Conference Schedule

Dana Suskind 

Michael A. Nutter discusses the challenges and opportunities he encountered with regards to scaling evidence-based programs and policies during his tenure as Mayor of Philadelphia. 

Dana Suskind

Hear from early childhood education leaders about how their cities and states are striving to serve the needs of kids and families at scale—and the challenges they’re facing.

• Dwane Chappelle
• Ross Hunter

Pick-up your lunch and return to Assembly Hall!

John List explains how economics can provide a theoretical lens to deepen our understanding of scaling and presents a new mathematical model that identifies the elements of the “scale-up effect.

These sessions will offer a deep dive into two of the four threats to scalability identified by Prof. List. Choose one to attend.

A. Inference – Zacharias Maniadis

B. General Equilibrium and Spillover Effects – Dean Karlan

These sessions will offer a deep dive into the other two of four threats to scalability identified by Prof. List. Choose one to attend.

A. Properties of the Population – Larry L. Orr

B. Properties of the Situation – EB Caron

A panel of experts will discuss the ways they have encountered the elements of the “scale-up effect” in implementing and scaling ambitious programs.

• Sophia Pappas
• Norbert Schady
• Meryl Barofsky
• Lauren Supplee (moderator)

Join us for a cocktail reception and poster session highlighting research funded by the Griffin Applied Economics Incubator’s Innovation Fund.

These sessions will feature panels of experts discussing the external factors that are critical to successful scaling. Scaling does not occur in a vacuum or in a laboratory, and these sessions will help identify ways to maximize the likelihood of scaling success in the real world. Choose one to attend.

A. Political Feasibility – Theresa Hawley, Cynthia Osborne, and Katherine Baicker

B. Integrated Systems + Cross-sectoral Collaboratio – John Borrero, Sherri Killins Stewart, Carlise King, Chris Strausz-Clark, and Elliot Regenstein

C. Workforce + Organizational Capacity – Geoffrey Nagle, Yasmina Vinci, and Diana Rauner

All stakeholders in the early childhood education community, the science community, and the policy community have a role to play in mitigating the scale-up effect and maximizing the promise of evidence-based policy. These sessions will feature leaders from each field discussing what they plan to do moving forward. Choose one to attend.

A. Researchers – Kelly Hallberg, Stephen Raudenbush, and Bentley Ponder 

B. Funders – Speakers TBA

C. Practitioners and Administrators – Chris Bishop, Kai-Ama Hamer, Ralph Smith, and John Easton 

Pick-up your lunch and return to Assembly Hall!

TBA

John List