12.25
Welcome Phyllis Wise Provost and Executive Vice President, University of Washington
12.30
Information Technology and the Future of Washington State The Honorable Christine Gregoire Governor, Washington state
12.50
Software and Productivity Brad Smith Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Microsoft
1.15
Coffee
1.25
Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy Erik Brynjolfsson Schussel Family Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, Director, MIT Center for Digital Business
2.05
Innovation and Competitiveness: Reevaluating the Contributors to Growth Bart van Ark Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of The Conference Board, Professor of Economics, University of Groningen, Netherlands
2.45
Regional Growth and Impact of ICT in Washington State Theo Eicher Professor and Robert R. Richards Distinguished Scholar, University of Washington Director, UW Economic Policy Research Center
3.25
3.30
The Information Technology- Education Nexus: Evidence From the Data Thomas Strobel Economist, Ifo Institute of Economic Research at the University of Munich, Germany
4.10
Regional Legal Frameworks For Innovation Commercialization Linden Rhoads Vice Provost of Technology Transfer, University of Washington
4.50
Technology Innovations: Powering or Pummeling the Economy? Daniel Wilson Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Assistant Director, Center for the Study of Innovation and Productivity
Possible Conference Lunch, 11:30-12:30, William Gates Hall, Room 115
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