Boston and the Innovation Economy


6:00 p.m.
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA

About the Event

Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

The Honorable Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston, will be joined by WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed for a conversation on Boston’s innovation economy, the role of AI in business and government, and the future of economic development in Boston.

A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Mayor Wu served four terms on the Boston City Council before becoming the first woman and first Asian American to be elected Mayor of Boston in 2021.

This conversation will be moderated by Mitch Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School.

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Speakers

Michelle Wu

Michelle Wu

Mayor of Boston

Will Ahmed

Founder and CEO, WHOOP

Mitchell B. Weiss
Mitch Weiss

Mitchell B. Weiss

Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice

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