Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Euro Area

Opening address

Mario Draghi, European Central Bank
Martin A. Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

Keynote Speech: Carlos Moedas, European Commission

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

Dinner

Introduction: European Central Bank

Keynote Speech: Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University

Opening Keynote Speech: Grete Faremo, United Nations Office for Project Services

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

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

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

Closing remarks