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SUMMARY:PER Pre-Doctoral Mini Conference
DESCRIPTION: \nFriday\, May 29\, 2026\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PM — International Affairs Building\, Room 1027\nHybrid Conference (in-person & Zoom Options)\nRSVP HERE \nAgenda  \n9:00 – 10:00 AM — Registration and Breakfast (provided)\n10:00 – 10:15 AM — Welcome and Opening Remarks \nChantel Hover\, PER Predoctoral Program Manager\nSebastian Otero\, Assistant Professor of Economics\, Columbia\n                                         University [Current faculty supervisor in predoc program] \nSession 1: Predoc Perspectives — Skills\, Research & Contributions \n10:15 – 10:45 AM — “Learning by Doing”\, Andrea Scalenghe (Current PER predoc; entering the\n                                  PhD program in Business Economics at MIT\, Fall 2027)\n 10:45 – 11:15 AM — “Employment Impacts of My Predoc” Maximus Saenz (Current GSB predoc;\nentering industry\, Fall 2027)\n\n11:15 – 11:30 AM — Break\n \n11:30 – 12:00 PM — “Research in International Economics: Trade\, Prices\, and Historical Evidence”\n                                   Hriday Karnani (Current PER predoc; entering the PhD program in\nEconomics at Harvard University\, Fall 2027)\n 12:00 – 12:30 PM — “On the Decreasing Resilience of the Amazon Rainforests”\, Leonardo de\nCampos Gomez (Current PER predoc\, 2025–2027 cohort) \n12:30 – 12:45 PM — Lunch (provided) \n1:45 – 2:30 PM — Predoc Panel Q&A with Columbia predocs Theo Camille Burden\, Arya\nGadage\, Leonardo de Campos Gomes\, Hriday Karnani\, Francine Aoi\nMontecinos\, Andrea Scalenghe\, and Maximas Saenz.\nModerator: Chantel Hover\, PER Predoctoral Program Manager \nSession 2: Academic Presentations by Predocs \n2:30 – 3:10 PM — “Do Diplomas Deliver? Bureaucrat Education and Public Service\nOutcomes” Arya G. Gadage (Current PER predoc\, 2025–2027 cohort)\n                               Discussant: Nick Baum (Current BA student\, Columbia University) \n 3:11 – 3:50 PM — “The Gender Diversity Gap in Mathematics”  Francine Aoi\nMontecinos (Current PER predoc; entering the PhD program in Economics at\nColumbia University\, Fall 2027)\n   Discussant: Tyler Sotomayor (Current BA student\, Columbia University) \n3:50 – 4:05 PM — Break \n4:05 – 4:45 PM — [Title Forthcoming] Theo Camille Burden (Current PER predoc; entering the Columbia University–London School of Economics Double MPA Program\, Fall 2027)\nDiscussant: Gabriel Uceda-Sosa (Current BA student\, Columbia University)\n \n4:45 – 5:00 PM — Closing Remarks: Michael Best\, Associate Professor of Economics\, Columbia\n                              University [current faculty supervisor in predoc program] \n5:30 PM — Dinner (Invitation-Only) \n
URL:https://econ.columbia.edu/event/per-pre-doctoral-mini-conference/
CATEGORIES:PER,PER Conferences
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