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Innovation Research Boot Camp
Organized by Benjamin Jones and Heidi L. Williams Supported by Coefficient Giving and Good Ventures Foundation July 17-23, 2026 Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA Room: Longfellow A |
| 8:30 am | |
| Friday, July 17 | |
| 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 NBER |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 pm |
Session 2: Open Science as an Economic Institution
Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 pm |
Opening Reception & Dinner - Monteverdi Restaurant, Amalfi Room
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| Saturday, July 18 | |
| 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 NBER |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 pm |
Session 2: The Direction of Science
Kyle Myers, Harvard University and NBER |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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| Monday, July 20 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am |
Session 1: Idea-Based Models of Economic Growth
Chad Jones, Stanford University and NBER |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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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 | |
| Tuesday, July 21 | |
| 8:30 am | |
| Wednesday, July 22 | |
| 8:30 am | |
| Thursday, July 23 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am |
Session 1: Diffusion
Kevin Bryan, University of Toronto and NBER |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 pm |
Session 2: Advice on Research and Careers
Moderated by Heidi Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER Kevin Bryan, University of Toronto and NBER Dylan Matthews, Coefficient Giving |
| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 pm |
Joint Dinner with Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp
Keynote: Casey Mulligan, US Department of Health and Human Services Chief Economist and Chief Regulatory Officer; former Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration; on leave from the University of Chicago (Somerset Room) |