The Role of Immigrants and Foreign Students in Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie, Organizers
April 27, 2018
Supported by the National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy Program and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
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| 6:30 pm | Dinner at Bambara Restaurant (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) | |||
| Friday, April 27 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:35 am | Welcome Remarks | |||
| 8:45 am |
U.S. Immigration Policies and the STEM Entrepreneurial Workforce
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| 9:30 am |
Immigration and Invention: Evidence from the Quota Acts
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| 10:15 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Are Immigrants More Innovative? Evidence from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs
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| 11:15 am |
Returnee Migrants' Self-selection: Evidence For Indian Inventors In The US
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| 12:00 noon |
Lunch and Panel Aman Verjee, 500 Startups Ben Waber, CEO of Humanyze David Weil, Brandeis University |
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| 1:30 pm |
High-Skill Immigration, Innovation, and Creative Destruction
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| 2:15 pm |
The Effect of H-1B Visas on Firms: Evidence from Publicly Traded Firms
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:15 pm |
High-Skilled Immigrant Networking and Innovation
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| 4:00 pm |
Will the U.S. Keep the Best and the Brightest (as Post-docs)? Career and Location Preferences of Foreign STEM PhDs
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| 4:45 pm | Adjourn | |||