Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium (2012)
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"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13488.
Agenda
Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy
Organized jointly by the German Institute for Economic Research and the U.S. National Academies
May 24-25, 2011
Berlin
Day 1—May 24, 2011
| 9:15 AM | Welcome |
| Gert G. Wagner, Chairman, Executive Board, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) Alan Wm. Wolff, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Chair, U.S. National Academies Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies |
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| 9:45 AM | Opening Remarks for Germany |
| Georg Schütte, State Secretary for Education and Research |
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| 10:00 AM | Opening Remarks for the United States |
| The Honorable Philip Murphy, U.S. Ambassador to Germany |
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| 10:15 AM | Keynote Address |
| John Fernandez, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Economic Development Administration |
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| 10:45 AM | Coffee Break |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13488.
| 11:00 AM | Panel I: Current Trends in Innovation Policy |
| Moderator: Jens Schmidt-Ehmcke, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) U.S. Innovation Policy: New Initiatives Ginger Lew, Senior Counselor, White House National Economic Council New Initiatives in German Innovation Policy Dietmar Harhoff, Chairman, Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation Policy Initiatives at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Phillip Singerman, Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Discussion |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 12:45 PM | Keynote Address |
| Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the Foreign Office (Auswertiges Amt) |
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| 1:15 PM | Panel II: Competition and Cooperation in a Global Economy Moderator: Katharina Schlüter, Finance-Magazin Chinese and Indian Investments and Economic Strategy Carl Dahlman, Henry R. Luce Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and Member, U.S. National Academies Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies Innovation and Trade Alan Wm. Wolff, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Chair, U.S. National Academies Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies Discussion |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13488.
| 2:15 PM | Panel III: Human Resources, Competition for Manpower, and the Internationalization of Labor |
| Moderator: Irwin Collier, John F. Kennedy Institute, Free University Berlin (FU Berlin) The Human Resource Challenge Klaus F. Zimmermann, Director, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) A Microsoft Perspective on the United States and Europe Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman Europe, Microsoft Corporation Discussion |
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| 3:00 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 PM | Panel IV: Growing Universities for the 21st Century |
| Moderator: Reinhard Grunwald, Director, Zentrum für Wissenschaftsmanagement e.V. Speyer (ZWM) Challenges and Changes for German Research Institutions Karl Ulrich Mayer, President, Leibniz Association Growing the New Akron University Luis Proenza, President, The University of Akron German Universities and the Role of the Excellence Initiative Andreas Pinkwart, Dean, Leipzig Graduate School of Management, (Handelshochschule Leipzig) Discussion |
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| 4:15 PM | Roundtable—“Competition and Cooperation: Systematic Challenges” |
| Chair: Peter Engardio, Senior Writer, BusinessWeek (retired) Alan Wm. Wolff, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Chair, U.S. National Academies Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies Engelbert Beyer, Head of Directorate for Innovation Strategies, Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13488.
| Carl Dahlman, Henry R. Luce Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and Member, U.S. National Academies Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies Thomas A. Curran, Senior Vice President for Technology and Innovation, Deutsche Telekom AG |
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| 5:00 PM | Adjourn Day 1 |
Day 2—May 25, 2011
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks Klaus F. Zimmermann, Director, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) |
| 9:15 AM | Panel V: Helping Small Business: Current Trends and Programs |
| Moderator: David Audretsch, Director, Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University The “Mittelstand” Programs and Innovation in Germany Rainer Jäkel, Head, Directorate for Technology and Innovation Policies, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) Small Business Innovation: Federal Investments to Cross the Valley of Death Charles W. Wessner, Director, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, The U.S. National Academies Discussion |
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| 10:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 PM | Panel VI: Early-Stage Finance and Entrepreneurship |
| Moderator: Alexander Kritikos, Research Director, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) New Initiatives in Early-Stage Finance in Germany Peter Terhart, Chairman, German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13488.
| The Clash of Innovation Cultures: The United States and Germany Eran Davidson, Managing Partner, Hasso Plattner Ventures Trends and Challenges for Venture Capital in the United States Arati Prabhakar, Partner, U.S. Venture Partners Discussion |
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| 11:30 PM | Panel VII: Policies and Programs for CO2 Reduction |
| Moderator: Claudia Kemfert, Head of Energy, Transportation, and Environment Department, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) The “Morgenstadt” Concept Frauke Lohr, Senior Partner, Grolman.Result GmbH U.S. Carbon Reduction Policies Charles Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative, The Brookings Institution Climate Change and Innovation: Mitigation and Adaptation Measures Reinhard F. Hüttl, Scientific Executive Director, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam/GFZ, and President, acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering Discussion |
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| 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 1:45 PM | Panel VIII: Building Electric Vehicle Industries |
| Moderator: Andreas Möller, Head of Division Policy and Social Consulting, acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering U.S. Battery Initiative for Electric Drive Vehicles Ed Owens, Supervisory General Engineer for Vehicle Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13488.
| German Developments in Electric Vehicles Dirk Arnold, Deputy Head of Division, Environmental Innovation and Electric Mobility, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) |
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| 2:20 PM | Discussion |
| 2:30 PM | Panel IX: Medical/Biomedical Innovation for the 21st Century |
| Moderator: Charles W. Wessner, Director, Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, The U.S. National Academies |
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| Advancing Innovation and Convergence in Cancer Research Jerry S. H. Lee, Deputy Director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, U.S. National Cancer Institute Medical/Biomedical Innovation for the 21st Century Joachim Giesekus, Strategic Marketing, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) Discussion |
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| 3:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 4:00 PM | Panel X: Policies and Programs to Build Solar Industries Moderator: Peter Strunk, WISTA Management GmbH and Adlershof Science Park, Berlin The German Solar Industry Karsten Neuhoff, Director, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI-Berlin) U.S. Initiatives in Solar Energy Policy Minh Le, Chief Engineer, Solar Energy Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy Discussion |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13488.
| 4:45 PM | Roundtable—“Energy Change: What are the Consequences for the German and U.S. Innovation Systems?” |
| Chair: Tim Stuchtey, Director, Brandenburgisches Institut für Gessellschaft und Sicherheit Seth Winnick, Counselor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of the United States Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, Green Party; Member, Committee for Education, Research, and Technology Assessment Albert Rupprecht (CSU) Committee for Education, Research, and Technology Ernst Dieter Rossman, Social Democratic Party, Shlezvik Holstein (SPD); Member, Committee for Research, Education, and Technology Arati Prabhakar, Partner, U.S. Venture Partners |
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| 5:45 PM | Closing Remarks |
| Alan Wm. Wolff, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and Chair, U.S. National Academies Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies Klaus F. Zimmermann, Director, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) |
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| 6:15 PM | Adjourn |
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