Launch Event

3:00 pm

Opening by Martha Gimbel, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Budget Lab at Yale

3:15 pm

Remarks by Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget

3:30 pm

Discussion of The Budget Lab's new research on budget scoring for TCJA and CTC
Danny Yagan, Co-Founder and Chief Economist of The Budget Lab at Yale

4:00 pm

Panel Discussion on Innovative Approaches to Improving Analysis for Policy Debates
Joshua Bolten, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget and White House Chief of Staff for President George W. Bush
Doug Holtz-Eakin, former Director of Congressional Budget Office and economic policy advisor to Senator John McCain
Natasha Sarin, Co-Founder and President of The Budget Lab at Yale
Moderated by Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal

5:00 pm

Cocktails & Conversations