In the fourteenth public lecture of the NBS-PRI-ECGI Public Lecture Series, Professor Witold Henisz, Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management in Honor of Russell E. Palmer at the Wharton School, and Vice Dean of Wharton Impact, will deliver the lecture titled, "Are we listening? Using conflicts analytics to manage corporate…
Next Seminar: Alex Levis (Perelman School of Medicine) "Sharp Mediation Analysis with Recanting Witnesses" If you are affiliated with UPenn and are interested in our seminars, please contact stat-seminars@wharton.upenn.edu to join our seminar list-serve so that you can receive our seminar announcements.
Next Seminar: Oliver Xie (MIT) "Financial Hedging and Optimal Currency of Invoicing" Coordinators: Urban Jermann and Sean Myers Fall 2026 Tuesdays 12:00 – 1:30 pm SH-DH 211
Wharton Human-AI Research presents theBusiness & Generative AI ConferenceSeptember 9–10, 2026 Wharton San Francisco 2 Harrison Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Wharton Human-AI Research will host the Business & Generative AI Conference, a two-day gathering of thought leaders and industry experts focused on the future of generative AI. Through forward-looking…
Next Seminar: Alex Xi He (Maryland) "Talent-Consolidating Mergers: Labor Market Power and Innovation" (joint with Jing (Sophia) Xue) Coordinators: Winston Dou and Courtney Wiegand Fall 2026 Wednesdays 12:00 to 1:30 PM SH-DH 211
Accountable Artificial Intelligence Lunch Series Summary: The Wharton Accountable AI Lab will host monthly lunches this year for Penn researchers interested in AI governance, ethics, and policy. These will generally be informal conversations around recent business, technology, and legal developments. Bring topics to discuss! Food will be provided. All will be…
Note: This is a virtual event. Next Seminar: Sherry Glied (NYU Wagner) Stephen T. Parente (University of Minnesota) David Grande, moderator (Penn LDI) Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise or Pitfall LDI Seminar Summary: As policymakers consider how to expand health insurance coverage, some have promoted consumer-directed approaches such as Health Savings…
Next Seminar: Christina Brinkmann (Boston University) "Short-Time Work Extensions" (joint with Simon Jaeger, Moritz Kuhn, Farzad Saidi, and Stefanie Wolter) Coordinators: Urban Jermann and Sean Myers Fall 2026 Tuesdays 12:00 – 1:30 pm SH-DH 211
Next Seminar: Galen Reeves (Duke University) If you are affiliated with UPenn and are interested in our seminars, please contact stat-seminars@wharton.upenn.edu to join our seminar list-serve so that you can receive our seminar announcements.
Next Seminar: Heidi Artigue (Wharton Applied Economics) Applied Economics Seminar Summary: The Applied Economics Seminar is organized by Sagar Saxena, Leon Musolff & Jessie Handbury. The Applied Economics Seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m., with additional seminars on other days when noted. AEW will meet in…
Next Seminar: Eduardo Davila (Yale) "Probability Pricing" (joint with Cecilia Parlatore and Ansgar Walther) Coordinators: Winston Dou and Courtney Wiegand Fall 2026 Wednesdays 12:00 to 1:30 PM SH-DH 211
Led by: Judd B. Kessler, Howard Marks Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania In this webinar, Wharton economist Judd Kessler discusses his new book, Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want. Professor Kessler reveals the hidden markets that determine…
Next Seminar: Ilan Guttman (NYU) Hosted by the Wharton Accounting Department.
Note: This is a virtual event. Next Seminar: Amir Bassiri (Medicaid Director, New York State Department of Health) Drew Gonshorowski (Former Medicaid Director, State of Nebraska) Kevin Lownds (Division Chief, Massachusetts Attorney General's Office) Dan Goenstein, moderator (Founder and Executive Editor, Tradeoffs) Decoding the Moment: States Weigh in on Medicaid…
Next Seminar Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College London) Real Estate Seminar Summary URE Seminars provide a forum for Wharton faculty and graduate students as well as outside speakers to present research of interest to the Wharton community. Seminars with one presenter typically feature developed research projects, while those with two presenters are…
The Wharton-Chicago-Harvard Insolvency and Restructuring Conference is the premier academic conference for scholars and practitioners in leveraged finance, distress, and restructuring. The event features works-in-progress from researchers in law, finance, accounting, economics, management, and other disciplines, along with commentary from practitioners in the worlds of leveraged finance and restructuring. The…
Next Seminar: Dean Karlan (Northwestern University) Business Economics and Public Policy Development Workshop Summary: The Development Seminar is organized by Sagar Saxena and Shresth Garg. The Development Seminars are held on Fridays (unless noted otherwise.) The Seminar will meet in person at Dinan Hall B10 (Formerly Vance Hall). To sign up…
Next Seminar: Shoshana Aronowitz (Penn Nursing) Anthony Spadaro (HUP) CHERISH Fall 2026 Research Seminar LDI Seminar Summary: This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV (CHERISH), a multi-institutional NIH-funded research center that develops and disseminates health economics research…
Inspired by “Iron Chef” and Wharton’s own “Iron Prof” events, this special event will take place during Penn’s Climate Week to showcase the climate-related research of Wharton faculty. Join us to hear from ten Wharton professors who will each present their cutting-edge research on climate and business in five minutes…
Mark your calendar for the 13th Annual Wharton People Analytics Conference, returning October 9, 2026. As the field continues to evolve at the intersection of data, technology, and human insight, this year’s conference will once again bring together a dynamic mix of academics, industry leaders, and students to explore the…
CEO Summit 2026: Growth, Risk, and Reinvention. A day of consequential dialogue.. The Baker Retailing Center's invitation-only CEO Summit convenes the most influential minds in retail and brand leadership for candid dialogue, actionable insight, and purposeful connection.
Part 1: Valuing High Growth Startups How do you value a company that is growing rapidly but has yet to turn a profit? This session explores the unique challenges of assessing early stage, high growth startups where traditional valuation methods often fall short. These businesses operate in fast moving markets,…
Part 2: Negotiating the Term Sheet The second session turns from valuation to structure. The term sheet defines ownership, control, and how value is distributed across success and failure. It is not simply a legal document but the blueprint for how investors and founders work together. Yet the language can…
Since 1993, Wharton Global Forums have served as a meeting point for the brightest minds in business worldwide. Join us at the upcoming Forum in Tokyo on March 11–12, 2027, to make new connections and learn from the world’s foremost experts in a wide array of industries. More information, including…
