NATIONAL BUREAU
OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Accelerating Innovation
in Energy: Lessons from other Sectors? Pre-conference
Rebecca Henderson and
Richard Newell, Organizers
April 3, 2009
NBER
3rd Floor Conference
Room
PROGRAM
FRIDAY,
APRIL 3:
7:45 am Shuttle
departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:00 am Continental
Breakfast
8.30 am Introduction
8:45 am RICHARD
NELSON,
Innovation
Systems
Discussant: RICHARD LESTER, MIT
9:45 am Break
10:00 am SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and
NBER
IAIN COCKBURN,
JACK ZAUSNER, Northwestern University
Biotechnology
& Pharmaceuticals
Discussant:
ADAM JAFFE,
11:00 am Break
11:15 am ASHISH ARORA,
Implications
for Energy Innovation from the Chemistry Industry
Discussant:
LINDA COHEN, UC,
12:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm DAVID
MOWERY, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Federal
Policy and the Development of Semiconductors, Computer Hardware, and Software:
A
Policy Model for Climate-Change R&D
Discussant:
DAVID POPP,
2:15 pm SHANE
GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER
Nurturing
the Accumulation of Innovation: Lessons
from the Internet
Discussant:
RICHARD SCHMALENSEE, MIT and NBER
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm JOSHUA
LERNER,
Venture
Capital and Innovation in Energy
Discussant:
JOSHUA GANS, University of Melbourne
4:30 pm Break
4:45 pm Reflections from Policy/Industry
Panelists: DAVID GOLDSTON, JASON GRUMET
5.30 pm General
Discussion
6.00 pm Adjourn
Shuttle departs the NBER for the Royal
Sonesta Hotel
6:30 pm Reception
and Group Dinner
Restaurant Dante at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
3/30/09