Innovation Research Boot Camp

Benjamin Jones and Heidi L. Williams, Organizers

July 12-18, 2024

Longfellow A

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Friday, July 12
8:20 am	Reading List
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Session 1: Introduction / Human Capital and Innovation Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER Lecture
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Session 2: Idea-Based Models of Economic Growth Charles Jones, Stanford University and NBER Lecture
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Reception at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta)
Saturday, July 13
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Session 1: The Supply of Innovators Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst and NBER Lecture
12:00 pm	Lunch in Ballroom B
1:30 pm	Session 2: The Economics of Science Kyle Myers, Harvard University Lecture
4:30 pm	Adjourn
Monday, July 15
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Session 1: Diffusion Kevin Bryan, University of Toronto Lecture
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Session 2: Innovation Policy John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER Lecture
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Dinner and Keynote: David Wessel, Brookings Institution (Somerset Room)
Tuesday, July 16
9:00 am	NBER SI Innovation Workshop (Program)
Wednesday, July 17
9:00 am	NBER SI Innovation Workshop (Program)
5:00 pm	Reception at Harvard Business School (Schwartz Common, between Aldrich and Klarman) (HBS map and directions)
Thursday, July 18
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Session 1: Contracting and Control Rights for Innovation Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Lecture
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Session 2: Advice on research and careers with Dylan Matthews and Caleb Watney Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Joint Dinner with Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp and Keynote: William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER (Longfellow AB)