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For more context around this Convening and to kickstart our thinking, please review this background memo.
Wednesday, June 11
5:00 PM — Reception
Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Allison Dining Room
6:00 PM — Dinner
Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A, B, and C
7:00 PM — Keynote
Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A, B, and C
Opening remarks by Jeremy Weinstein, Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Keynote address by Jens Ludwig, Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago; Director, Crime Lab; Co-Director, Education Lab
Thursday, June 12
Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner Building, 4th Floor
8:00 AM — Breakfast
Wexner 434 A.B & Rubenstein 414 AB
8:45 AM — Welcoming Remarks
Wexner 436
Avi Green, Working Group on Public Solutions R&D
Roseanna Ander, University of Chicago Urban Labs
9:00–9:45 AM — Project Session 1
Wexner 436
Speaker: Marcella Alsan, Harvard Kennedy School
Paper: The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails
9:45–10:05 AM — Meta-Challenge Talk
Wexner 436
Speaker: Jeffrey Liebman, Harvard Kennedy School
What enables engaged public solutions research projects to succeed rather than fail?
10:05–10:50 AM — Meta-Challenge Breakout Groups
Various Rooms
10:50–11:00 AM — Break
Wexner 434 AB & Rubenstein 414 AB
11:00–11:45 AM — Project Session 2
Wexner 436
Speaker: Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University
Paper: Challenges to Hospital Fraud Control in Government Health Insurance
11:45 AM–12:30 PM — Project Session 3
Wexner 436
Speaker: Amy Lerman, UC Berkeley
Paper: Civic Engagement at Scale: Co-Governance for California’s Climate Future
12:30 PM — Lunch
Wexner 434 AB & Rubenstein 414 AB
1:30–2:15 PM — Project Session 4
Wexner 436
Speaker: Seth Zimmerman, Yale University
Paper: Parents’ Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten
2:15–2:45 PM — Meta-Challenge Talk
Wexner 436
Elizabeth Linos, Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor for Public Policy and Management, and Faculty Director of The People Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School
Paper: Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption
Jonah Edelman, Stand for Children
2:45–3:30 PM — Meta-Challenge Breakout Groups
Various Rooms
3:30–3:40 PM — Break
Wexner 434 AB & Rubenstein 414 AB
3:40–4:25 PM — Project Session 5
Wexner 436
Speaker: Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins Universityy
Paper: Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
4:25–4:40 PM — Break
Wexner 434 AB & Rubenstein 414 AB
4:40–5:25 PM — Project Session 6
Wexner 436
Speaker: Daniel E. Ho, Stanford University
Paper: AI for Scaling Legal Reform: Racial Covenants and Code Reform
6:00 PM — Reception
Charles Hotel, Kennedy Room, Ground Floor. May be hosted outdoors if weather permits.
7:00 PM — Working Dinner: How Do We Achieve Transformational Innovation?
Facilitated table discussions across new networks exploring short-term high-impact initiatives
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Please note that this convening will be photographed. Upon registration at the Harvard Kennedy School, attendees will be asked to sign a Photo and Video Release Form.
Friday, June 13
Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner Building, 4th Floor
8:00 AM — Breakfast
Wexner 434 AB & Rubenstein 414 AB
8:50–9:45 AM — Meta-Challenge: Building a Movement for Public Solutions R&D
Wexner 436
Speakers:
Sarah Oppenheimer, Opportunity Insights, Harvard
Derek Kilmer, Rockefeller Foundation
Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan
Jeremy Weinstein, Harvard Kennedy School
9:45–10:00 AM — Break
Wexner 434 AB & Rubenstein 414 AB
10:00–10:45AM — Meta-Challenge Breakout Groups
Various Rooms
11:00 AM–12:00 PM — Readouts, Takeaways, and Next Steps
Wexner 436
Avi Green, Working Group on Public Solutions R&D
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM — Boxed Lunch
Wexner 434 AB & Rubenstein 414 AB
12:00–2:30 PM — Working Group Debrief & Governance Meeting
Allison Dining Room
Working Group Members Only