The University of Chicago Urban Labs and Harris School of Public Policy are pleased to invite you to an event exploring how a new, more action-oriented social science can help solve social problems by partnering with government agencies, NGOs and private-sector firms. This conference will discuss the opportunities and challenges of this approach through conversations with policymakers, practitioners and their ‘policy lab’ partners at leading universities across the country such as Harvard, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Northwestern, Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, and University of Notre Dame.

The conference will be a hybrid event, taking place in person at the University of Chicago and streaming virtually.

Featuring:
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot 
Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago
Valerie Jarrett, Interim President, Obama Foundation
 
Date & Time:
November 1, 1:00pm – 5:30pm CT
November 2, 8:00am – 12:00pm CT

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Conference Agenda 

Speaker Bios