
	Thursday, November 8
10:45 am	Quantifying Heterogeneous Returns to Genetic Selection: Evidence from Wisconsin Dairies (slides) Jared P. Hutchins, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Brent Hueth, USDA Economic Research Service Guilherme Rosa, University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Friday, May 17
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	The Location of Public Agricultural Research Facilities and the Rate and Direction of Agricultural Innovation Michael J. Andrews, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Discussant: Bhaven N. Sampat, Arizona State University and NBER
9:45 am	Academic Engagement, Commercialization, and Scholarship: Empirical Evidence from Agricultural and Life Scientists at US Land Grant Bradford L. Barham, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jeremy D. Foltz, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ana Paula. Melo, University of Wisconsin--Madison Discussant: Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	Exploring the Causes Driving Hybrid Corn Adoption from 1933 to 1955 Keith Meyers, University of Southern Denmark Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER Discussant: Michael J. Roberts, University of Hawaii at Manoa
11:45 am	The Roots of Agricultural Innovation: Evidence from Patents Matthew S. Clancy, Open Philanthropy GianCarlo Moschini, Iowa State University Paul Heisey, Department of Agriculture Discussant: Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch
	Key Note Speaker Charles Jones, Stanford University and NBER
2:00 pm	Water Prices, Water Markets, and Incentives to Adopt Agricultural Technology Ellen M. Bruno, University of California, Berkeley Katrina Jessoe, University of California at Davis Discussant: Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Quantifying Heterogeneous Returns to Genetic Selection: Evidence from Wisconsin Dairies Jared P. Hutchins, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Brent Hueth, USDA Economic Research Service Guilherme Rosa, University of Wisconsin-Madison Discussant: Paul Scott, New York University
4:00 pm	Venture Capital and the Transformation of Private R&D for Agriculture and Food Gregory D. Graff, Colorado State University David Zilberman, University of California at Berkeley Discussant: Michael Ewens, Columbia University and NBER
4:45 pm	Adjourn

Participants

Michael J. Andrews, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
Ellen M. Bruno, University of California, Berkeley
Matthew S. Clancy, Open Philanthropy
Kelly Day-Rubenstein, Department of Agriculture
Michael Ewens, Columbia University and NBER
Jeremy D. Foltz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Keith Fuglie, Economic Research Service
Gregory D. Graff, Colorado State University
Tom Grumbly, Support our Agricultural Research
Paul Heisey, Department of Agriculture
Brent Hueth, USDA Economic Research Service
Jared P. Hutchins, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER
Tim Kurt, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

James MacDonald, University of Maryland
Jonathan R. McFadden, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ana Paula Melo, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Keith Meyers, University of Southern Denmark
GianCarlo Moschini, Iowa State University
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nicholas Rada, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER
Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER
Michael J. Roberts, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bhaven N. Sampat, Arizona State University and NBER
Paul Scott, New York University
Robbin Shoemaker, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Sun Ling Wang, Department of Agriculture-Economic Research Service