Main conference presentation
Prediction markets: an introduction
Sunday March 25 2007, 5:00 - 5:45PM
Prediction markets, simply stated, are a place where a person can buy or sell a contract based on a event (e.g. a “Hillary will be President in ’08” contract), much like they would buy and sell a stock, and the price of that contract reflects a prediction, or probability, for that event occurring. They are new, a bit unusual, and sometimes awkwardly (but accurately) classified as a collaboration technology.
This presentation will introduce prediction markets, explain why they work, why they are interesting, who uses them, and why they present compelling information architecture challenges. In addition, the presentation will feature examples of prediction markets, and discuss the landscape of the prediction market industry.
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