Creating Social Change Through Public-Private Partnerships Tue., November 02, 2021 | 9:00 AM — 1:00 PM Keller Center 1307 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 United States Sponsored By: UChicago Urban Labs 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 (Invited) Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago Valerie Jarrett, CEO and Member of the Board, Barack Obama Foundation Date & Time: November 1, 1:00pm – 5:30pm CT November 2, 9:00am – 1:00pm CT Conference Agenda Speaker Bios Recent News More news Affordable Care Act Led to Parents Staying in Jobs Longer, Study Finds Tue., July 16, 2024 Harris Voices: Amilcar Guzman, CLA'24, on an Education Inside and Outside the Classroom Mon., July 15, 2024 What's the Right Amount of Repression? UChicago Scholars Explore the Dictator's Dilemma Mon., July 15, 2024
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