Tuesday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:15 am
Welcome and Introductions
9:30 am

Innovation and Appropriability: Revisiting the Role of Intellectual Property

Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University and NBER
Timothy Simcoe, Boston University and NBER

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

Patents that Match your Standards: Firm-level Evidence on Competition and Innovation

Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Julia Schmidt, Banque de France
Riccardo Zago, Banque de France

Discussant:
Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics
11:10 am
Break
11:30 am

The Incentive and Welfare Effects of the European Unitary Patent

Alexis Stevenson, European Commission (DG RTD)
Tuomas Takalo, Bank of Finland
Otto Toivanen, Aalto University

Discussant:
Mitsuru Igami, University of Toronto
12:20 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Does Chinese Research Hinge on US Coauthors ? Evidence from the China Initiative (slides)

Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics
Céline Antonin, Sciences Po
Xueping Sun, Stanford University
David Stromberg, Stockholm University
Luc Paluskiewicz, Paris School of Economics
Raphael Wargon, Paris School of Economics
Karolina Westin, Stockholm University

Discussant:
Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
2:20 pm

America, Jump-started: World War II R&D and the Takeoff of the U.S. Innovation System

Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
Bhaven N. Sampat, Arizona State University and NBER

Discussant:
Maryann Feldman, Arizona State University and NBER
3:10 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from Operation Warp Speed
Arielle D'Souza, Institute for Progress
Kumar Garg, Schmidt Futures
Moncef Slaoui, former head of Operation Warp Speed
Christopher M. Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER
Moderator: Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Reception (Ballroom Foyer)
Wednesday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:30 am

Shortcuts to Innovation: The Use of Analogies in Knowledge Production

Soomi Kim, Columbia University

Discussant:
Carolyn Stein, University of California, Berkeley
10:20 am

Regulating the Innovators: Approval Costs and Innovation in Medical Technologies

Parker Rogers, Indiana University

Discussant:
Ariel Dora Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute
11:10 am
Break
11:30 am

The Breakup of the Bell System and its Impact on US Innovation

Martin Watzinger, University of Muenster
Monika Schnitzer, University of Munich

Discussant:
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
12:20 pm
Lunch
Afternoon session joint with Entrepreneurship and Digital Economics and Artificial Intelligence
1:30 pm

The Welfare Effects of Gender-Inclusive Intellectual Property Creation: Evidence from Books

Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER

Discussant:
Rembrand M. Koning, Harvard University
2:30 pm

From Predictive Algorithms to Automatic Generation of Anomalies

Sendhil Mullainathan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ashesh Rambachan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Colin Camerer, California Institute of Technology
3:10 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Distorted Innovation: Does the Market Get the Direction of Technology Right?

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University and NBER
4:20 pm
Adjourn