Tuesday, July 19
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:30 am

The Returns to Face-to-Face Interactions: Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley

David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
M. Keith Chen, University of California, Los Angeles
Anton Popov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:20 am

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports

Kaiji Gong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Yao Amber Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Kalina Manova, University College London
Teng Sun, Stanford University

Discussant:
Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
11:10 am
Break
11:30 am

Social Push and the Direction of Innovation

Elias Einiö, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Josh Feng, University of Utah
Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University and NBER
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:20 pm

The Effect of Funding Delays on the Research Workforce: Evidence From Tax Records

Stephanie D. Cheng, Edgeworth Economics
Elisabeth Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau
Wei Yang Tham, University of Toronto

Discussant:
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:10 pm

Innovation Networks and R&D Allocation

Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
Song Ma, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Panel discussion: Challenges and Opportunities in Translating Innovation Research into Policy
Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development
Daniel Correa, Federation of American Scientists
Douglas Elmendorf, Harvard University
Daniel Goroff, Sloan Foundation
Caleb Watney, Institute for Progress
Moderator: Heidi Williams, Stanford University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 20
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:30 am

Intellectual Property Protection Lost and Competition: An Examination Using Machine Learning

Utku A. Acikalin, TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Tolga Caskurlu, University of Amsterdam
Gerard Hoberg, University of Southern California
Gordon M. Phillips, Dartmouth College and NBER

A Deep Learning Approach to Quantify the Innovativeness and Future Impact of New Technology and Science (slides)

Sourav Medya, Northwestern University
Ryan Whalen, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Tara Sowrirajan, Northwestern University
Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University

Discussants:
Carl Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
James Zou, Stanford University
11:10 am
Break
11:30 am

Creative Construction: Knowledge Sharing in Production Networks

Evgenii Fadeev, Duke University

Discussant:
Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:20 pm

Undergraduate Gender Diversity and Direction of Scientific Research

Francesca Truffa, University of Michigan
Ashley Wong, Tilburg University

Discussant:
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
2:10 pm

Sex, Drugs, and R&D: Missing Innovation from Regulating Female Enrollment in Clinical Trials

Valerie Michelman, University of Delaware
Lucy Msall, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Ariel Dora Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Closing the Gender Gap in Patenting: Evidence from a Randomized Control trial at the USPTO

Nicholas Pairolero, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Andrew Toole, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Peter-Anthony Pappas, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Charles A. deGrazia, EMLV
Mike H. Teodorescu, University of Washington

Discussant:
Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Stanford University
4:20 pm
Adjourn