Johns Hopkins Behavioral Science Forum on Technology and Social Change

8-8:40 a.m.  Breakfast

8:40-9 a.m.  Welcome

Alex Triantis, Dean, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School; Chair-elect, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Board of Directors

Lainie Rutkow, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Johns Hopkins University; Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

9-10 a.m.  Session 1: Technology and Social Change

Session Chair: Haiyang Yang, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Marketing, Health, and Technology

Research to Market: Technology Commercializations as a Means for Adoption and Impact
Speaker: Christy Wyskiel, Senior Advisor to the President, Johns Hopkins University; Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures

Bias and Misinformation as the News Ecosystem Evolves from Newspapers and Television to Digital and Social Media
Speaker: David Rothschild, University of Pennsylvania; Microsoft Research

10-10:15 a.m.  Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.  Session 2: Engineering and Medical Perspectives

Session Chair: Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Operations Management and Business Analytics, Marketing, and Health

The Challenge of Understanding What Users Want: Inconsistent Preferences and Engagement Optimization
Speaker: Manish Raghavan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Using Touch Technology to Improve Medical Robotic Devices
Speaker: Jeremy Brown, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering; Haptics and Medical Robotics Laboratory

Beyond Technology Adoption: The Behavioral Science of Persistence
Speaker: Paul Ferraro, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Engineering; Center for Behavioral and Experimental Agri-environmental Research

11:15-11:30 a.m.  Break

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.  Panel 1: Methodological Approaches

Discussion Topic: Methods for Advancing Research on Technology and Social Change

Moderator: Rob Mislavsky, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Marketing 

Panelists:
Yaa Akosa Antwi, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Health Economics, Management and Organization
Trey Cummings, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Management and Organization
Elicia John, American University, Marketing 
Jessie Liu, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Marketing and Economics
Jenn Logg, Georgetown University, Management
Ligia Paina, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, International Health

12:30-1:30 p.m.  Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m.  Session 3: Social and Political Perspectives

Session Chair: Colleen Stuart, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Management and Organization

Intervening on Threats in the Air by Promoting Belonging over the Air
Speaker: Kevin Jarbo, Carnegie Mellon University, Social and Decision Sciences; Data-Driven Diversity Lab

Democracy Lives in Darkness: The Contributions and Complications of Political Secrecy in the United States
Speaker: Emily Van Duyn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Internet, Social Media, and the Behavior of Politicians: Evidence from Facebook in Brazil
Speaker: Filipe Campante, Vice Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Economics; Co-Director, D.C. Political Economy Center

2:30-2:45 p.m.   Break

2:45-3:45 p.m.  Session 4: Individual & Market Perspectives

Session Chair: Trey Cummings, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Management and Organization

The Behavioral Science of Online Information Engagement: Theory Tests From Large-Scale Experimentation
Speaker: Oleg Urminsky, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Nicknaming Autonomous Products
Speaker: Stefano Puntoni, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Leveraging Digital Social Connections for Healthy Behavior
Speaker: Gordon Gao, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Information Systems, and Health

3:45-4 p.m.   Break

4-5 p.m.  Panel 2: Roadmap for the Future

Discussion Topic: Roadmap for the Future

Moderator: Meng Zhu, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Marketing and Health

Panelists:
Ritu Agarwal, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Information Systems and Health
Goker Aydin, Vice Dean for Faculty and Research, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Yingyao Hu, Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts & Science, Economics
Dan Polsky, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Hopkins Business of Health Initiative
Rebecca Ratner, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business
Rick Smith, Vice Dean for Education and Partnerships, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

5-7 p.m.  Reception