David J. Stockton, Peterson Institute for International Economics, chairs the first panel of the conference "Making Sense of the Productivity Slowdown," held at the Institute on November 16, 2015. Speakers at the panel "Understanding the US Productivity Slowdown" included John Fernald, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Jaana Remes, McKinsey Global Institute; and Peter Orszag, Citigroup. For more information, visit: www.piie.com/events/event_detail.cfm?EventID=416