U.S. Economy
There’s an industrial revolution underway. Unless we act, it will make the racial wealth gap even worse
Innovation and invention drive the American economy, from the light bulb and mass production of automobiles to more recent advances like the smartphone and the coordinated effort to map the human genome. But what new breakthrough sciences and technologies are next on the horizon, and what role can U.S. policy play in creating a positive environment to promote innovative developments?
On Tuesday, June 28, The Hamilton Project at Brookings hosted a forum on the future of innovation in the United States – exploring the challenges to, and opportunities for, furthering advancements to create jobs and spur economic growth.
The forum drew on a wide-range of experts from around the country, including the director of the National Institutes of Health, two former U.S. Treasury Secretaries, one of the nation’s leading private investors in the technology industry, a co-chair of the President’s Advisory Board on Science and Technology, a MacArthur Foundation Genius Award winner, the Chief Technology Officer of the United States, the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and a group of prominent U.S. economists.
Following each of the panel discussions, the participants took audience questions.
Agenda
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June 28
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Welcome
Robert E. Rubin Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Co-Chair Emeritus - Council on Foreign Relations -
Panel Discussion: The State of Scientific America
ABAngela Belcher Professor of Materials Science Engineering and Biological Engineering, MITFCFrancis Collins Director - National Institutes of HealthMAKModerator: Ann Kellan Science Correspondent, Cable News Network -
Panel Discussion: Obstacles and Opportunities for American Science and Innovation
TBTim Bresnahan Professor of Technology and the Economy, Stanford UniversityACAneesh Chopra Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Hunch AnalyticsTCTyler Cowen Professor of Economics - George Mason University -
Remarks on President Obama’s Regulatory Review Process
CRSCass R. Sunstein Author, "The World According to Star Wars" - Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard Law SchoolRCARoger C. Altman Founder and Chairman -
Panel Discussion: A Path Forward –The Future of Innovation in the United States
ELEric Lander Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Co-Chair of the President’s Advisory Board on Science and Technology
Lawrence H. Summers Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus - Harvard University @LHSummers
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