Agenda

Opening Address: Macroeconomic Impacts of Immigration:                    Heidi Williams, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College

“Third Country Effects of US Immigration Policy” by Agostina Brinatti and Xing Guo 

Presenter:    Agostina Brinatti,  Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Discussant:  Marta Prato, Assistant Professor of Economics, Bocconi University &  Visiting Fellow, SIEPR 

Discussant:  Britta Glennon,  Assistant Professor of Management, University of Pennsylvania 

Discussant:  Stephen Haber, Park L. Loughlin Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution & Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

"The IT Boom and Other Unintended Consequences of Chasing the American Dream” by Gaurav Khanna and Nicolas Morales

Presenter:   Gaurav Khanna, Associate Professor of Economics, UCSD

Discussant: Michael Clemens, Professor of Economics, George Mason University 

Discussant: Melanie Morten, Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Chair: Ross Levine, Booth Derbas Family/Edward Lazear Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

“The Contribution of Foreign Master's Students to U.S. Start-ups” Michel Beine, Giovanni Peri, and Morgan Raux   

Presenter: Giovanni Peri, Professor of Economics, UC Davis  

Discussant: Justin Grimmer, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Professor of Public Policy, Stanford University 

Discussant:  Nicolas Morales, Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 

Chair: Amit Seru, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business 

Remarks by Condoleezza Rice, Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution

This panel will bring together business leaders and immigration law practitioners to explore the interconnection between innovation and immigration, and to discuss the challenges of attracting and retaining high-skilled talent in the United States. Panelists will examine gaps and inefficiencies in the current immigration system and discuss potential approaches to strengthen the high-skilled immigration pipeline. The conversation will focus on how reforms could support innovation and enhance America's global competitiveness.

Panelist: Misha Esipov, Co-Founder & CEO, Nova Credit

Panelist: Amy Nice,  Distinguished Immigration Counsel, Institute for Progress and Distinguished Immigration Fellow, Cornell University  

Panelist: Giovanni Peri,  Professor of Economics, UC Davis 

Panelist: Alex Rampell, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz 

Moderator: Paola Sapienza, J-P Conte Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution