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Promoting American Innovation and Competitiveness: The Role of Infrastructure R&D Investment and Industrial Policy

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Mon Oct 18, 2021
Virtual

Date

Mon Oct 18, 2021
9:00am – 10:30am EDT

Location

Virtual

Contact

    emily.vincent@aspeninstitute.org

Hosts

  1. Aspen Economic Strategy Group

A webinar discussing how new investments should be implemented to maximize productivity and innovation, what more must be done to promote American innovation and economic security, and if direct industry investments are necessary to promote economic and strategic interests.

AGENDA

All times shown are Eastern

OCT 18 1:00PM-1:05AM

WELCOMING REMARKS

Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

, Co-Chair, Aspen Economic Strategy Group

OCT 18 1:05PM-1:35PM

OPENING REMARKS

The Honorable Mark Warner

, United States Senator, Virginia

MODERATOR
Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator, The Wall Street Journal

OCT 18 1:35PM-2:25PM

PANEL DISCUSSION

SPEAKERS
Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics; Chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University
Severin Borenstein, E.T. Grether Chair in Business Administration and Public Policy; Faculty Director, Energy Institute at Haas
Kaye Husbands Fealing, Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Ivan Allen Jr. Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ben Jones, Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

MODERATOR
Melissa S. Kearney, Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland; Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group

OCT 18 2:25PM-2:30PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Melissa S. Kearney, Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland; Director, Aspen Economic Strategy GroupA webinar discussing how new investments should be implemented to maximize productivity and innovation, what more must be done to promote American innovation and economic security, and if direct industry investments are necessary to promote economic and strategic interests.

AGENDA

All times shown are Eastern

OCT 18 1:00PM-1:05AM

WELCOMING REMARKS

Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

, Co-Chair, Aspen Economic Strategy Group

OCT 18 1:05PM-1:35PM

OPENING REMARKS

The Honorable Mark Warner

, United States Senator, Virginia

MODERATOR
Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator, The Wall Street Journal

OCT 18 1:35PM-2:25PM

PANEL DISCUSSION

SPEAKERS
Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics; Chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University
Severin Borenstein, E.T. Grether Chair in Business Administration and Public Policy; Faculty Director, Energy Institute at Haas
Kaye Husbands Fealing, Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Ivan Allen Jr. Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ben Jones, Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

MODERATOR
Melissa S. Kearney, Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland; Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group

OCT 18 2:25PM-2:30PM

CLOSING REMARKS

Melissa S. Kearney, Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland; Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group