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

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

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, Columbia University

                        Innovation Systems

 

                        Discussant: RICHARD LESTER, MIT

 

 9:45 am         Break

 

10:00 am        SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER
                        IAIN COCKBURN, Boston University and NBER

                        JACK ZAUSNER, Northwestern University

                        Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

 

                        Discussant:  ADAM JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER

 

11:00 am        Break

 

11:15 am        ASHISH ARORA, Duke University and NBER

                        Implications for Energy Innovation from the Chemistry Industry

 

                        Discussant:  LINDA COHEN, UC, Irvine

 

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, Syracuse University and NBER

 

 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, Harvard University and NBER

                        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

 

 

 

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