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Innovation Research Boot Camp
Organized by Benjamin Jones and Heidi L. Williams Supported by Coefficient Giving July 11-17, 2025 Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA |
| Friday, July 11 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am |
Session 1: Introduction / Human Capital and Innovation
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBERLecture |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch - Ballroom B
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| 1:30 pm |
Session 2: Contracting and Control Rights for Innovation
Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBERLecture |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 pm |
Opening Reception at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta)
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| Saturday, July 12 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am |
Session 1: The Supply of Innovators
Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and NBERLecture |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch - Ballroom B
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| 1:30 pm | |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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| Monday, July 14 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am | |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch - Ballroom B
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| 1:30 pm |
Session 2: Budget Analysis of Productivity Policies
Jeffrey Kling, Congressional Budget Office Heidi Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 pm |
Dinner and Keynote: R. Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University and NBER (Somerset Room)
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| Tuesday, July 15 | |
| 9:00 am | |
| Wednesday, July 16 | |
| 9:00 am | |
| Thursday, July 17 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am | |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch - Monteverdi
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| 1:30 pm |
Session 2: Advice on Research and Careers
Matthew Clancy, Open Philanthropy Dylan Matthews, Vox Caleb Watney, Institute for Progress Heidi Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 pm |
Joint Dinner with Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp and
A Conversation with Ed Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER (Somerset Room) |