Promoting American Innovation and Competitiveness:  The Role of Infrastructure, R&D Investment, and Industrial Policy

Bipartisan support for new federal funding for infrastructure, research and development (R&D), and direct industry investments reflects a broad recognition that the US must do more to maintain its leadership role in the global economy. As a $1T infrastructure bill makes its way through Congress, this event will consider: How should new investments be implemented to maximize productivity and innovation? What more must be done to promote American innovation and economic security? Are direct industry investments necessary to promote economic and strategic interests?

Agenda
All times shown are Eastern

  1. October 18, 2021 1:00 pm Welcoming Remarks

    Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Co-Chair, Aspen Economic Strategy Group

  2. October 18, 2021 1:05 pm Opening Q&A

    The Honorable Mark Warner, United States Senator, Virginia

    MODERATOR
    Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator, The Wall Street Journal

  3. October 18, 2021 1:35 pm Panel Discussion

    SPEAKERS
    Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics; Chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University

    Kaye Husbands Fealing, Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Ivan Allen Jr. Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology

    Ben Jones, Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

    Ryan Kellogg, Professor and Deputy Dean for Academic Programs, The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

    MODERATOR
    Melissa S. Kearney, Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland; Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group

  4. October 18, 2021 2:25 pm Closing Remarks

    Melissa S. Kearney, Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland; Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group

Speakers

  1. The Honorable Mark Warner
    The Honorable Mark Warner
    United States Senator Virginia
  2. Greg Ip
    Chief Economics Commentator and Deputy Economics Editor The Wall Street Journal
  3. Melissa S. Kearney
    Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
  4. Ryan Kellogg
    Professor The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
  5. Benjamin F. Jones
    Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
  6. Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
    Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
    Co-Chair Aspen Economic Strategy Group
  7. Edward Glaeser
    Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics Harvard University
  8. Kaye Husbands Fealing
    Kaye Husbands Fealing
    Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Ivan Allen Jr. Chair Georgia Institute of Technology