A conversation with
Iris Bohnet
Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Director of the Women and Public Policy Program, HKS
Co-chair, Behavioral Insights Group, HKS
Cynthia Dwork
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering
Radcliffe Alumnae Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Alex “Sandy” Pentland
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Toshiba Professor, MIT
Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program Director, MIT
Sheila Jasanoff (moderator)
Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
Director, Program on Science, Technology and Society, HKS

Panelists Iris Bohnet, Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School,Director of its Women and Public Policy Program and Co-chair of its Behavioral Insights Group; Cynthia Dwork, the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; and Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program Director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology joined moderator Sheila Jasanoff, the Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Society at the Harvard Kennedy School for a panel discussion to reflect on the future of artificial intelligence. The panelists specifically discussed the role bias has played—and will play—in the construction of AI programs, particularly given the human subjectivity inherent in programming.

Khizr Khan
Constitutional Rights Advocate 
Intisar Rabb
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Director, Islamic Legal Studies Program, HLS
Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Harvard University Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
 

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Constitutional rights advocate and Gold Star father Khizr Khan joined Harvard Law School Professor of Law, Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Harvard University Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Director of HLS's Islamic Legal Studies Program Intisar Rabb, in conversation at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. Mr. Khan discussed the current national political situation generally but particularly focused on the necessity of valuing the American Constitution and the importance of action in the face of forces seeking to undermine our constitutional rights.

A Conversation with
Katherine Baicker
C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Policy and Management,
T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
President’s Council of Economic Advisers (2005-2007)
Jonathan Gruber
Ford Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Technical Consultant, Obama Administration on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2009-2010)
Avik Roy
Co-Founder and President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute (2011-2016)
Gail R. Wilensky
Senior Fellow, Project HOPE
Director, Medicare and Medicaid (1990-1992)
Amitabh Chandra (moderator)
Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy Research, Harvard Kennedy School

Moderator Amitabh Chandra, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at the Kennedy School, was joined by Professor Katherine Baicker, former member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Jonathan Gruber, Ford Professor of Economics at M.I.T., Dr. Avik Roy, Co-Founder and President on the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, and Gail R. Wilensky, Senior Fellow at Project HOPE and former Director of Medicare and Medicaid, to discuss possible alternatives to the Affordable Care Act. The panelists discussed an array of issues relating to the nuances of the Affordable Care Act, including the inevitable trade-off between coverage and cost, adverse selection, and the structuring of premium support. The panelists also took questions from the audience on alternatives to the individual mandate as well as how payment reform will affect “high-cost” groups like the disabled.

Farah Pandith, Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project, HKS; former Special Representative to Muslim Communities, US State Department (2009-2014); former Fellow, Institute of Politics (Spring 2014)

Institute of Politics, Faculty Dining Room, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School