The International Festival of Economics, in Turin, October 22-25

 The International Festival of Economics will take place in Turin from 22 to 25 October 2026.  I hope to be there to participate in all but the first day. (I'll be speaking on Saturday.)

 The International Festival of Economics 2026

"Following the success of its first four editions, respectively dedicated to The New Generations of the World (2025), Who Owns Knowledge (2024), Rethinking Globalization (2023), and Merit, Diversity and Social Justice (2022), the Festival will return from October 22 to 25 in some of the most beautiful venues in the center of the Piedmontese capital with a new edition titled Saving the Welfare State. In Turin, some of the most authoritative economists and international experts working at the forefront of research on this topic will meet, together with scholars from many other disciplines.

The International Festival of Economics is curated by Editori Laterza and Collegio Carlo Alberto - Torino Local Committee (TOLC) under the scientific direction of Tito Boeri. The event is promoted by the TOLC, which brings together the Piedmont Region, the City of Turin, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, the University of Turin, the Polytechnic University of Turin, the Turin Chamber of Commerce, Unioncamere Piemonte, Unione Industriali Torino, and Legacoop, coordinated by the Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto.

Collegio Carlo Alberto will be one of the festival's venues, hosting 29 events.

Visit the Festival Website"
 

NBER Market Design Working Group Meeting, tomorrow at Stanford

 Here's the program for the NBER Market Design Working Group Meeting, Fall 2026

I'll be discussing Moral Economics with Canice Prendergast. 

Friday, October 16

8:00 am Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am Personalized Recommendations Without Inducing Congestion: Mitigating Disparities in the NYC High School Match

Erica Chiang, Cornell University

Nikhil Garg, Cornell University

Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University

Rebecca Lichtenstein, New York City Public Schools

Brielle McDaniel, New York City Public Schools

Kristen O’Neil, New York City Public Schools

Kenny Peng, Cornell University

Eva Tardos, Cornell University

Dejaunique Thomas, New York City Public Schools

Lianna Wright, New York City Public Schools

 

9:45 am Who Gets What in Education: Can School Matching Improve Student Achievement?

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University and NBER

Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Christopher R. Walters, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

 

10:30 am Break

11:00 am Searchable Menus

Piotr Dworczak, Northwestern University

Frank Yang, Stanford University

 

11:45 am Two-Sided Matching with Partial Participation

Avinatan Hassidim, Bar-Ilan University

Assaf Romm, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ran Shorrer, The Pennsylvania State University

 

12:30 pm Lunch and Conversation with Al Roth about his latest book, "Moral Economics" with Canice Prendergast as Moderator

 

2:30 pm Clearing Multi-Unit Markets with Simple Pricing

Ali Makhdoumi, Duke University

Saša Pekeč, Duke University

Xinchang Wang, Duke University

 

3:15 pm Quota Marketplace: Dynamic Pricing for Efficient Allocation of ML Training Resources

Vasilis Gkatzelis, Drexel University

Renato Paes Leme, Google Research

Ian McFarlane, Google Research

Nehal Mehta, Google Research

Vahab Mirrokni, Google Research

Balasubramanian Sivan, Google Research

Mihai Tiuca, Google Research

Amin Vahdat, Google Research

Soheil Hassas Yeganeh, Google Research

 

4:00 pm Break

 

4:30 pm One-Shot Pricing for Hands-Off-the-Wheel Advertising Markets

Emerson Melo, Indiana University

Matthew Shum, California Institute of Technology

Rakesh Vohra, University of Pennsylvania

 

5:15 pm Paying for Information, Not for Clicks: A Block-Level Publisher Content Marketplace for AI Answers

Markus Mobius, Microsoft Research

Nicole Immorlica, Microsoft Research

Oliver Kiss, Spreadmonitor

Brendan Lucier, Microsoft Research

Ishan Mahajan, Microsoft Research

Jingyi Qiu, University of Michigan School of Information

Tanya Rosenblat, University of Michigan

David M. Rothschild, Microsoft Research

Andras Sari, Central European University

Colin Watson, Microsoft Research

6:30 pm Group Dinner 

 

Saturday, October 17

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Screening for Usage

Justin Hadad, Stanford University

Kyle Woodward, Assign Group

 

9:45 am

Pricing the Right to Renege in Search Markets: Evidence from Trucking

Richard Faltings, University of California, San Diego

 

10:30 am

Break

 

11:00 am

Competition and Welfare in Airport Slot Allocation

Sebastian D. Bauer, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

11:45 am

Road Pricing under Heterogeneity

Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University

Brad Ross, University of Pennsylvania

Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University

Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER

 

12:30 pm

Boxed Lunch and Adjourn

International Workshop on Bounded Rationality In honour of Professor Reinhard Selten. Poznań, 5 October 2026

 On what would have been his 96th birthday, a hybrid (in person and online) conference in honor of the late Reinhard Selten.

 Here's the announcement: 

International Workshop on Bounded Rationality In honour of Professor Reinhard Selten – the man who changed the way we think about rationality,   Poznań, 5 October 2026 

Poznań University of Economics and Business – Hybrid event (on-site and online)

Dear Researchers, Doctoral Students and Students,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to a unique International Workshop on Bounded Rationality, held in honour of Professor Reinhard Selten – Nobel Laureate in Economics, co-founder of experimental economics and game theory, and a man deeply connected with Poznań, where he lived and passed away.

The event will take place on 5 October 2026, exactly on the day Professor Selten would have celebrated his 96th birthday. This is a perfect opportunity to pay tribute to his remarkable scientific legacy and to draw inspiration from his approach to the study of human rationality.

The event is held under the honorary patronage of the Rector of Poznań University of Economics and Business.

Why should you attend?

• Outstanding speakers from around the world – including Prof. Rosemarie Nagel, Prof. Eyal Winter, Prof. Daniel Friedman, Prof. Werner Güth, Prof. Eric Guerci, Prof. Ido Erev, Prof. Vincent Crawford, Prof. Axel Ockenfels, Prof. Tibor Neugebauer and Prof. Karim Sadrieh.
• Current research directions in bounded rationality – from game theory, through experimental economics, to behavioural finance.
• A unique atmosphere – the workshop combines an on-site session in Poznań with online sessions, enabling participants from all over the world to take part.
• Honouring Professor Selten’s legacy – his work continues to inspire researchers to push the boundaries of traditional economics.

A few words about the programme

The workshop is divided into three sessions:

• Morning session– chaired by Prof. Marcin Anholcer. Speakers include Prof. Tibor Neugebauer, Prof. Rosemarie Nagel, Prof. Eyal Winter and Prof. Karim Sadrieh.
• Afternoon session– chaired by Prof. Krzysztof Malaga. Talks will be given by, among others, Prof. Daniel Friedman, Prof. Werner Güth and Prof. Eric Guerci.
• Final session– chaired by Prof. Tibor Neugebauer. Speakers include Prof. Ido Erev and Prof. Vincent Crawford.

Each scientific talk lasts 30 minutes. The full programme is presented below.

Workshop programme

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Morning session – chaired by Prof. Marcin Anholcer (Poznań University of Economics and Business)

• 9:55 – Opening words · Prof. Marcin Anholcer, Vice-Rector for Scientific Research
• 10:00 – Prof. Tibor Neugebauer (University of Luxembourg)
  Reinhard Selten’s Life and Bounded Rationality
• 10:30 – Prof. Rosemarie Nagel (Universitat Pompeu Fabra & ICREA, Barcelona)
  Understanding Human Behavior and Games through Similarity. And how Selten Led Me to 2×2 Games
• 11:00 – Prof. Eyal Winter (Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Lancaster University)
  Spillover Effects Across Interactive Environments and Social Pollution
• 11:30 – Prof. Karim Sadrieh (University of Magdeburg)
  Selten’s Impulse Balance Equilibrium: a literature survey and a numerical approach
• 12:00 – Lunch & informal discussion

Afternoon session – chaired by Prof. Krzysztof Malaga (Poznań University of Economics and Business)

• 14:15 – Prof. Daniel Friedman (University of California, Santa Cruz)
  Evolving Overconfident Managers
• 14:45 – Prof. Werner Güth (Max Planck Institute for Research on Behavioral Economics, Bonn)
  (Un)Absorbability of Behavioral Decision Theory — Ideal or Warning —
• 15:15 – Prof. Eric Guerci (Université Côte d’Azur, Nice)
  Learning to Forecast: A lab-in-the-field experiment with finance professionals
• 15:45 – Break
• 15:45 – Prof. Axel Ockenfels (University of Cologne & Max Planck Institute for Research on Behavioral Economics, Bonn)
  Personal address

Final session – chaired by Prof. Tibor Neugebauer

• 16:00 – Prof. Ido Erev (Technion — Israel Institute of Technology)
  The Coexistence of Under-Investment and Under-Diversification
• 16:30 – Prof. Vincent Crawford (University of Oxford & UC San Diego)
  Strategic Thinking

Online participation – how to join?

The workshop can be followed free of charge online via the Zoom platform. Participants from all over the world are warmly welcome!

Zoom meeting link:
https://ue-poznan-pl.zoom.us/j/92747785836?pwd=9rDmnm33aD2YJeWNGZPmIkMghNYjpQ.1

Meeting chat link:
https://ue-poznan-pl.zoom.us/launch/jc/92747785836

Meeting ID: 927 4778 5836
Access code: 115438

Start time: 5 October 2026, 8:45 AM Warsaw time

 

NBER Market Design Working Group Meeting, October at Stanford, Preliminary program

 Here's a preliminary program for the October NBER Market Design Working Group Meeting at Stanford

Market Design Working Group Meeting
Organized by Eric Budish and Michael Ostrovsky
October 16-17, 2026

Format: 35 minutes for the presentation, 10 minutes for discussion.
 

Friday, October 16
 
9:00 am    
Personalized Recommendations Without Inducing Congestion: Mitigating Disparities in the NYC High School Match
Erica Chiang, Cornell University
Kenny Peng, Cornell University
Rebecca Lichtenstein, New York City Public Schools
Brielle McDaniel, New York City Public Schools
Kristen O'Neil, New York City Public Schools
Dejaunique Thomas, New York City Public Schools
Lianna Wright, New York City Public Schools
Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University
Eva Tardos, Cornell University
Nikhil Garg, Cornell University
 

9:45 am    
Who Gets What in Education: Can School Matching Improve Student Achievement?
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University and NBER
Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christopher R. Walters, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
 

10:30 am    
Break
 

11:00 am    
Searchable Menus
Frank Yang, Stanford University
Piotr Dworczak, Northwestern University
 

11:45 am    
Two-Sided Matching with Partial Participation
Assaf Romm, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ran Shorrer, The Pennsylvania State University
Avinatan Hassidim, Bar-Ilan University

12:30 pm    
Lunch and Conversation with Al Roth about his latest book, "Moral Economics"
 

2:30 pm    
Clearing Multi-Unit Markets with Simple Pricing
Ali Makhdoumi, Duke University
Saša Pekeč, Duke University
Xinchang Wang, Duke University
 

3:15 pm    
Quota Marketplace: Dynamic Pricing for Efficient Allocation of ML Training Resources
Renato Paes Leme, Google Research
Balasubramanian Sivan, Google Research
Mihai Tiuca, Google Research
Ian McFarlane, Google Research
Vasilis Gkatzelis, Drexel University
Nehal Mehta, Google Research
Soheil Hassas Yeganeh, Google Research
Vahab Mirrokni, Google Research
Amin Vahdat, Google Research
 

4:00 pm    
Break
 

4:30 pm    
One-Shot Pricing for Hands-Off-the-Wheel Advertising Markets
Emerson Melo, Indiana University
Matthew Shum, California Institute of Technology
Rakesh Vohra, University of Pennsylvania
 

5:15 pm    
Paying for Information, Not for Clicks: A Block-Level Publisher Content Marketplace for AI Answers
Markus Mobius, University of Michigan
Andras Sari, Central European University
Tanya Rosenblat, University of Michigan
David M. Rothschild, Microsoft Research
Brendan Lucier, Microsoft Research
Nicole Immorlica, Yale University
Oliver Kiss, Spreadmonitor
Jingyi Qiu, University of Michigan School of Information
Colin Watson, Microsoft Research
Ishan Mahajan, Microsoft Research
 

6:00 pm    
Adjourn
6:30 pm    
Group Dinner at Tamarine Restaurant, 546 University Avenue, Palo Alto
 

Saturday, October 17
8:00 am    
Continental Breakfast
 

9:00 am    
Screening for Usage
Justin Hadad, University of Oxford
Kyle Woodward, Assign Group
 

9:45 am    
Pricing the Right to Renege in Search Markets: Evidence from Trucking
Richard Faltings, University of California, San Diego
 

10:30 am    Break
 

11:00 am    
Competition and Welfare in Airport Slot Allocation
Sebastian D. Bauer, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
 

11:45 am    
Road Pricing under Heterogeneity
Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER
Brad Ross, University of Pennsylvania
Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University
Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University
 

12:30 pm    
Boxed Lunch and Adjourn 

A.I. in health care in Paris

Here's tomorrow's conference agenda for the opening day of the  Redefining Health Care in the Age of A.I. conference in Paris.  Philippe Aghion will speak on "Should we fear AI?"
My talk is about  "Computational Intelligence and Organ Allocation on a Global Scale."

Day 1 – Tuesday 8 September

8:00 am

Opening of the Sorbonne

8:15 am

Attendee registration and welcome coffee with viennoiseries

9:15 am

Introduction by Nature Editors and PITOR Institute
Magdalena Skipper, Joao Monteiro and Alexandre Loupy

9:40 am

Day opening lecture: Should we fear AI?

Philippe Aghion – Nobel Prize Laureate

Chaired by Magdalena Skipper

10:20 am

Keynote: Computational Intelligence and Organ Allocation on a Global Scale

Alvin Roth – Nobel Prize Laureate

Chaired by Alexandre Loupy

11:00 am

Imaging and diagnostic models
Chaired by Alexandre Loupy and Sadra Bakhshandeh

11:00 am

From Pixel to Patient: AI for Multimodal Medical Imaging

Julia Schnabel

11:30 am

Foundation models bridging molecular information and pathology

Guangyu Wang

12:00 pm

Building Trustworthy AI for Clinical Decision-Making

Roxana Daneshjou

12:30 pm

Short Talk Presentation (selected from submitted abstracts)

Disparate privacy risks from medical AI: a new axis of health inequality

Moritz Knolle, Technical University of Munich (TUM)

12:45 pm

Lunch break

2:15 pm

Meet the Nature editors
Joao Monteiro, Magdalena Skipper, George Caputa, Lorenzo Righetto, Monica Wang, Ananya Rastogi, Sadra Bakhshandeh and Wanying Wang

3:15 pm

Keynote: Towards conversational diagnostic artificial intelligence

Alan Karthikesalingam

Chaired by George Caputa

3:55 pm

Coffee break

4:30 pm

Foundation models and drug discovery
Chaired by Roxana Daneshjou and George Caputa

4:30 pm

Six Aging Clocks Confirmed Biological Age Reversal in Phase IIa Trial of a Novel Therapeutic Discovered Using Aging Research and Generative AI

Alex Zhavoronkov

5:00 pm

Building AI for Biological Reasoning: Towards Biological Artificial Superintelligence

Thomas Clozel

5:30 pm

Short Talk Presentation (selected from submitted abstracts)

When AI meets the emergency department: rethinking how we evaluate clinical AI

Austin Schoeffler, Stanford University

5:45 pm

Short Talk Presentation (selected from submitted abstracts)

Testing levels of LLM agent autonomy in inpatient treatment decisions: a prospective, silent-mode evaluation of vancomycin dosing

Yixing Jiang, Stanford University & Kameron C. Black, Stanford Health Care

6:00 pm

Roundtable: Opportunities and limits in implementing AI in healthcare
Effy Vayena, Demilade Adedinsewo, Jessilyn Dunn, James Zou, and Marco Marsella
Moderated by Alexandre Loupy and George Caputa

7:00 pm

Poster session with wine and cheese