Chris F. Masse October 25th, 2008
After you have participated in this NewsFutures workshop, send me an e-mail at … cfm |-at-| midasoracle |.|-com-| … or …. chrisfmasse |-at-| gmail |.|-com-| … to tell me how it went. I need to hear from the participants, not just from Emile and his gang. Just to form my own independent opinion on this thing. Judging from the program and the people, that sounds good, but I want to hear what real people think. 
Chris F. Masse October 13th, 2008
NewsFutures WorkShop - @ New York City - 2008-10-27
I do not endorse their workshop, but I know that Emile Servan-Schreiber, Maurice Balick and Norris Clark have high quality content to deliver. I would go, if I were in the area that day.
Best wishes to them.
Chris F. Masse October 9th, 2008
Pop!Tech 2008 - Maine, U.S.A. - 2008-10-23~25
Not on prediction markets.
UPDATE: Inkling’s post.
Chris F. Masse October 9th, 2008
INFORMS on prediction markets - Washington, D.C., U.S.A. - 2008-10-15
I am highly interested in what Robin Hanson will say about how to assess the informational value of the prediction markets.
Michael Giberson October 7th, 2008
So, where is the post-election party going to be?
No, I don’t mean the post-election gatherings by the candidates and their supporters, I mean the post-election gathering of academics and other researchers to assess what has been learned about the performance of prediction markets over the 2008 presidential campaign cycle.
I’ve checked the usual suspects and found nothing.
(The Southern Economic Association meeting this year is in Washington, D.C., a few weeks after the election. It would be an excellent time and place for an early post-mortem on the performance of prediction markets addressing the 2008 U.S. presidential election. But a look at the program doesn’t reveal any related panels. (The deadline for submission of abstracts was April 1, 2008.) In January 2008, the American Economic Association meetings featured a panel put together by Eric Zitzewitz. The next American Economic Association meeting is in San Francisco in January, but from my scan of the preliminary program no prediction market sessions are planned. (You really have to plan ahead for the AEA meetings, the deadline was February 28.))
This ongoing election cycle has featured an explosion of interest in political prediction markets, periodic allegations of manipulation and related analysis (and here, and here, and here, and here, etc.), innovations in market design (and disputations thereof) and various claims of market failure. A lot has happened. What have we learned?
Where is the post-election academic conference on prediction market performance?
(And, in a related question, where is the post-conference party going to be?)
Emile Servan-Schreiber September 17th, 2008
For aspiring practitioners and those intrigued by the applications of collective intelligence in the workplace, the typical prediction markets conference can be frustrating for lack of focus on practical knowledge and hands-on experience with the tools. That’s why NewsFutures is organizing a Wisdom of Crowds Consulting Workshop, in New York City, on October 27.
It is designed primarily for business consultants who would like to acquire working knowledge of “WOC”-based solutions, or for the manager looking for some hands-on experience while considering the potential of this approach for his or her company.
The one-day program will cover:
If you are interested, please follow this link for more information about the venue and how to register.
I look forward to seeing you in NY, home of the world’s financial meltdown!
Chris F. Masse September 14th, 2008
The answer to this question: next October, in Santa Clara.
Charles Plott @ Yahoo! @ Santa Clara, California, U.S.A. - 2008-10-09
Chris F. Masse July 2nd, 2008
O’Reilly’s Money:Tech 2009 - (one session about prediction markets) - New York City, New York, U.S.A. - 2009-02-04~06
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Last year, Robin Hanson was invited as a speaker… but declined. Instead, our Master Of All Universes went to another conference, scheduled at the same time —stuff about how to get to converse with extra-terrestrials.
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