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YCN Speaker Series: Professor Daylian Cain

  • Horseshoe Las Vegas Casino & Hotel (Penthouse Suite) 3645 Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas, NV, 89109 United States (map)

Yale Club of NV is proud to present the ever-popular Professor Daylian Cain of Yale School of Management for our 2026 Speaker Series.

Dr. Cain’s research focuses on “judgment and decision-making” and “behavioral business ethics.”

In other words, he studies the reasons why smart people do dumb things.

Cain is a leading expert on conflicts of interest, especially the “perverse effects of disclosing conflicts of interest,” and how to turn altruism on and off.

Notably, his research has been discussed in the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Forbes, The New Yorker, the Washington Post, BusinessWeek, USA Today, the New York Times, and other top media outlets such as NPR.

Cain has won national teaching awards and has also appeared as a commentator on National Geographic’s popular TV show, Brain Games.

Lecture topic and more details to come. Save the date!

  • When: Saturday, July 4

  • Time: 8PM - 10PM

  • Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas Casino & Hotel (LV Blvd & Flamingo Rd) - Penthouse Suite

  • Address: 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas

EDUCATION

Russell Sage Fellow, Harvard, 2007
PhD, Carnegie Mellon, 2007
MS, Carnegie Mellon, 2003
MA, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2002
MA, Dalhousie, 1997
BA, 1st Class Honors, Dalhousie, 1996

COURSES

Intro to Negotiation MGT 408
Advanced Negotiations MGT 882
Negotiations MGT 887

ALL-IN WEEKEND!

The Speaker Series is part of YCN’s All-In Weekend. Join us the following day (Sun, Jul 5) for the 5th annual Yale Series of Poker event where you get to play on the same floor at the same time as the World Series of Poker!

Get all the details here.

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