New Building Blocks for Jobs and Economic Growth
Intangible Assets as Sources of Increased Productivity and Enterprise Value
A conference presented by
OECD, Athena Alliance, The Conference Board, Kauffman Foundation, and US National Academies
hosted by the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy
May 16 and 17, 2011
Rafik B. Hariri Building,
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Intangible assets -- information, workforce skills and know-how, effective management and marketing, business models, relations with suppliers and customers, software and databases as well as traditional intellectual property (patents, copyrights and trademarks) are building blocks of future economic growth. According to the available evidence, business investment in intangible assets is increasing in most advanced economies and, in a number of countries, intangible investment matches or exceeds investment in tangible assets such as buildings, equipment and machinery. Investment in intangibles also accounts for a significant fraction of labor productivity growth in countries such as Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. And evidence is accumulating that investments in intangibles are growing in importance in emerging economies.
Goal of the conference
This conference draws together a group of global business leaders, policymakers, and researchers to better understand how we can harness investments in innovation, intangible assets, and intellectual capital to generate sustainable growth, high-wage employment, and improved living standards.
Schedule
Monday May 16:
Introduction
and welcome
(8:45 9:00)
What
the conference is all about: Kenan Jarboe, President, Athena Alliance
Opening
remarks and introduction: Richard Boucher, Deputy Sec. General, OECD
Lohrfink Auditorium, 2nd floor
Keynote
address: (9:00 9:45)
Ben
Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Lohrfink Auditorium, 2nd floor
Plenary
roundtable discussion: (9:45 11:15)
Moderator: Jon Spector, CEO, The Conference Board
Otaviano Canuto, Vice President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank
Allen
Howell, CEO, Corporate Flight Management
Edward Jung, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Intellectual Ventures
Lisa Lynch, Dean, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Carl Shapiro, White House Council of Economic Advisors
David Stafford, COO, Michelin Americas Research Company
Manuel Trajtenberg - Professor and former Head of Israels National Economic Council
Lohrfink Auditorium, 2nd floor
Break (11:15 11:30)
Coffee available on 1st floor
Rapid
briefing rounds (11:30 12:30)
Classrooms 1st floor: 130,
145, 155, 160
Start
of workshop process: participants to go to their "start" room as
assigned. Participants in each workshop will receive a briefing on the topics
to be covered in all the other workshops.
Lunch (12:30 1:15)
Fisher Colloquium, 4th floor
Working
group sessions #1 (1:15 4:15)
· Global Competition and Collaboration
· Boosting Competitiveness, Jobs and Growth
· Emerging Measures for Strategic Management
· Driving Next-Generation Innovation Ecosystems
Classrooms 1st floor: 130,
145, 155, 160
Participants
to go to their workshop room as assigned.
(Self
managed breaks - coffee available 1st
floor)
Note:
the same workshops repeat on the morning of day two, but with a different group
of participants. Each conference
attendee participates in two separate workshops during the course of the two
days.
Report
back and synthesis conversation (4:15 5:15)
Lohrfink Auditorium, 2th floor
Reception
and Dinner (6:30 )
Speakers: Paul Kedrosky, Kauffman Foundation
Senator Chris Coons (DE)
Reception:
Commons, 3rd floor
Dinner: Fisher Colloquium, 4th floor
Tuesday May 17:
Introduction
to day two (8:45 9:00) Kenan Jarboe, Athena
Alliance
Fisher Colloquium, 4th floor
Working
group sessions #2 (9:00 12:00)
· Global Competition and Collaboration
· Boosting Competitiveness, Jobs and Growth
· Emerging Measures for Strategic Management
· Driving Next-Generation Innovation Ecosystems
Classrooms 1st floor: 130,
145, 155, 160
Participants
to go to their workshop room as assigned.
(Self
managed breaks - coffee available 1st floor)
Note:
the same workshops as afternoon of day one, but with a different group of
participants. Each conference attendee participates in two separate workshops.
Lunch
and report out (12:00 12:45)
Fisher Colloquium, 4th floor
World
Cafe rounds
(12:45 1:45)
Facilitated small group conversations
on conference topics
Fisher Colloquium, 4th floor
Plenary
summary session (1:45 2:45)
Moderator: Lesa Mitchell, Vice-President for Innovation, Kauffman Foundation
Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce, United States
Tony Clayton, Chief Economist, Intellectual Property Office, United Kingdom
Raine Hermans, Director, Strategic Intelligence, TEKES - the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
John Mayo, Executive Director, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy
Ken Warwick, Chair, Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, OECD
Fisher Colloquium, 4th floor
Closing
remarks (2:45 3:00)
Andrew
Wyckoff, Director, Directorate
for Science, Technology and Industry (STI), OECD
Richard
Cohon, Chairman, Athena Alliance
Fisher Colloquium, 4th floor