NBER Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy Conference
Benjamin Jones and Josh Lerner, Organizers
May 1, 2024
Supported by The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington DC
| Wednesday, May 1 | ||
| Registration and Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:59 am | The AI Revolution | |
| 9:00 am |
Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Joshua L. Krieger, Harvard University Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Market Structure and Generative AI |
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| 9:35 am |
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER Government as Venture Capitalists in AI |
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| 10:10 am |
Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER Gaétan de Rassenfosse, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER Intellectal Property and Creative Machines |
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| Break | ||
| 10:48 am | R&D Funding Models | |
| 11:00 am |
Arielle D'Souza, Institute for Progress Christopher M. Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER Can Operation Warp Speed Serve as a Model for Accelerating Innovations Beyond Covid Vaccines? |
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| 11:35 am |
Christoph Carnehl, Bocconi University Marco Ottaviani, Bocconi University Justus Preusser, Bocconi University Designing Scientific Grants |
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| Break | ||
| 12:20 pm | Technical Labor Force | |
| 12:25 pm |
Amy Nice, Institute for Progress Meeting U.S. Defense Science and Engineering Workforce Needs: A Progress Report |
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| 1:00 pm |
Keynote: Jason Matheny, RAND Research Questions Around Innovation Policy This presentation will only be available to in-person participants |
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| Wrap-up | ||