The theme for this year’s conference is: Applying Behavioral Science in your Own Backyard, and we have a star-studded line-up led by our conference co-chairs, Abby Sussman (University of Chicago) and Denise Rousseau (Carnegie Mellon University).

Highlights include:

Keynote – Fireside Chat: International Development Without a Federal Mandate
Nicholas Kristof – NY Times columnist, best-selling author, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
Dean Karlan – Former Chief Economist of USAID, Professor of Economics & Finance at Northwestern University

• Keynote Panel: Injecting Behavioral Science Insights for Health Care Policy
(David Asch, Sally Welborn & Kevin Volpp)
• Panel Discussion: Experimenting in your Organization
(Jennifer Kurkoski, Elizabeth Linos, Vickie Pisowicz, Jessie Wisdom)
• Panel Discussion: Behavioral Aspects of Policing
(Jens Ludwig, Roger Mayer, David Schoorman, Tom Tyler)
• Panel Discussion: Scaling & Implementation of Behavioral Interventions
(Emily Cardon, Louise Connell, Stefano DellaVigna, Dean Fixsen, Scott Young)
• Book Panel: Morality & Polarization
(Michael Morris, Dave Nussbaum, Steven Sloman, Leor Zmigrod)
• Topic-focused Sessions
(Tina Christie, Matthew Cronin, Carrie Leana, Emma Levine, Jeffrey Linder, Katherine White)
• Best Publication & Young Investigator Awards (Hal Hershfield)