Smart Talk: Adventures in Entrepreneurialism - Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage

• University City Keystone Innovation Zone
• University City Science Center

Robert Atkinson is the founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington, DC-based technology policy think tank. He is also author of the forthcoming book The Global Race for Innovation Advantage, and Why the U.S. is Falling Behind (Yale, 2011), the book, The Past And Future Of America’s Economy: Long Waves Of Innovation That Power Cycles Of Growth (Edward Elgar, 2005), and the State New Economy Index series. He has an extensive background in technology policy, he has conducted ground-breaking research projects on technology and innovation, is a valued adviser to state and national policy makers, and a popular speaker on innovation policy nationally and internationally.

Robert Atkinson, Ph.D. - Moderator

President

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

Kenneth Blank, Ph.D.

Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education

Temple University

Deborah Crawford, Ph.D

Senior Vice Provost for Research

Drexel University

Charles Riordan

Vice Provost for Research, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education

University of Delaware

Donald Sebastian, Ph.D.

Senior Vice Provost for Research and Development

NJ Institute of Technology

8:30am - Breakfast and Registration

9:00am - 11:00am - Presentation and Q&A