Event Details - Raj Chetty, Ph.D. Keynote

- What the data reveals: which industries, firms, and sectors lead to long-term opportunity - Why some students with talent don’t reach high-paying jobs and what you can do differently (maybe how students with talent don’t reach any job?) - How to think about ROI, networks, and building a future across sectors like business, education, health, and public service Speaker Bio Raj Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the Director of Opportunity Insights, which uses big data to study the science of economic opportunity: how we can give children from all backgrounds better chances of succeeding? Chetty’s work has been widely cited in academia, media outlets, and policy discussions in the United States and beyond. Chetty received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2003 and is one of the youngest tenured professors in Harvard’s history. He has received numerous awards for his research, including a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, the John Bates Clark medal, given to the economist under 40 whose work is judged to have made the most significant contribution to the field, and Harvard’s George Ledlie prize, awarded for research that made the most valuable contribution to science, or in any way for the benefit of mankind. rajchetty.com