The UW School of Law will host Regional Institutions for Innovation and Productivity Friday, April 9, featuring Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, Microsoft Senior Vice President Brad Smith, and UW School of Law Dean Kellye Testy. The conference, presented by the UW Economic Policy Research Center, will be held in William H. Gates Hall Room 138.
The schedule for the half-day conference is as follows:
12:00 p.m.
- Welcome
Kellye Testy
Dean and James W. Mifflin University Professor
University of Washington School of Law
12:05 p.m.
- Information Technology and the Future of Washington State
The Honorable Christine Gregoire
Governor, Washington state
12:25 p.m.
- Software and Productivity
Brad Smith
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Microsoft
12:45 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
- Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy
Erik Brynjolfsson
Schussel Family Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, Director, MIT Center for Digital Business
1:40 p.m.
- Innovation and Competitiveness: Reevaluating the Contributors to Growth
Bart van Ark
Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, The Conference Board, Professor of Economics, University of Groningen, Netherlands
2:20 p.m.
- Information Technology and the Transformation of the Washington Economy
Theo Eicher
Professor and Robert R. Richards Distinguished Scholar, University of Washington Director, UW Economic Policy Research Center
3:00 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
- Regional Institutions For Innovation Commercialization
Linden Rhoads
Vice Provost of Technology Transfer, University of Washington
3:50 p.m.
- Technology Innovations: Powering or Pummeling the Economy?
Daniel Wilson
Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Assistant Director, Center for the Study of Innovation and Productivity
4:30 p.m.
- Information Technology and Education as Determinants of Productivity Growth
Thomas Strobel
Economist, Ifo Institute of Economic Research at the University of Munich
5:10 p.m.
To register or for more information, contact the UW School of Law Continuing Legal Education Office.