Committee Member, Speakers
Howard is the founder of The JA Institute (ja.institute), where he leads global research and innovation efforts with eight thought leaders and 20+ colleagues. Previously, he was awarded Global Student Prize finalist for building JA Malaysia Mall, The Webby Award Honoree for building Glasgow Invest, and sixteen academic and research awards including the Canadian Economics Association-Bank of Canada Undergraduate Paper Award. He has also consulted The City of Calgary on AI, electricity rates, and provincial bills, authored a 55-page report titled Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Calgary’s Economy, and created the Municipal Cost of Living Index. His personal story is featured in Modern Achievement, a #1 best-selling book by Asheesh Advani and Marshall Goldsmith.
Howard graduated top of his class in Economics at the University of Calgary, where he also completed three PhD-level courses prior to beginning his MSc. His current research interests include agent-to-agent interactions and algorithmic economics. At the University of Oxford, his goal is to deepen these areas of inquiry while convening global roundtables that bridge research, practice, and policy on the future of skills, work, and technology.