Innovation Policy and National Competitiveness

Friday, September 23, 2011, 2:30 - 7:15 PM
@ Wittemyer Courtroom, Wolf Law Building, University of Colorado

Video

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Paper - Phil Weiser & Jon Sallet,
The Case for Innovation Policy: Key Principles for National Success

Innovation policy is on the national agenda, with President Obama calling for policies that will enable the United States to "out-innovate, out-build, and out-educate the world." Right after his State of the Union Address, President Obama released A Strategy For American Innovation, which sets forth the Administration's approach to promoting innovation. In a related effort, as part of the America Competes Act, the Department of Commerce is required to develop an overall assessment of the innovation capacity and competitiveness of the U.S. economy, consulting with an advisory committee as part of that process.

To join in the national conversation about the future of innovation policy and national competitiveness, this conference will bring together a number of leading thinkers, industry leaders, and policymakers to focus on a critical set of questions that bear on innovation. The conference will focus on three principal questions as to the role of government in spurring innovation and economic growth - (1) how it can enable the basic building blocks; (2) how it can support the development of entrepreneurial clusters and regional innovation; and (3) what strategies it can employ to advance national competitiveness in a global economy.

Welcome
 2:30pm - 2:35pm
  • Phil Weiser
    Dean
    University of Colorado Law School
    Executive Director
    Silicon Flatirons Center
Opening Address
 2:35pm - 3:00pm
The Building Blocks for Innovation: Historical and Economic Perspectives
 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Nicholas Carr
    Author
    "The Big Switch" & "The Shallows"
    Former Executive Editor
    Harvard Business Review
  • Benjamin F. Jones
    Associate Professor
    Kellogg School of Management
    Northwestern University
  • Keith Maskus
    Professor, Department of Economics
    Associate Dean for Social Sciences
    University of Colorado
  • Terrell McSweeny
    Senior Counsel, Antitrust Division
    United States Department of Justice
  • F.M. Scherer
    Professor Emeritus
    John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Harvard University
Moderator
  • Phil Weiser
    Dean
    University of Colorado Law School
    Executive Director
    Silicon Flatirons Center
Spurring Entrepreneurial Clusters and Regional Innovation
 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • David Cohen
    Founder and CEO
    TechStars
  • Sharon Matusik
    Associate Professor
    Leeds School of Business; Academic Director, the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
    University of Colorado
  • Lesa Mitchell
    Vice President, Advancing Innovation
    Kauffman Foundation
  • Paul Washington
    President
    LJS Holdings LLC
Moderator
  • Brad Bernthal
    Associate Professor of Law
    University of Colorado
    Entrepreneurship Initiative Director
    Silicon Flatirons Center
Break
 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Strategies to Promote National Competitiveness
 5:15pm - 6:15pm
Moderator
  • Jonathan Sallet
    Partner
    O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    Senior Adjunct Fellow
    Silicon Flatirons Center
Closing Panel
 6:15pm - 7:15pm
  • Irwin Jacobs
    Founder and Chairman of the Board
    Qualcomm
  • Carl Shapiro
    Professor, Department of Economics
    University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business
    Former Member of the Council of Economic Advisors

Conference Summary

For a report summarizing the conference written by Nick Venetz, Danielle Town and Julie Cuypers Click Here

Video

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Readings:

Tim Kane, Firm Formation and Economic Growth: The Importance of Startups in Job Creation and Job Destruction. Kauffman Foundation, July 2010.

Dane Stangle, The Economic Future Just Happened. Kauffman Foundation, June 2009.

McKinsey Global Institute, An Economy That Works: Job Creation and America's Future. June 2011.

Jonathan Sallet, Innovation Policy in Tough Times on Tight Budgets. Science Progress, October 2010.

Matt Hourihan and Matthew Stepp, A Model for Innovation: ARPA-E Merits Full Funding. ITIF, July 2011.

R. Atkinson, et al, Innovation Policy on a Budget: Driving Innovation in a Time of Fiscal Constraint. ITIF, September 2010.

Council on Competitiveness, Collaborate: Leading Regional Innovation Clusters. June 2010.

Delgado, Porter, and Stern,Clusters and Entrepreneurship. Journal of Economic Geography, May 2010.

Sallet, Paisley, and Masterman, The Geography of Innovation: The Federal Government and the Growth of Regional Innovation Clusters. Science Progress, September 2009.

Vivek Wadhwa, Immigration and the Death of Recovery. Washington Post, June, 2011.

Kristin R.W. Matthews et al., U.S. Scientific Research and Development 202. Science Progress, July, 2011.