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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.
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Appendix A

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

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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

9:45 AM Opening Remarks for Germany

  Georg Schütte, State Secretary for Education and Research

10:00 AM Opening Remarks for the United States

  The Honorable Philip Murphy, U.S. Ambassador to Germany

10:15 AM Keynote Address

  John Fernandez, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Economic Development Administration

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.
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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

12:00 PM Lunch

12:45 PM Keynote Address

  Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the Foreign Office (Auswertiges Amt)

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.
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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

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

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.
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  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


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

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.
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  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

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

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.
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  German Developments in Electric Vehicles
Dirk Arnold, Deputy Head of Division, Environmental Innovation and Electric Mobility, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)

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

  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

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.
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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


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)


6:15 PM Adjourn

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.
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While nations have always competed for territory, mineral riches, water, and other physical assets, they compete most vigorously today for technology-based innovations and the value that flows from them. Much of this value is based on creating scientific knowledge and transforming it into new products and services for the market. This process of innovation is complex and interdisciplinary. Sometimes it draws on the genius of individuals, but even then it requires sustained collective effort, often underpinned by significant national investments. Capturing the value of these investments to spur domestic economic growth and employment is a challenge in a world where the outputs of innovation disseminate rapidly. Those equipped to understand, apply, and profit from new knowledge and technical advances are increasingly able to capture the long-term economic benefits of growth and employment.

In response to this new, more distributed innovation paradigm, the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) convened leading academics, business leaders, and senior policymakers from Germany and the United States to examine the strengths and challenges of their innovation systems. More specifically, they met to compare their respective approaches to innovation, to learn from their counterparts about best practices and shared challenges, and to identify cooperative opportunities. The symposium was held in Berlin and organized jointly by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and the U.S. National Academies with support of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and the American Embassy in Berlin.

Both U.S. and German participants described common challenges on a wide variety of issues ranging from energy security and climate change to low-emissions transportation, early-stage financing, and workforce training. While recognizing their differences in approach to these challenges, participants on both sides drew out valuable lessons from each other's policies and practices. Participants were also aware of the need to adapt to a new global environment where many countries have focused new policy measures and new resources to support innovative firms and promising industries. Meeting Global Challenges: U.S.-German Innovation Policy reviews the participants meeting and sets goals and recommendations for future policy.

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