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Nov 06 2025

APEBC Webinar: From Theory to Practice: Understanding AI Through an Economist’s Lens

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping how decisions are made across industries—but its real impact depends on how we understand incentives, behavior, and data. This session explores AI from an economist’s perspective: what it is (and isn’t), key trends transforming decision-making, real-world examples from business and policy, and why many AI projects fail. We’ll connect economic reasoning with practical lessons to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the age of intelligent systems.

Rogayeh Tabrizi Headshot Rogayeh Tabrizi, PhD CEO and Founder of Theory+Practice

Rogayeh Tabrizi, PhD, is a renowned leader in artificial intelligence and data analytics, named AI Leader of the Year 2023 by WLDA. She is the CEO and Founder of Theory+Practice, a technology company with deep expertise in AI and data science, dedicated to helping large CPG and Retail enterprises harness their data to radically improve revenue optimization decisions.
Rogayeh holds a Master’s in Experimental Particle Physics and worked on the ATLAS Detector at CERN. She later earned a PhD in Economics, focusing on social networks and game theory. This interdisciplinary foundation shapes Theory+Practice’s unique approach—blending behavioral economics with cutting-edge AI to help businesses better understand their customers and drive results.
She also serves as Director of Advancing Women’s Leadership at the International Women’s Forum Canada and as a Director at AInBC. A recognized thought leader in AI, she is the author of Behavioral AI, published by Wiley and has been recognized as a Top 100 Innovator in Data & Analytics 2022, a GreenBook Future List Honouree, and a Start-Up Finalist in the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.

Event Details

Virtual (Microsoft Teams)
Nov 06, 2025 10:00 am (1:00pm EST) - 11:00 am PST

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Public Attendee List

  • Anneloes Pronk
  • Kiefer Van Mulligen
  • Alisaleh Shariati
  • Doug Norris
  • Farhad Panahov
  • Prerna Sharma
  • Anna Mao
  • Michael Grant
  • Alan Arcand
  • Atousa Mirzaei-Rezaei
  • Iglika Ivanova
  • Michael Davenport
  • Melville McMillan
  • Stuart Thomas
  • Andrew Wong
  • Wenhui Xu
  • Taylor Adams
  • Farzana Shaheen
  • Neha Gupta
  • Michelle Allen
  • Sheila Hamm
  • Chanya Chawla
  • John Hoicka
  • Zinaida Foltin