NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

R&D INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE

 

January 21, 2005

 

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

 

9:30 a.m.

 

Continental Breakfast

10:00 a.m.

 

Opening remarks by Prof. Ernst Berndt & Prof. Patricia Danzon

10:10 a.m.

 

Opening remarks by Ian Spatz

10:15 a.m.

 

An Overview of Research on Location and R&D –by Jeff Furman-

10:45 a.m.

 

Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.

 

Ernie/Patricia to open roundtable

12:30 p.m.

 

Working Lunch

1:30 p.m.

 

Ernie/Patricia to resume roundtable

2:45 p.m.

 

Wrap up –summary of main points discussed-

3:00 p.m.

 

Session ends

 

 

 

Attire: Business Casual

 

Participant List

 

            James Adams

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER

            Ernst Berndt

MIT and NBER

            Jeffrey Bernstein

Carleton University and NBER

            Iain Cockburn

Boston University and NBER

            Patricia Danzon

University of Pennsylvania and NBER

            Sara Ellison

MIT

            Jeffrey Furman

Boston University and NBER

            Tania Genel

Merck & Co.

            Marion Jagodka

Merck & Co.

            Michelle Lesher

Merck & Co.

            Sean Nicholson

Cornell University and NBER

            Fabio Pammolli

University of Florence

            Stephen Propper

Merck & Co.

            Matthew Slaughter

Dartmouth College and NBER

            Ian Spatz

Merck & Co.

            Arthur Woolf

University of Vermont