Friday, July 12
8:20 am


Reading List
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Session 1: Introduction / Human Capital and Innovation
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
Lecture
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Session 2: Idea-Based Models of Economic Growth
Charles Jones, Stanford University and NBER
Lecture
4:30 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Reception at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta)
Saturday, July 13
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Session 1: The Supply of Innovators
Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst and NBER
Lecture
12:00 pm
Lunch in Ballroom B
1:30 pm
Session 2: The Economics of Science
Kyle Myers, Harvard University
Lecture
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Monday, July 15
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Session 1: Diffusion
Kevin Bryan, University of Toronto
Lecture
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Session 2: Innovation Policy
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
Lecture
4:30 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner and Keynote: David Wessel, Brookings Institution (Somerset Room)
Tuesday, July 16
9:00 am
NBER SI Innovation Workshop (Program)
Wednesday, July 17
9:00 am
NBER SI Innovation Workshop (Program)
5:00 pm
Reception at Harvard Business School (Schwartz Common, between Aldrich and Klarman)
(HBS map and directions)
Thursday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Session 1: Contracting and Control Rights for Innovation
Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Lecture
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Session 2: Advice on research and careers
with Dylan Matthews and Caleb Watney
Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Joint Dinner with Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp and Keynote:
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER (Longfellow AB)