Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Euro Area
Joint Conference by the European Central Bank and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday, 13 and Tuesday, 14 March 2017
ECB main building, Frankfurt am Main
Webcast
Programme
- 13:30
- Registration
- 14:30
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Opening address
Mario Draghi, European Central Bank
Martin A. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 15:00
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Session 1 The future of economic growth with and without TFP growth
Chair: Vítor Constâncio, European Central Bank
Panelists:
Christophe Chazot, HSBC Holdings plc
Diego Comin, Dartmouth College
Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven - 16:30
- Coffee break
- 17:00
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Keynote Speech: Carlos Moedas, European Commission
- 17:30
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Session 2 Advances in measurement of innovation and entrepreneurship: policy implications and potential for progress
Chair: Peter Praet, European Central Bank
Panelists:
Fred Gault, United Nations University – MERIT
Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management
Christian Ketels, Harvard Business School - 19:30
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Dinner
Introduction: European Central Bank
Keynote Speech: Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University
- 8:30
- Registration
- 9:00
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Opening Keynote Speech: Grete Faremo, United Nations Office for Project Services
- 9:30
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Session 3 Fostering innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems in the European Union
Chair: Phil Budden, MIT Sloan School of Management
Panelists:
Fiona Murray, MIT Sloan School of Management
Suzanne Berger, MIT Political Science
Donna Chisholm, Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Lourdes Núñez-Müller, Granada Health Science Technological Park - 11:00
- Coffee break
- 11:45
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Session 4 Identifying factors that support and hinder the scaling up of promising new ventures
Chair: Ann Mettler, European Commission
Panelists:
José Pozo, European Photonics Industry Consortium
Stephan Neugebauer, The European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
Debora Revoltella, European Investment Bank
Vladimir Bulović, MIT School of Engineering - 12:45
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Concluding Panel: Extracting policy lessons for the euro area
Chair: Catherine Fazio, MIT Lab for Innovation Science and Policy
Panelists:
Fiona Murray, MIT Sloan School of Management
Christian Ketels, Harvard Business School
Ann Mettler, European Commission
Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University - 13:45
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Closing remarks
- 14:00
- Lunch
This programme may be subject to change without notice.
Please note that media will be attending and photography and filming activities will take place during the event.
General information
European Central Bank
Sonnemannstrasse 20
60314 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 (0) 69 1344 6000
E-mail: info@ecb.europa.eu
English
Participants are requested to arrange their own transfers, unless otherwise indicated.
Diego Rodriguez Palenzuela, European Central Bank
Catherine Fazio, MIT Lab for Innovation Science and Policy
Nicola Bowen
Directorate General Economics
Output and Demand Division
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 1344 6351
E-mail: nicola.bowen@ecb.europa.eu
Silke Köhler
Directorate General Communications
Outreach Division
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 1344 8761
E-mail: silke.kohler@ecb.europa.eu