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11:00 AM |
Keynote Speaker |
| Fred Harrison |
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11:15-12:15 PM ET |
Panel 1 — AI and Labor – Disruption, Disempowerment or Empowerment |
| Chair: Edward Dodson
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12:30 – 1:30 PM ET |
Panel 2 — Does AI have an Ethics Problem? |
| Chair: Clifford Cobb
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2:30 – 3:30 PM ET |
Panel 3 — Practical Applications of AI – Land Assessment Test Project |
| Chair: Dr. Marty Rowland
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3:45 – 4:45 PM ET |
Panel 4 — AI and Inequality – Are our Social Safety nets up to the task? |
| Chair: Dr. Ibrahima Dramé
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PANELISTS
Clifford Cobb is the thematic editor of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology. He is best known as the developer of the Genuine Progress Indicator, published by the San Francisco organization, Redefining Progress.
Ed Dodson is a Senior Researcher and long-time faculty member of the Henry George School of Social Science. Since his retirement in 2005 from Fannie Mae, where he held various management and analyst positions in the Housing & Community Development group, he has lectured and taught courses at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Philadelphia. Beginning in the Fall of 2014 he joined the faculty of the Learning Is For Everyone program at Burlington County College in New Jersey. Ed is a graduate of Shippensburg and Temple Universities in Pennsylvania. Since 1997 he has directed the online education and research project called the School of Cooperative Individualism. He is author of the three-volume work, “The Discovery of First Principles” and is a contributor to several publications promoting the perspectives of Henry George.
Lars Doucet has decades of software development experience. He previously was an indie game developer before co-founding ValueBase, a property assessment technology startup. As the former Chief Product Officer, he developed cutting-edge tools for accurate land value estimation. His book “Land is A Big Deal” has become a cornerstone text in contemporary land value tax discussions.
Dr. Ibrahima Dramé currently serves as the Director of Education at the Henry George School of Social Science. Before joining the School, Dr. Dramé held several research positions at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. He earned an advanced degree in law (DEAG) from the Faculté des Sciences Juridiques et Économiques at Université Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Sénégal. Additionally, he earned a master’s degree in International Environmental Law and a Ph.D. in International Political Economy, both from the University of Tsukuba.
Anthony Gill is an Australia-based professional aviator with a strong bent on social reform and economic justice. During the COVID-19 lockdown, he put his ideas down in a book, The Luckier Country, which he published in 2022. The success he has had with the book has led him to meet many interesting people and organizations who, like him, want to make the world a better place. Anthony also serves on the Executive Committee of Prosper Australia.
Fred Harrison is Research Director of the London-based Land Research Trust. He is notable for his stances on land reform and belief that an over reliance on land, property and mortgage weakens economic structures and makes companies vulnerable to economic collapse.
He studied economics at Oxford, first at Ruskin College and then at University College, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. His MSc is from the University of London. Fred’s first career was in newspaper journalism, most notably at The People newspaper, where he became chief reporter. After a move to Economics, initially as Director of the Centre for Incentive Taxation, he spent 10 years in Russia advising their Federal Parliament (Duma) and local authorities on property tax reform and establishment of land markets. Since his return to the UK he has worked as a corporate business advisor, research director, writer and lecturer.
Greg Miller brings experience from his role as a Program Analyst in the Office of Policy Development and Research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). After his time at HUD, he co-founded a startup focused on applying AI to make government more accessible. He holds degrees in Economics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame.
Tom Rossman spent his career investigating how people around the world can think and interact more effectively. As a young executive in finance, he was an early champion of emerging markets, investing in newly emerging markets far ahead of the crowd. Following Communism’s collapse, Mr. Rossman took a key role in bringing American capital and investment to the developing markets of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Turkey and North Africa. Mr. Rossman studied religion and history at Nyack College and did his master’s work in international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York.
Dr. Marty Rowland is a licensed Environmental Engineer who holds a Ph.D. in Urban Studies/Environmental Economics. A Georgist scholar, mentored by emeritus professor Daniel W. Bromley (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Dr. Rowland lectures and writes about land value taxation from an institutional-capitalist economic point of view. His areas of study include: infrastructure management, natural resource economics, ecosystem science, and pollution-remediation engineering. Dr. Rowland is the author of two ASTM standards (on the beneficial use of solid waste landfills and urban infrastructure) and currently assisting with the creation of an international standard on the Circular Economy.
Dr. Sandeep Sacheti is a recognized leader in data-driven decision making and operational excellence. As a former Executive Vice President at Wolters Kluwer, he successfully led a global team in delivering innovative solutions in regulatory compliance and financial services that significantly improved business performance, customer experience, and employee engagement. His expertise spans a wide range of areas, including data analytics, risk management, and operational transformation, making him a sought-after advisor and mentor.
He holds 20+ patents in information management, customer relationship management, and fraud detection. Besides Wolters Kluwer, he has held senior positions at UBS and American Express. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors at Stevens Institute of Technology as Industry Chair, bridging academia and industry, and is a Board Member at the College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley. An award winning thought leader in AI, business transformation, and AI-enabled compliance solutions, he holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and a Master’s from University of Massachusetts Amherst, fueling his lifelong commitment to innovation and mentorship.
Dr. Ansel Schiavone is an Assistant Professor of Economics at St. John’s University. He studies inequality, structural change, and stagnation. Dr. Schiavone has published in journals such as Economic Modelling, Regional Studies, Metroeconomica, Review of Social Economy, and is a co-author of a chapter in The Great Polarization: Economics, Institutions, and Policies in the Age of Inequality. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Utah.
Steven Shafarman is an independent researcher and activist on universal basic income as a key to achieving a true democracy. He published his first book about these themes in 1998, while enrolled in a doctoral program in human development. He’s a life member of the Basic Income Earth Network, and presented talks at their congresses in Geneva in 2002, Dublin in 2008, and Montreal in 2014. His next book, Individuals First: To Achieve the Future We Want will be published in the spring of 2026.
