UBC-HKU Summer Theory Conference 2020
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About
The UBC-HKU Summer Theory Conference is an annual event that alternates between Vancouver (University of British Columbia) and Hong Kong (University of Hong Kong). For more information about the past editions, please visit here. This year, the conference was supposed to be held in Vancouver, but due to the pandemic of COVID-19, we decided to make it as an online conference.
Date
July 21st - 22nd, 2020 (in PDT).
Venue
The UBC-HKU Summer Theory Conference 2020 is going virtual. We plan to have it as a Zoom webinar, and anyone can join the conference as “participants.”
Instruction
Instruction is available here.
Registration
Registration form as a participant
Speakers
- Nicole Immorlica (Microsoft)
- Jason Hartline (Northwestern University, Computer Science)
- Michael Schwarz (Microsoft)
- Alex Smolin (Toulouse School of Economics)
- Isaias N. Chaves (Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management)
Conference Program
- All listed times are in Pacific Daylight Time zone (PDT).
- Each session consists of a 60-minutes presentation + 30-minute discussion.
Day 1: July 21st (Tue), 2020
| Day 1 | |
|---|---|
| 08:00am - 09:30am | Nicole Immorlica (Microsoft) “Incentivizing Exploration with Selective Data Disclosure” (joint with Jieming Mao, Alex Slivkins and Steven Wu) |
| 09:30am - 10:00am | —— Break (30 min) —————————————— |
| 10:00am - 11:30am | Jason Hartline (Northwestern, Computer Science) “Optimal Prior-independent Mechanism Design” (joint with Aleck Johnsen and Yingkai Li) |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | —— Break (60 min) —————————————— |
| 12:30pm - 02:00pm | Michael Schwarz (Microsoft) “Efficient Capacity Provisioning for Firms with Multiple Locations: The Case of Public Cloud” (joint with Patrick Hummel) |
Day 2: July 22nd (Wed), 2020
| Day 2 | |
|---|---|
| 08:00am - 09:30am | Alex Smolin (Toulouse, Economics) “Disclosure and Pricing of Attributes” |
| 09:30am - 10:00am | —— Break (30 min) —————————————— |
| 10:00am - 11:30am | Isa Chaves (Northwestern, Kellogg) “Bargaining in Securities” (joint with Felipe Varas) |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Happy Hour |
Organizers
- Vancouver School of Economics, The University of British Columbia
- School of Economics and Finance and Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, The University of Hong Kong