Roger Martin, Premier's Chair in Productivity & Competitiveness and Academic Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management
Moderator: Cade Massey, Practice Professor of Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School

Three back-to-back 10-minute case studies/deep-dives (one presentation from each of our three speakers), followed by a 15-minute moderated discussion between the presenters and the audience.

11:50 pm – 12:20 pm

Keynote Conversation: An Interview with Jeff Ma

Interviewee: Jeff Ma, Founder and CEO of tenXer, author of "The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big at Business," and former member of the MIT Blackjack Team featured in the book "Bringing Down the House" and the movie "21"
Interviewer: Cade Massey, Practice Professor of Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School

Structured as an interview, with the conversation alternating between a dialogue between speakers and the audience.

12:20 pm – 1:35 pm Lunch, in breakout rooms themed around discussion topics
1:35 pm – 2:05 pm

What Do The Words We Use Say About Us?

Interviewee: Cindy Chung, Senior Research Scientist, Intel
Interviewer: Laura Huang, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School

2:05 pm – 2:50 pm

Aligning Incentives

Brad Staats, Associate Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Lamar Pierce, Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis
Xan Tanner, Co-Founder, Panorama Education
Moderator: Alex Rees-Jones, Professor of Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School

Three back-to-back 10-minute case studies/deep-dives (one presentation from each of our three speakers), followed by a 15-minute moderated discussion between the presenters and the audience.

2:50 pm – 3:10 pm Break
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm

Research Paper Competition: Presentations from our Winners

Third Place Winner
Second Place Winner
First Place Winner
Moderator: Matthew Bidwell, Associate Professor of Management, The Wharton School

An overview of the competition, followed by three back-to-back 10-minute presentations (one presentation from each of our three speakers), and a 15-minute moderated discussion between the presenters and the audience.

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Closing Remarks

Adam Grant, Professor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton School