International Conference on

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT:

SCHUMPETER AND POLYMER RESEARCH

Starr Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School

June 4–5, 2012

Conference Program

Monday, June 4, 2012
8: 00 – 9:00 / Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 9:05 / Program Introduction / Calestous Juma, Harvard Kennedy School
9:05 – 9:15 / Keynote Presentation / President of Slovenia, Danilo Türk
9:15 – 9:45 / WelcomingSpeech / Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Harvard School of Engineering
Panel 1: Innovation in Health / Moderator: Can Huang
9:45 – 10:00 / Institutional Innovation and the Fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases / Marco Boggero, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA
10:00 – 10:15 / mHealth to Create a Better Market for the Poor / Youngji Jo, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA
10:15 – 10:30 / Entrepreneurship and Global Health: Catalyzing the Ecosystem / Julia Fan Li,Centre for Technology Management, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
10:30 – 10:45 / Role of Technology and Innovation in Rural Healthcare in India / Anshul Pachouri, Institute for Competitiveness, India
10:45 – 11:15 / Q&A
Panel 2: Innovation Systems and Institutions / Moderator: Julia Fan Li
11:15 – 11:30 / The Interplay of Institutions in Development Processes / Marlies Schütz, Karl Franzens University, Austria
11:30 – 11:45 / Government Involvement in Agricultural Innovation Systems in sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Look at Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa / Brooke Smith, Tufts University, USA
11:45 – 12:00 / Fostering Innovation through Strengthening Institutional Capabilities in an Emergent Regional Innovation System / Marcia Villasana, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
12:00 – 12:30 / Q&A
12:30 – 1:30 / LUNCH (boxed lunches can be picked up outside Starr Auditorium)
Panel 3: Innovation in Action / Moderator: Marlies Schütz
1:45 – 2:00 / The Implementation of Biofuel in Oil Firms: Unlocking a Path Dependency and Steering towards a More Sustainable Trajectory / Nelson Mojarro, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
2:00 – 2:15 / Can Firms Take Centre Stage in Innovation in Developing Countries? A Schumpetarian Perspective / Gillian Marcelle, Wits Business School, South Africa
2:15 – 2:30 / How the Interactions of Internal Organizations and External Linkages Affect Product Innovation across Production Chains / Yasushi Ueki, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan
2:30 – 3:00 / Q&A
Panel 4: Innovation Policy / Moderator: Gillian Marcelle
3:00 – 3:15 / How to Incentivate Intrapreneurship in Developing Economies? / Marcia Campos, Institute of Development and Public Policy, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
3:15 – 3:30 / Latin American Innovation Policy: Clusters of Innovation—A Missing Link / Adolfo Chiri, CENTRUM-Católica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú
3:30 – 3:45 / The Emergence of ST&I Policies Focusing the Relationship between Universities and Companies in Brazil / Rafael Grilli Felizardo, Observatory for Innovation and Competitiveness, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
3:45 – 4:00 / State-led Technological Development: A Case of China’s Nanotechnology Development / Can Huang, United Nations University Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, Netherlands
4:00 – 4:30 / Q&A
4:30 – 4:45 / Break
4:45 – 5:45 / Keynote Presentation / F.M. Scherer, Harvard Kennedy School
5:45 – 6:45 / Book talk / Donnie Maclurcan, University of Technology, Australia
6:45 – 7:00 / Closing Remarks / Calestous Juma, HKS
7:00 – 9:00 / Reception (by invitation only) / Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
8:00 – 8:30 / Continental Breakfast and registration
8:30 – 8:40 / Opening Remarks / Calestous Juma
8:40 – 8:45 / Polymers and Diplomacy / Maša Šiftar de Arzu, Slovenian Embassy, USA
8:45 – 9:45 / Polymer Introduction, Sujata Bhatia / Chair: Alec Hansen, DAI, USA
9:45 – 10:00 / Break
10:00 – 11:00 / CE PoliMaT Introduction, Karin Stana-Kleinschek / Chair: Alec Hansen, DAI, USA
11:00 – 11:15 / Break
11:15 – 12:15 / Plenary Presentation / Gerd Meier zu Köcker, Institutefor Innovation and Technology, Germany
12:15 – 1:15 / LUNCH (boxed lunches can be picked up outside Starr Auditorium)
Polymer Presentations / Chairs: Mateja Dermastia, CE PoliMaT, Slovenia, and Fernando Quezada, Biotechnology Center of Excellence Corporation, USA
1:15 – 1:30 / Zorica Crnjak-Orel / CE PoliMaT
1:30 – 1:45 / Alenka Bundersek / Akripol
1:45 – 2:00 / Aljosa Vrhunec / CE PoliMaT
2:00 – 2:15 / Peter Venturini / Helios
2:15 – 2:45 / Discussion
2:45 – 3:00 / Break
3:00 – 4:00 / Plenary Presentation / Tim Tangredi, DAIS Analytic Corporation, USA
4:00 – 4:15 / Break
4:15 – 4:45 / Closing Remarks / Calestous Juma, HKS