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Robin Hanson, please, jot down “February 4, 2009″ in your Google Calendar.

O’Reilly’s Money:Tech 2009 – (one session about prediction markets) – New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 2009-02-04~06 – Last year, Robin Hanson was invited as a speaker… but declined. Instead, our Master Of All Universes went to another conference, … Continue reading

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Third Workshop on Prediction Markets, July 9 in Chicago

The Third: July 9th, 2008 – 1:25pm Opening Remarks – 1:30 – 2:20pm: Session 1: Practical Applications and Experiences – Speaker: Emile Servan-Schreiber (1:30-1:45pm) Keys to successful implementation of an internal corporate prediction market (Emile Servan-Schreiber) – Speaker: Todd Henderson … Continue reading

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Market Failure and Market Design – Al Roth

Market Failure and Market Design – (Google Video) – by Al Roth – 2007-10-11 Note that the post-production mixed both shootings of the speaker and his slides. Very good production. [Link via mister Bo Cowgill of

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Redmonitor Prognosemarkt – Public Beta Version

Red Monitor: Redmonitor bedankt sich für Ihr Interesse an der Betaversion unseres Prognosemarkts. Die notwendige Anzahl von Testern für die Public Beta Phase ist aber bereits erreicht. Wir arbeiten nun an der Vollversion von Redmonitor. Das genaue Launchdatum wird in … Continue reading

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Icons. Geniuses. Mavericks. – REDUX

Last time, I told you about TED 2007 and I noticed Nathan Myhrvold (former MicroSoft CTO –he founded MicroSoft Research) in the speaker list. That prompted me to visit his site, Intellectual Ventures, home of his “invention company”: Intellectual Ventures … Continue reading

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Icons. Geniuses. Mavericks. – TED 2007

TED 2007 Program – (Via Kottke) – If you see any speaker who has something to do with the wisdom of crowds or prediction markets, please, tip me —I haven’t spotted any. Nathan Myhrvold (former MicroSoft CTO –he created MicroSoft … Continue reading

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confab.yahoo on prediction markets: Update

Here is an update on the confab.yahoo on prediction markets happening this Wed Dec 13 at 5:30pm at Yahoo!’s Sunnyvale headquarters, Building C, Classroom 5. We’ve added Stanford b-school professor Eric Zitzewitz as a speaker We’ll hold an ad-hoc vendor … Continue reading

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confab.yahoo on prediction markets: Sunnyvale, Dec 13 5:30p

I’m happy to announce the following public event: confab.yahoo on prediction markets: tapping the wisdom of crowds 5:30-8:00pm Wed Dec 13, 2006 Yahoo! Headquarters, Building C, Classroom 5 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Join us for a public … Continue reading

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