Midas Oracle .ORG » George Mason Department of Economics http://www.midasoracle.org Prediction Markets, etc. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:14:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The best presentations from the world’s best conference on enterprise prediction markets —ever http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/06/10/enterprise-prediction-markets-4/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/06/10/enterprise-prediction-markets-4/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:17:59 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7205 Continue reading →]]> Awesome slides in bold.

Brought to you by Koleman Strumpf (circa November 2007):

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Henry Berg, Microsoft <slides>
Discussant: Robin Hanson (George Mason Department of Economics) <slides>
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Christina Ann LaComb, GE (The Imagination Market; abstract is free, text is gated) <slides>
Discussant: Marco Ottaviani (Kellogg School of Management, Management and Strategy) <slides>
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Dawn Keller, Best Buy (Best Buy’s TAGTRADE Market) <slides>
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Bo Cowgill, Google (Putting Crowd Wisdom to Work) <slides>
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Jim Lavoie, Co-Founder and CEO, Rite-Solutions <slides>
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David Perry, Co-Founder and President, Consensus Point <slides>
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Mat Fogarty, Founder and CEO, Xpree Inc <slides>

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Tom W. Bell, Chapman University School of Law <slides>

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]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/06/10/enterprise-prediction-markets-4/feed/ 0 Reminder: Corporate Applications of Prediction Markets Conference (1 November) http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/10/25/reminder-corporate-applications-of-prediction-markets-conference-1-november/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/10/25/reminder-corporate-applications-of-prediction-markets-conference-1-november/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:49:51 +0000 Koleman Strumpf http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/10/25/reminder-corporate-applications-of-prediction-markets-conference-1-november/ Continue reading →]]> The conference will be held next Thursday (1 November) at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. All of the details are available on the conference webpage (http://people.ku.edu/~cigar/PMConf_2007) and the schedule is listed below.

I am pleased to note that Mat Fogarty (Founder and CEO, Xpree) and Alexander Costakis (Managing Director, HSX) have been added to the program.

Please get in touch with me (cigar@ku.edu) if you are interested in attending or have any questions.

 

Schedule

8:30 Registration, Coffee, Opening Remarks

9:00 Lessons from Corporate Applications of Prediction Markets

Henry Berg, Microsoft

Discussant: Robin Hanson (George Mason Department of Economics)

Christina Ann LaComb, GE (The Imagination Market; abstract is free, text is gated)

Discussant: Marco Ottaviani (Kellogg School of Management, Management and Strategy)

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Lessons from Corporate Applications of Prediction Markets (cont)

Dawn Keller, Best Buy (Best Buy’s TAGTRADE Market)

Discussant: Paul Rhode (Department of Economics. Eller College of Management, University of Arizona)

Bo Cowgill, Google (Putting Crowd Wisdom to Work)

Discussant: Eric Zitzewitz (Dartmouth Department of Economics)

12:45 Lunch

Keynote address: Jim Lavoie, Co-Founder and CEO, Rite-Solutions

1:45 Lessons from Prediction Market Organizers and Operators

John Delaney, Founder and CEO, Intrade

David Perry, Co-Founder and President, Consensus Point

Mat Fogarty, Founder and CEO, Xpree Inc

3:15 Break (refreshments)

3:30 The Legal Playing Field

Tom W. Bell, Chapman University School of Law

Discussant: Robert E. Litan (VP Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Director of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center on Regulatory Studies)

4:15 General Discussion

Alexander Costakis (Managing Director, Hollywood Stock Exchange) will also be available to answer questions and may make a short presentation.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/10/25/reminder-corporate-applications-of-prediction-markets-conference-1-november/feed/ 0 Conference: Corporate Applications of Prediction/Information Markets (Thursday, 1 November 2007) http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/09/17/conference-corporate-applications-of-predictioninformation-markets-thursday-1-november-2007/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/09/17/conference-corporate-applications-of-predictioninformation-markets-thursday-1-november-2007/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:09:58 +0000 Koleman Strumpf http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/09/17/conference-corporate-applications-of-predictioninformation-markets-thursday-1-november-2007/ Continue reading →]]> I have organized a conference on corporate prediction markets which may be of interest to Midas Oracle readers. It will take place on 1 November at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City. All of the details are available on the conference webpage (http://people.ku.edu/~cigar/PMConf_2007/PredictionMarketsConference.html) with some background available on the conference flier (http://people.ku.edu/~cigar/PMConf_2007/PredictionMarketsConference_Flier.html). Note that this is a free conference but you should get in touch with me if you plan on attending.

The preliminary schedule is listed below:

Schedule

8:30 Registration, Coffee, Opening Remarks

9:00 Lessons from Corporate Applications of Prediction Markets

Henry Berg, Microsoft

Discussant: Robin Hanson (George Mason Department of Economics)

Christina Ann LaComb, GE (The Imagination Market; abstract is free, text is gated)

Discussant: Marco Ottaviani (Kellogg School of Management, Management and Strategy)

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Lessons from Corporate Applications of Prediction Markets (cont)

Dawn Keller, Best Buy (Best Buy’s TAGTRADE Market)

Discussant: Paul Rhode (Department of Economics. Eller College of Management, University of Arizona)

Bo Cowgill, Google (Putting Crowd Wisdom to Work)

Discussant: Eric Zitzewitz (Dartmouth Department of Economics)

12:30 Lunch

Keynote address: Jim Lavoie, Co-Founder and CEO, Rite-Solutions

1:45 Lessons from Prediction Market Organizers and Operators

John Delaney, Founder and CEO, Intrade

David Perry, Co-Founder and President, Consensus Point

3:00 Break (refreshments)

3:15 The Legal Playing Field

Tom W. Bell, Chapman University School of Law

Discussant: Robert E. Litan (VP Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Director of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center on Regulatory Studies)

4:00 General Discussion

6:30 Dinner

Location TBA

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