The First NYU-TAU Workshop On

AI and the Future of Collaborative Innovation

📅 When

Reception 🍷: September 11th, 2025
Workshop ⚙️: September 12th, 2025

📍 Where

NYU Stern School of Business
Washington Square Campus, NYC

Call for Participation

Submit your work on AI and collaborative innovation. We welcome both completed research and work in progress from scholars across information systems, marketing, strategy, economics, and related disciplines.

Submission Deadline: July 1st, 2025

Acceptance Notification: July 8th July 11th, 2025

About the Workshop

This inaugural workshop brings together scholars from information systems, marketing, strategy and other disciplines to examine how artificial intelligence is transforming collaborative innovation across industries and institutions. Our focus encompasses the evolving landscape where AI technologies intersect with human collaboration, organizational innovation processes, and the broader ecosystem of knowledge creation and sharing.

Plenary Speakers

Avi Goldfarb

Avi Goldfarb

University of Toronto, Rotman School

Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, Professor of Marketing. Co-author of "Prediction Machines" and "Power and Prediction." Leading expert on the economics of artificial intelligence and digital markets.

Shawndra Hill

Shawndra Hill

Meta (Facebook)

Principal Scientist focused on AI applications in social platforms, collaborative technologies, and the intersection of artificial intelligence with human social behavior.

John Horton

John Horton

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School

Professor and co-founder of Expected Parrot (AI powered market research platform), examining digital labor markets and economic effects of technological change on innovation.

To be confirmed

K. Sudhir

Yale University, School of Management

James L. Frank '32 Professor of Private Enterprise and Management, Professor of Marketing, and an expert of digital marketing and artificial intelligence, marketing organizations and emerging markets.

Arun Sundararajan

Arun Sundararajan

New York University, Stern School

Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Technology, Operations & Statistics. Leading researcher on the sharing economy, digital transformation, and the future of work in the digital age.

Research Topics

We invite submissions on topics related to how modern AI technologies are affecting collaboration and innovation, including but not limited to:

AI-Mediated Collaboration
How AI tools reshape team dynamics and collaborative processes
Innovation Ecosystems
AI's impact on open innovation, knowledge networks, and R&D processes
Platform Economics
AI-powered platforms facilitating collaborative innovation
Organizational Learning
How AI transforms knowledge creation and sharing within organizations
Digital Labor Markets
AI's role in distributed and collaborative work arrangements
Human-AI Collaboration
Theoretical and empirical studies of human-AI team performance
AI-Accelerated Market Research
LLMs enhancing consumer preference analysis and market structure research to facilitate innovation
Content Innovation
AI-driven innovation in content-type products including books, films, and digital media
Input Innovation for AI Access
Developing novel input representations to improve usage efficiency and enable more equitable access

Workshop Organizers

Gal Oestreicher-Singer

Gal Oestreicher-Singer

Tel Aviv University

Associate Dean of Research
Coller School of Management

Raveesh Mayya

Raveesh Mayya

New York University

Assistant Professor of Technology
Stern School of Business

Registration

Join us for this exciting workshop bringing together leading researchers and practitioners in AI and collaborative innovation. Registration includes access to all workshop sessions, networking reception, and workshop materials.

🎤 Speakers

$100 USD
Special rate for speakers selected to present at the workshop

🎓 Academics

$150 USD
Faculty, postdocs, and graduate students from academic institutions

🏢 Industry Partners

$250 USD
Professionals from industry, consulting, and private sector organizations

Registration opens soon. All fees include workshop attendance, networking reception, workshop lunch, and materials.

Sponsors & Partners