Virtual Faculty Spotlight: The Agentic Economy with Prof. Sanjog Misra

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM until 9:00 AMCentral Daylight Time UTC -05:00

What happens when AI agents are no longer just tools, but active participants in the economy who negotiate, make decisions, and act on behalf of individuals and organizations at scale?

Join Chicago Booth on 27 October for a virtual faculty spotlight session featuring Sanjog Misra, the Charles H. Kellstadt Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing and Applied AI and Faculty Director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence at Chicago Booth.

In this thought-provoking session, designed for prospective Sokolov Executive MBA students, Professor Misra will explore how the rise of the agentic economy is reshaping markets, firms, and the future of work. What will this shift demand of organizations? How should leaders prepare? And what new opportunities and challenges lie ahead?

Don’t miss this chance to gain valuable insight into one of today’s most important conversations, hear directly from one of Booth’s thought leaders, and experience the distinctive Chicago Booth approach to business education. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask your questions live. Register below to join the discuss.

Speaker Biography
Sanjog Misra is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His research focuses on the use of machine learning, deep learning, and structural econometric methods to study consumer and firm decisions. In particular, his research involves building data-driven models aimed at understanding how consumers make choices and investigating firm decisions pertaining to pricing, targeting and salesforce management issues. More broadly, Professor Misra is interested in the development of scalable algorithms, calibrated on large-scale data, and the implementation of such algorithms in real world decision environments. Read his entire bio here.


Tuesday 27 October via Zoom
8am Chicago | 1pm London | 9pm Hong Kong

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