Inventing The Future of Finance – ID3 & MIT Media Lab

October 28, 2011

Agenda for ID3 and MIT Media Lab Dinner and Workshop

December 1, Thursday: Old State House, Boston (cocktail attire)

Dinner: 6:30 -10:00 pm

December 2, Friday:  MIT Media Lab, Room

7:45 AM: Meet in the lobby of the New Media Lab

8:00 – 8:30 AM: Breakfast

8:30 –8:45 AM: Welcome – John Henry Clippinger & Alex (Sandy) Pentland

8:45 – 9:00 AM: Mutual Introductions

9:00 – 9:40 AM:  Overview of Data-Driven Ecosystems and Trust Frameworks: Sandy Pentland and John Clippinger

9:40 – 10:40 AM:  Framing The Course of Current Financial Crisis: Moderator: Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Larry Weber, William Hoffman, John Redpath, Thomas Quinlan, Christopher Thorpe

10:40 - 11:00 AM: Break

11:00 – 12:00 PM: New Forces on the Horizon: Data Mining and Analytics, Social Networks, Digital Currencies, P2P Markets: Moderator: Sandy Pentland: Amir Hasson, Steve Willis, David Sifry

12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch and 20 minute Skype call Stan Stalnaker, Founder of The Ven global digital currency and HubCulture

1:00 – 2:00 PM:  Trust Frameworks and the Securitization of Data: Moderator: John Clippinger; Mark Bonchek, William Hoffman, John Paloian, Alexa Clay, David Sifry

2:00 – 3:00 PM: Digital Currency Design: Moderator: David Sifry:  Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Josh Middleman, Amir Hasson, Nigel Jacobs

3:00 – 3:15 PM Break

3:15 – 3:45 PM: Straw Man – Designing An Open Financial Infrastructure: Sandy Pentland, John Clippinger, Irving Wladawsky-Berger Facilitators for Interactive Discussion

3:45 – 4:15 PM: Four Breakout Groups To Propose Near Term Scenarios: Teams that combine tech skills, business skills and Fellows skills

4:15 – 5:15 PM: Report of Breakout Groups and Steps for Inventing The Future of Finance

5:15 – 5:30 PM: Wrap Up Comments – John Clippinger, Sandy Pentland and the group

6:30 PM Open Dinner & Drinks

December 3, Saturday: Free Day for Explorations of Discussion and Designing of Follow-on Projects:  MIT Media Lab 9 - 12

8:45 AM: Meet in the lobby of the New Media Lab

9:00 AM: “Un-conference Conference” format where participants set topics and self select for discussion-action groups

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