Partnerships for Innovation
Innovation Ecosystems for the Creative Economy
Grantee’s Workshop ● April 25-27, 2010 ● Arlington, VA
AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE
All events in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Ballroom
Sunday, April 25, 2010
2:00 - 7:00 pm
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Workshop Registration & Poster Set-up
Opening Keynote & Reception/Dinner
Creating an Environment for Innovation, Larry Wendling, Staff Vice President, 3M
Monday, April 26, 2010
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Workshop Registration
7:00 – 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
Welcome Remarks- Tom Peterson, NSF; Sara Nerlove, NSF; Tom Skalak, University of
8:15 – 8:45 am
Virginia
Innovation & Cognitive Mapping Speakers:
8:45 – 10:00 am
Chic Thompson, author; Zia Khan, Rockefeller Foundation
10:00 – 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 am Group Brainstorming Session
11:30 – 12:30 pm Keynote: Public Impact of Innovation, Curt Carlson, SRI International
12:30 – 1:30 pm Buffet Lunch-Innovation Attributes-Tom Skalak; Chic Thompson
Panel: Innovation via Re-Invention within Academia & Corporations-Mike Hess,
1:30 – 3:00 pm Medtronic (chair); Beth Comstock, GE; Josh Makower, NEA; Mark Crowell,
Scripps Research Institute
3:00 – 3:30 pm Coffee Break
Panel: Innovations in "Follow-On Funding" Chuck Newhall, NEA (chair); Kevin
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Greene, Valhalla Partners; Geeta Vemuri, Quaker Bioventures; Jon Sakoda, NEA
5:00 – 6:00 pm Break (On Your Own)
6:00 – 8:30 pm
Mixed Media Show/Reception & Dinner- David Griffin, National Geographic
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
7:00 – 8:20 am
Continental Breakfast
8:20 – 8:30 am
Overview of Day- Tom Skalak
Panel: Innovation as Education- Krisztina Holly, Stevens Institute for Innovation
8:30 – 9:30 am (Chair); David Chen, University of Virginia; Robert Strom, Kauffman; Elias Caro,
Coulter Foundation
9:30 – 10:15 am Group Discussion: Uses of Innovation Structures
10:15 – 10:30 am Coffee Break
Plenary Talk: The New Guide to University Innovation
10:30 – 11:00 am
Krisztina Holly, Stevens Institute for Innovation
11:00 – 12:00 pm Keynote: Innovation as Art Form David Edwards, Harvard University
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch/Speaker: U.S. Leadership in Innovation Thomas Kalil, White House
1:00 – 1:15 pm
1:15 – 2:00 pm
National Science Foundation Response Cora Marrett, NSF
Closing Remarks & Meet the Speaker Reception Kesh Narayanan, NSF, Tom Skalak