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D^3 Discussion the Agentic AI Advantage Tim Sanders Wednesday, March 4, 2:00pm ET
Mar 4

D^3 Discussions: The Agentic AI Advantage

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST Virtual Event
Rescheduled for 2:00pm ET Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Join a special D^3 Discussions webinar with Tim Sanders, author, Chief Innovation Officer at G2, and HBS Executive Fellow, as he demystifies Agentic AI – the emerging class of autonomous systems poised to transform business performance in the new year and beyond. Building on his influential thinking […]
D^3 Discussions from Idea to Product. Dr. Marily Nika Generative AI Product Lead at Google and AI Educator. Friday, January 16 1:00pm ET
Jan 16

D^3 Discussions: From Idea to Product

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST Virtual Event
Join us for an AI enablement webinar with D^3 Executive Fellow, Dr. Marily Nika, expanding on her Future Proof with AI learning pathway AI-Enhanced Product Management and her new book The AI Product Playbook. In this session, Dr. Nika will break down how product managers can harness generative AI across the entire product lifecycle, from research […]
Dec 9

Learning, Sorting, and Market Formation in Entrepreneurship | LISH Seminar Series

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Hybrid Event
Karim Lakhani and Jackie Lane are hosting a new seminar series at Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)’s LISH, spotlighting how Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies are transforming business and society. This is the third seminar in this series Speaker: Amir SaririAssistant professor of strategic management at Purdue University, Visiting Scholar at MIT Sloan […]
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Dec 5

D^3 Discussions: Predicting the Future of Work

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST Virtual Event
Organizations invest substantial resources in workplace wellbeing programs—flexible schedules, mental health resources, team-building initiatives—yet most fail to produce sustained benefits. The challenge lies not in the interventions themselves, but in the inability to predict which approaches will prove effective, at what scale, and for which employee populations. Traditional methods rely on costly trial-and-error or simplified […]
Nov 18

The (re)search for Human Brain in the age of AI | LISH Seminar Seminar

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Hybrid Event
Karim Lakhani and Jackie Lane are hosting a new seminar series at Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)’s LISH, spotlighting how Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies are transforming business and society. This is the second seminar in this series Speaker: Nataliya KosmynaResearch Scientist | MIT Media Lab Date and Time: November 18, 2025 | […]
Oct 29

The New Factory Floor of Science: How Algorithms Should Change the Production of Science | LISH Seminar Series

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Hybrid Event
Karim Lakhani and Jackie Lane are hosting a new seminar series at Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3)’s LISH, spotlighting how Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies are transforming business and society. This is the first seminar in this series Speaker: Sendhil MullainathanProfessor, Dual Appointment in Economics and EECS, Research Affiliate, Stone Center on Inequality […]
Oct 21

D^3 Discussions: AI at the Frontline

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Virtual Event
Clinician burnout from soaring in-basket message volumes threatens timely patient care. This webinar introduces a HIPAA-compliant AI solution that classifies messages by urgency and drafts RN-level responses. Early results highlight AI’s potential to ease administrative burdens, restore work-life balance, and ensure patients receive faster, ​​safe, and compassionate care. Speakers: Susanna Gallani, Tai Family Associate Professor […]
May 13

Harvard University Generative AI Symposium

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm In Person Event / Klarman Hall, Harvard Business School
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) is partnering with the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Information Technology and the Harvard Library to offer […]
Apr 29

Global Empowerment Meeting

8:00 am - 5:00 pm In Person Event
GEM25: Catalyzing AI for Inclusive Change The rapid technological advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping societies and economies worldwide, presenting unprecedented opportunities and challenges for international development. As a transformative force, AI has the potential to drive innovation, increase productivity, and contribute to economic growth and well-being in emerging economies—or further exacerbate socio–economic divides. […]
Mar 4

Spring TechEthics Colloquium

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm In Person Event / Dennis F. Thompson Seminar Room (124 Mt. Auburn, Suite 520N)
This colloquium discusses exciting new academic work around normative issues in technology–work of interest to people with a philosophical background, but the orientation is interdisciplinary. Artificial Intelligence is of special interest, but other technologies may also enter the discussions. The focus is, to a large extent, on bringing in younger scholars from outside the Boston […]
Dec 13

AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth

8:30 am - 6:00 pm +04 In Person Event / Museum of the Future, Dubai, UAE
Join Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard and the Harvard Business School Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council for AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth, on December 13, 2024 in Dubai, UAE.  This one-day conference is tailored for business leaders, researchers, and government officials involved in driving AI initiatives and digital technology. The conference […]
Dec 4

D^3 Digital Seminar Series

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Hybrid Event
Firm Productivity and Learning in the Digital Economy: Evidence from Cloud Computing Date: December 4, 2024Presenter: Mert Demirer, MIT Sloan School of Management Abstract:Computing technologies have become critical inputs to production in the modern firm. However, there is little large-scale evidence on how efficiently firms use these technologies. In this paper, we study firm productivity […]

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