Conference on Corporate Applications
of Prediction/Information Markets
Kansas City Brookside Room.
Links: Directions, Conference Center,
Sheraton
Suites Hotel, Directions
from Sheraton Suites Hotel to Conference Center
Sponsors:
University of
Kansas School of Business
Organizer:
Further Details:
Registration
Page (please complete if you would like to attend)
Information
on Country Club Plaza
Summary of conference presentations
Slides of presentations listed below
(pdf format)
Schedule
Koleman Strumpf (KU
William L. Fuerst,
Dean,
Henry Berg, Microsoft <slides>
Discussant: Robin Hanson (George Mason Department of Economics) <slides>
Christina Ann LaComb, GE (The Imagination Market; abstract is free, text is gated) <slides>
Discussant: Marco
Ottaviani (
10:45 Coffee Break
Dawn Keller, Best Buy (Best Buy’s TAGTRADE Market) <slides>
Discussant: Paul Rhode (Department of Economics. Eller College of Management, University of Arizona)
Bo Cowgill, Google (Putting Crowd Wisdom to Work) <slides>
Discussant: Eric Zitzewitz (Dartmouth Department of Economics)
Keynote address: Jim Lavoie, Co-Founder and CEO, Rite-Solutions <slides>
1:45 Lessons from Prediction Market Organizers and Operators
John Delaney, Founder and CEO, Intrade <slides> <transcript>
David Perry, Co-Founder and President, Consensus Point <slides>
Mat Fogarty, Founder and CEO, Xpree Inc <slides>
Tom W. Bell, Chapman University School of Law <slides>
Discussant:
Robert E. Litan (VP
Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation, Senior Fellow at the Brookings
Institution, Director of the
4:15 General Discussion
Alexander Costakis (Managing
Director, Hollywood Stock Exchange) will also be
available to answer questions and may make a short presentation
7:00 Dinner (for speakers and selected guests)
Brio Tuscan Grille (located in Country Club Plaza)
Contacts:
Monica Lemmons, 785-864-7369
Koleman Strumpf, 785-864-7485