Innovation Research Boot Camp

Kevin A. Bryan, Benjamin Jones, and Heidi L. Williams, Organizers

July 15-21, 2022

Longfellow

Longfellow A, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA

Friday, July 15
	Reading List
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Session 1: Introduction Benjamin Jones and Heidi L. Williams Slides Slides
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Session 2: Innovation in a historical perspective Naomi Lamoreaux, Yale University and NBER Slides
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Reception at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta)
Saturday, July 16
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries - Ballroom B
9:00 am	Session 1: Economics of science and science funding Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Slides
12:00 pm	Lunch - Ballroom B
1:30 pm	Session 2: Innovation policies I: Patents Heidi L. Williams, Stanford University and NBER Slides
4:30 pm	Adjourn
Monday, July 18
	Break
9:00 am	Session 1: Idea-based models of economic growth Charles Jones, Stanford University and NBER Slides Slides Slides Slides
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Session 2: Human capital and innovation Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER Slides
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Dinner - Skyline Room Keynote, Clusters/ agglomeration/ geography Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Slides
Tuesday, July 19
	NBER SI PRINN (Program)
Wednesday, July 20
	NBER SI PRINN (Program)
5:00 pm	Reception at Harvard Business School - Peterson Park Patio
Thursday, July 21
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Session 1: Innovation policies II: taxes, competition + labor market policies John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER Slides Slides Slides Slides Slides Slides
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Session 2: Wrap-up Benjamin Jones and Heidi L. Williams Diffusion Kevin Bryan, University of Toronto Slides
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Dinner- Riverfront Room Keynote, Organizations and innovation Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University and NBER (dinner joint w/ Entrepreneurship Boot Camp)