/ 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 / Workshop Registration & Poster Set-up
7:00 – 9:00 pm / 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
8:15 – 8:45 am / Welcome Remarks- Tom Peterson, NSF; Sara Nerlove, NSF; Tom Skalak, University of Virginia
8:45 – 10:00 am / Innovation & Cognitive Mapping Speakers:
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
1:30 – 3:00 pm / Panel: Innovation via Re-Invention within Academia & Corporations-Mike Hess,
Medtronic (chair); Beth Comstock, GE; Josh Makower, NEA; Mark Crowell,
Scripps Research Institute
3:00 – 3:30 pm / Coffee Break
3:30 – 5:00 pm / Panel: Innovations in "Follow-On Funding" Chuck Newhall, NEA (chair); Kevin 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
8:30 – 9:30 am / Panel: Innovation as Education- Krisztina Holly, Stevens Institute for Innovation (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
10:30 – 11:00 am / Plenary Talk: The New Guide to University Innovation
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 / National Science Foundation Response Cora Marrett, NSF
1:15 – 2:00 pm / Closing Remarks & Meet the Speaker Reception Kesh Narayanan, NSF, Tom Skalak