Immigration Policy and the Economics of Innovation Conference

Participants at the Immigration Policy and Economics of Innovation conference on January 22, 2026. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Paola Sapienza, Hoover senior fellow and codirector of the J-P Conte Initiative on Immigration, delivers opening remarks. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice addresses the audience at the Immigration Policy and Economics of Innovation conference. (Patrick Beaudouin)

From left to right: Paola Sapienza; Misha Esipov, cofounder and CEO of Nova Credit; Alex Rampell, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz; Giovanni Peri, professor of economics at UC Davis; and Amy Nice, distinguished immigration counsel at the Institute for Progress, serve on a panel. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Overseer JP Conte comments on the importance of studying the economics of immigration. (Patrick Beaudouin)