Check that CFM page for updates. And contact me so I can make additions to the list. (I’ll then re-publish that updated list on Midas Oracle.)

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• Michael Abramowicz – Michael B. Abramowicz – (Law School, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Bernd H. Ankenbrand – Bernd Ankenbrand – (Lecturer, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany, E.U.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• James Annan – (Global Environment Modelling Research Program, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan)
• Werner Antweiler – (UBC Election Stock Market, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
• Kenneth J. Arrow – Kenneth Arrow – (Economics Department, Stanford University, California, U.S.A.)
• Tom W. Bell – Tom Bell – (Law School, Chapman University, California, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Joyce E. Berg – Joyce Berg – Profile – (Iowa Electronic Markets, Accounting, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa, U.S.A.)
• Richard Borghesi – (Finance, Texas State University at San Marcos, Texas, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Kay-Yut Chen – (Information Services & Process Innovation Lab, HP Labs, HP, California, U.S.A.)
• Yiling Chen – (Micro-Economic and Social Systems, Yahoo! Research Labs, New York, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Eric Crampton – (Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Ely Dahan – (Marketing, Anderson School, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.)
• Anita Elberse – (Marketing, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
• Leslie R. Fine – Leslie Fine – (Information Dynamics Lab, HP Labs, California, U.S.A.)
• Gary William Flake – Gary W. Flake – Gary Flake – (MicroSoft, U.S.A.)
• Robert Forsythe – (Dean, College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, Florida, U.S.A.) — Previously: (Economics, Iowa Electronic Markets, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa, U.S.A.)
• Lance Fortnow – Lance J. Fortnow – (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Illinois, U.S.A.)
• Keith Jacks Gamble – Keith Gamble – (Economics (University of California at Berkeley) – California, U.S.A. — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Michael Gorham – (IIT Center for Financial Markets, Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois, U.S.A.) — Previously: (CFTC)
• Thomas S. Gruca – Thomas Gruca – Profile – (Iowa Electronic Markets, Marketing, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa, U.S.A.)
• Refet Gurkaynak – (Department of Economics, Bilkent University, Turkey)
• Friedrich August Von Hayek — R.I.P. — The market as an information aggregation tool: The Use of Knowledge in Society —
• Robert W. Hahn – Robert Hahn – (Executive Director, Reg-Markets Center, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• James D. Hamilton – James Hamilton – (Department of Economics, University of California at San Diego – California, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Robin Hanson – Robin D. Hanson – (Economics, James M. Buchanan Center, George Mason University, Virginia, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• M. Todd Henderson – (Law School, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)
• Chris Hibbert – (Software Architect, Zocalo Project Manager, California, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Charles Holt – Charles A. Holt – (Department of Economics, University of Virginia, Virginia, U.S.A.)
• Bernardo A. Huberman – Bernardo Huberman – (Social Computing Lab, HP Labs, California, U.S.A.)
• Frédéric Koessler – (Economics, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, France, E.U.)
• Anthony M. Kwasnica – Anthony Kwasnica – (Business Economics, Department of Insurance and Real Estate, Smeal College of Business Administration, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
• Nicolas Lambert – (Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, California, U.S.A.)
• John O. Ledyard – John Ledyard – (Economics and and Social Sciences, Division of Humanity and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, California, U.S.A.)
• Andrew Leigh – (Economics, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Australia)
• Steven Levitt – Steve Levitt – Steven D. Levitt – (Economics, Director of the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)
• Saul Levmore – (Law School, University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)
• Robert E. Litan – Robert Litan – (Vice President for Research and Policy, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.)
• Thomas W. Malone – Thomas Malone – Tom Malone – (MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
• Charles F. Manski – Charles Manski – (College of Arts and Sciences, Norwestern University, Illinois, U.S.A.)
• Adam Meirowitz – (Department of Politics, Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
• Paul Milgrom – (Department of Economics, Stanford University, California, U.S.A.)
• Tracy Mullen – (Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
• Forrest Nelson – Profile – (Iowa Electronic Markets, Economics, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa, U.S.A.)
• George R. Neumann – George Neumann – Profile – (Iowa Electronic Markets, Economics, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa, U.S.A.)
• Ryan Oprea – Profile – (Director of the LEEPS laboratory, Economics, University of California at Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A.)
• Gerhard Ortner – (University of Applied Sciences, Austria, E.U.)
• Marco Ottaviani – (Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, U.S.A.) – Formerly: (Economics Department, London Business School, United Kingdom, E.U.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• David Paton – (Industrial Economics, Business School, Nottingham University, United Kingdom, E.U.)
• David M. Pennock – David Pennock – (Principal Research Scientist, Micro-Economic and Social Systems, Yahoo! Research Labs, New York, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Charles R. Plott – Charles Plott – (Economics and and Social Sciences, Division of Humanity and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, California, U.S.A.)
• David Porter – (Economics and Finance, Chapman University, California, U.S.A.)
• Todd Proebsting – Todd A. Proebsting – (Microsoft & University of Arizona, U.S.A.)
• Russ Ray – (Finance, College of Business, University of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.)
• Daniel Reeves – (Micro-Economic and Social Systems, Yahoo! Research Labs, New York, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Paul W. Rhode – Paul Rhode – (US Economic History, College of Management, The University of Arizona, Arizona, U.S.A.) – Formerly: (University of North Carolina, North Carolina, U.S.A.)
• Thomas A. Rietz – Thomas Rietz – Profile – (Iowa Electronic Markets, Finance, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa, U.S.A.)
• Richard Roll – (University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.)
• Thomas W. Ross – Thomas Ross – (UBC Election Stock Market, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
• Rahul Sami – (School of Information, University of Michigan, Michigan, U.S.A.)
• Sam L. Savage – Sam Savage – (Consulting Professor, Stanford U., California, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Thomas C. Schelling – Thomas Schelling – (Economics, School of Public Affair, University of Maryland, Maryland, U.S.A.)
• Emile Servan-Schreiber – (NewsFutures, New York City, New York, U.S.A. & Paris, France, E.U.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Robert J. Shiller – Robert Shiller – Profile – (Economics, Yale University, Connecticut, U.S.A.)
• Bernd Skiera – (Electronic Commerce, Goethe University, Germany, E.U.)
• Vernon L. Smith – Vernon Smith – (Economics, Economic Science Institute, Chapman University, California, U.S.A.)
• Erik Snowberg – (Stanford University, California, U.S.A.) — Soon at CalTech
• Peter Norman Sorensen – (Finance, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, E.U.)
• Martin Spann – (Marketing and Innovation, University of Passau, Germany, E.U.)
• Koleman Strumpf – Koleman S. Strumpf – (Economics, School of Business, University of Kansas, Kansas, U.S.A.) – Formerly: University of North Carolina, North Carolina, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Cass Sunstein – Cass R. Sunstein – (Law School, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)
• James Surowiecki – (The Wisdom Of Crowds) – (New York, U.S.A.)
• Paul C. Tetlock – Paul Tetlock – (Finance, Business School, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Philip Tetlock – Philip E. Tetlock – (Leadership, University of California at Berkeley, California, U.S.A.)
• Hal R. Varian – Hal Varian – (Chief Economist, Google, California, U.S.A.) — Formerly: (Haas School of Business, Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley, California, U.S.A.)
• Dorina Tila – (Economics, George Mason University, Virginia, U.S.A.)
• Leighton Vaughan-Williams – (Economics and Finance, Business School, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, E.U.)
• Michael Wellman – Michael P. Wellman – (Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Michigan, U.S.A.)
• Justin Wolfers – Justin J. Wolfers – (Business and Public Policy, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
• Eric Zitzewitz – Eric W. Zitzewitz – (Economics, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts, USA) – Formerly: (Stanford University, California, U.S.A.) — Post Archives at Midas Oracle

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The “Prediction Markets–New Empirical Findings” session, organized by Eric Zitzewitz, of Stanford University Dartmouth College, is slated to include:

• BO COWGILL, Google, JUSTIN WOLFERS, University of Pennsylvania, and ERIC ZITZEWITZ, Stanford University–Prediction Markets Inside the Firm: Evidence From Google
• FORREST NELSON and PHILIP POLGREEN, University of Iowa–Predicting Flu: Prediction Markets vs. Biostatistical Models
• PAUL TETLOCK, University of Texas-Austin–Does Liquidity Affect Securities Market Efficiency?
• RICARD GIL, University of California-Santa Cruz, and STEVEN LEVITT, University of Chicago–Testing the Efficiency of Markets in the 2002 World Cup

In addition to Zitzewitz and Wolfers, paper discussants include CHARLES PLOTT, Caltech, and ROBIN HANSON, George Mason University.

Sounds like quite the party. I predict that the good times will roll.

The quality of presenters is excellent and the workshop has succeeded in attracting high level contributions. The program and complete list of papers to be presented are available here, while directly related to prediction markets papers are:

• Are Political Markets Really Superior to Polls as Election Predictors? by Bob Erikson, Columbia University and Chris Wlezien, Temple University
• Optimal Price Setting in Fixed-Odds Betting Markets Under Information by Raphael Markellos and Vasiliki A. Makropoulou, Athens University of Economics and Business
• Hitting Home Runs and the Art of Corporate Valuation: Do Managers or the Prediction Market Make Better Predictions? by Orly Sade, New York University and Hebrew University
• Prediction Markets as a Tool for Management of Political Risk by Ole Jakob Bergfjord, Norwegian School of Economics
• Public Signal Bias and Prediction Market Accuracy by Tom Gruca and Joyce E. Berg, University of Iowa
• Ignorance Prior Bias in Prediction Markets by Lionel Page, University of Westminster
• An Analysis of Tradesports’ 2005-06 National Football League Prediction Market by Feng Zhou and Philip O’Connor, University of Waikato
• Testing the Efficiency of Markets in the 2002 World Cup by Steve Levitt, University of Chicago and Ricard Gil, University of California at Santa Cruz
• Price Formation in Sports Prediction Markets: A Cross-Cultural Study by Stefan Luckner, University of Karlsruhe
• Socially Embedded Prediction Markets by Yiling Chen and David M. Pennock, Yahoo! Research
• Manipulators Increase Information Market Accuracy by Robin Hanson, George Mason University and Ryan Oprea, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Is There a Favorite-Longshot Bias in Election Prediction Markets? by Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania, Eric Zitzewitz, Stanford University and Andrew Leigh, Australian National University
• Using Markets to Inform Policy: The Case of the Iraq War by Eric Zitzewitz, Stanford University and Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania

The exponential pattern of growth recorded in my literature review of the field remains consistent, at least.

Cross-posted from gtziralis.com.

Gambling: Design and Implementation 1
- “An Examination of the Determinants of Biased Behaviour in a Market for State Contingent Claims” Professor Johnnie Johnson, Southampton University Professor Alistair Bruce, University of Nottingham Jiejun Yu, University of Birmingham
- “Non-Expected Utility Models and Heterogeneity in Risk Attitudes: Towards an Explanation of Gambling Outcomes for Individuals and Markets” Professor David Peel, Lancaster University
- “Evidence of a Weekend Effect in a Market for State Contingent Claims” Professor Johnnie Johnson, Southampton University Dr. Ming-Chien Sung, Southampton University
Gambling: Design and Implementation 2
- “An Examination of the Economic Behavior In Buying Lottery Tickets” Professor Drew B. Winters, Texas Tech University
- “Why Score Probability Forecasts Categorically? Empirical Evidence of Increased Betting” Professor David Johnstone, University of Sydney Professor David Grant, University of Sydney
“Optimal Betting Strategies for Simultaneous Games” Professor Andrew Grant, University of Sydney
Gambling: Design and Implementation 3
- “Are Political Markets Really Superior to Polls as Election Predictors?” Professor Bob Erikson, Columbia University
- “Under Information Uncertainty” Professor Raphael Markellos, Athens University of Economics and Business
- “Betting on Yourself … and Losing: The Economics of Weight Loss Bets” Professor John Lynham, University of California, Santa Barbara
Gambling and Public Policy 1
- “Gambling with Public Monies: Would a Prediction Market Improve the Performance of the SBIR Program?” Professor Albert N. Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Professor John T. Scott, Dartmouth College
- “The Lure of Gambling: Wellspring of Revenue or a Faustian Bargain” Professor Richard McGowan, Boston College
- “Competition and Monopoly in the Gambling: Market-A Theoretical Approach” Professor Herbert Walther, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Gambling and Public Policy 2
- “Different Country, Different Millennium, Different Technology. Same Subsidy. Same Result?” Professor Ramon DeGennaro, University of Tennessee
- “What Does a Concept Attract? The Case of Gaming in Macau” Professor Raymond So, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- “An Economic Analysis of Problem Gambling, The Gambler’s Fallacy, and the Taxation of Gambling” Professor John Pierson, University of Kent
Gambling and Public Policy 3
- “Is Casino Gaming a Productive Sector? A Conceptual and Cross-Jurisdiction Analysis” Professor Ricardo Siu, University of Macau
- “Productivity Measurement in Gambling: Plant-level Evidence from the United Kingdom” Professor David Paton, University of Nottingham Professor Donald Siegel, University of California at Riverside Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams, Nottingham Trent University
- “The Impact of Casino Gambling on Housing Markets: A Hedonic Approach” Professor Mike Wenz, Winona State University
Casinos and Economic Growth
- “The Casino Effect: Do Casinos Spur Growth and Which Communities Benefit?” Professor Chad D. Cotti, University of South Carolina
- “The Effect of Legalized Gambling on State Tax Revenue” Professor Douglas Walker, Georgia College
- “Spatial Characteristics of Gambling Expansion – An Analysis of Cross Border Effects” Professor Shannon Neibergs, Washington State University
Horse Racing
- “Inferring Risk Preferences Using Synthetic Win Bets in Horse Betting ‘Exotic’ Markets” Professor Philip O’Connor, University of Waikato
- “The Parimutuel Kelly Probability Scoring Rule” Professor David Johnstone, University of Sydney
- “Efficiency and Arbitrage Across Parimutuel Pools” Professor Marshall Gramm, Rhodes College
Prediction Markets and Public Policy 1
- “Hitting Home Runs and the Art of Corporate Valuation: Do Managers or the Prediction Market Make Better Predictions?” Professor Orly Sade, New York University and Hebrew University
- “Spread Betting as a Self-Enforcing Implicit Cartel” Professor Schnytzer, Adi, Bar Ilan University Professor Avichai Snir, Bar Ilan University
- “Prediction Markets as a Tool for Management of Political Risk” Professor Ole Jakob Bergfjord, Norwegian School of Economics
Prediction Markets and Public Policy 2
- “The Growth of Gambling and Prediction Markets: Economic and Financial Implications” Professor Alexander Koch, Royal Holloway College-University of London
- “Public Signal Bias and Prediction Market Accuracy” Professor Tom Gruca, University of Iowa
- “Ignorance Prior Bias in Prediction Markets” Professor Lionel Page, University of Westminster
Sports Betting 1
- “Ambiguity, Rules, and Asset Prices: The College Football Wagering Market” Professor Ron Mau, Western Carolina University
- “Does Sportsbook.com Set Pointspreads to Maximize Profits? Tests of the Levitt Model of Sportsbook Behavior” Professor Rodney J. Paul, St. Bonaventure University Andrew Weinbach
- “Market Efficiency and Internet Betting: Evidence from European Football” Professor Bruno Deschamps, University of Bath
Sports Betting 2
- “The Economics of the Setting of Bookmakers’ Odds” Professor John Pierson, University of Kent
- “An Analysis of Tradesports’ 2005-06 National Football League Prediction Market” Professor Feng Zhou, University of Waikato TBA Professor William H. Dare, Oklahoma State University
Sports Betting 3
- “Testing the Efficiency of Markets in the 2002 World Cup” Professor Steve Levitt, University of Chicago Professor Ricard Gil, University of California at Santa Cruz
- “The Impact of Sentiment on Point Spreads in the College Football Wagering Market” Professor Greg Durham, Montana State University TBA Professor Victor Matheson, College of the Holy Cross
Favorite-Longshot Bias
- “An Alternative Explanation of the Favorite–Longshot Bias” Professor Stefan Winter, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- “The Link between Information and the Favorite-Longshot Bias in Pari-mutuel Wagering Markets” Professor Andy Weinbach, Coastal Carolina University
- “Anyone for Tennis (Betting)?” Professor Ian McHale, Salford University
Gambling and Prediction Markets: Experimental Methods
- “Time-inconsistent Risk Preferences in a Laboratory Experiment” Professor Jeremy Ko, Penn State
- “The Effect of Prior Beliefs and Outcomes on Information Processing in an Investment Experiment” Professor Jeremy Ko, Penn State
- “Forecasting Volume of Transactions in a Betting Market: An Experiment” Professor Loreto Llorente, Universidad Pública de Navarra
Gambling and Prediction Markets: Cross Cultural and Sociological Perspectives
- “Price Formation in Sports Prediction Markets: A Cross-Cultural Study” Professor Stefan Luckner, University of Karlsruhe
- “Socially Embedded Prediction Markets” Dr. Yiling Chen, Yahoo! Research
- “Do More Opportunities Lead to More Gamblers? Explaining the Growth in Gambling in the U.S. from a Cultural Perspective” Professor Andrew Economopoulos, Ursinus College
Plenary Session
- “Manipulators Increase Information Market Accuracy” Professor Robin Hanson, George Mason University
- “Is There a Favorite-Longshot Bias in Election Prediction Markets?” Professor Justin Wolfers, University of Pennsylvania
- “Using Markets to Inform Policy: The Case of the Iraq War” Professor Eric Zitzewitz, Stanford University

Organizers: Donald Siegel, David Paton, Leighton Vaughan-Williams and William Ziemba

Very impressive.

Plenty of papers that I will read and excerpt ASAP.

Feel free to publish a review of a paper on Midas Oracle, if you wish.

Psstt… Don Imus was born in Riverside, California.