
	Tuesday, January 7
	Academic Session Each author will have 20 minutes to present, followed by 10 minutes for the discussant and 15 minutes for audience Q&A.
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:15 am	Welcome
8:30 am	The “Weighty” Manufacturing Sector: Transforming Raw Materials into Physical Goods Erica Fuchs, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Kate S. Whitefoot, Carnegie Mellon University Britta M. Glennon, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Christophe B. Combemale, Carnegie Mellon University Discussant: Kathryn L. Shaw, Stanford University and NBER
9:15 am	Concentration and agglomeration of IT innovation: Evidence from patenting (slides) Chris Forman, Cornell University Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER Discussant: Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER
10:10 am	Break
10:15 am	Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Energy Sector David Popp, Syracuse University and NBER Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ivan Hascic, OECD Nick Johnstone, International Energy Agency Discussant: Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
11:00 am	Innovation, Growth and Structural Change in American Agriculture Julian Alston, University of California at Davis Phillip Pardey, University of Minnesota Discussant: Brian Wright, University of California, Berkeley
11:45 am	Lunch
	Panel on Policies to Promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship Panelists: Ben Jones, Northwestern University and NBER Lucia Foster, U.S. Census Bureau Karen Mills, Harvard University
1:15 pm	Digitization and its Consequences for Creative-Industry Product and Labor Markets Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER Discussant: Gustavo Manso, University of California at Berkeley
2:00 pm	The Recent Evolution of Physical Retail Markets: Online Retailing, Big Box Stores, and the Rise of Restaurants Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan Discussant: Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	The Servicification of the U.S. Economy: The Role of Startups versus Incumbent Firms Mercedes Delgado, Copenhagen Business School Daniel Kim, University of Pennsylvania Karen G. Mills, Harvard University Discussant: Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University and NBER
3:45 pm	Education and Innovation Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER Petra Moser, New York University and NBER Discussant: Eleanor W. Dillon, Microsoft Research
4:30 pm	Break
4:45 pm	Innovation in the U.S. Federal Government (slides) Joshua R. Bruce, Snap Inc. John M. de Figueiredo, Duke University and NBER Discussant: Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University and NBER
5:30 pm	Adjourn
5:45 pm	Reception and Dinner - Cucina Venti Restaurant, 1390 Pear Avenue
	Wednesday, January 8
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Housing and Real Estate Edward Kung, California State University, Northridge Discussant: Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
9:45 am	Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health Care Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER Discussant: Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	What’s Driving Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Transportation Sector? Derrick Choe, New York University Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER Robert Seamans, New York University Discussant: Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:30 am	Break
	Integrated Academic-Practitioner Session
12:00 pm	Lunch Keynote: Benjamin Jones, Kellogg School of Management and NBER
1:00 pm	Fireside Chat, Katie Finnegan, Store No. 8 (subject to scheduling confirmation) Moderator: Kathryn Shaw, Stanford and NBER
1:45 pm	Panel 1: Driving Innovation and Entrepreneurship
	Moderator: Shane Greenstein, Harvard University and NBER Barb Stuckey, Mattson Jose Mejia, Founding Team, Bay Networks; Investor (IT) Alexsis de Raadt St. James, Merian Ventures (IT) James Cham, Bloomberg Beta (Platforms; AI)
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Fireside Chat, Arati Prabhakar, Actuate; former Director, DARPA Moderator: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:45 pm	Panel 2: Policy Challenges
	Moderator: Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER Chris Kirchhoff, Schmidt Futures Bob Kocher, Venrock (Health) Jean Rogers, Long-Term Stock Exchange (Finance, subject to confirmation) Ilan Gur, Cyclotron Road (Energy)
4:45 pm	Break
5:00 pm	Fireside Chat: Sal Khan, Khan Academy Moderator: Ronnie Chatterji, Duke University and NBER
5:45 pm	Adjourn

Participants

Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Julian Alston, University of California at Davis
Michael J. Andrews, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau
Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
Kevin Boudreau, Northeastern University and NBER
Joshua R. Bruce, Snap Inc.
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER
James Cham, Bloomberg Data
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Aaron Chatterji, Duke University and NBER
Derrick Choe, New York University
Christophe B. Combemale, Carnegie Mellon University
Mercedes Delgado, Copenhagen Business School
Eleanor W. Dillon, Microsoft Research
Gilles Duranton, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Katie Finnegan, Store No. 8
Chris Forman, Cornell University
Lucia S. Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Erica Fuchs, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University and NBER
Britta Glennon, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER
Andreea D. Gorbatai, University of California, Berkeley
Shane Greenstein, Harvard University and NBER
Ilan Gur, Cyclotron Road
Hanna Halaburda, New York University
Bronwyn H. Hall, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Christian Helmers, Santa Clara University
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Sal Khan, Khan Academy
Christopher Kirchhoff, Schmidt Futures
Robert Kocher, Venrock

Jennifer Kuan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edward Kung, California State University, Northridge
Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Benjamin T. Leyden, Cornell University
Gustavo Manso, University of California at Berkeley
Emily McCue, Mattson
Kristina McElheran, University of Toronto
Jose Mejia, Bay Networks
Karen G. Mills, Harvard University
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER
Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Boston University
Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
Evan Oliner, Silicon Valley Bank
Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arati Prabhakar, Actuate
Robert Seamans, New York University
Kathryn L. Shaw, Stanford University and NBER
Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan
Carolyn Stein, University of California, Berkeley
Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Barb Stuckey, Mattson
Arun Sundararajan, New York University
Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University and NBER
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER
Nils Wernerfelt, Northwestern University
Kate S. Whitefoot, Carnegie Mellon University
Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER
Brian Wright, University of California, Berkeley
Lynn Wu, University of Pennsylvania
Pai-Ling Yin, Amazon
John M. de Figueiredo, Duke University and NBER
Alexis de Raadt St. James, Merian Ventures