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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 27,1998 PSA#2082THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE JUNE 15-16, 1998 The
Economic Evaluation of Technological Change June 15-16, 1998 NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology As part of the Commerce
Departments Technology Administration, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) works to promote U.S. economic growth
by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements,
and standards. NIST carries out its mission through a portfolio of four
major programs: -measurement and Standards Laboratories that provide
technical leadership for vital compo-nents of the nations technology
infrastructure needed by U.S. industry to continually improve its
products and services; -a rigorously competitive Advanced Technology
Program providing cost-shared awards to industry for development of
high- risk, enabling technologies with broad economic potential; -a
grassroots Manufacturing Extension Partnership with a nationwide
network of local centers offering technical and business assistance to
smaller manufacturers; and -a highly visiblequality outreach program
associated with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award that
recognizes continuous improvements in quality management by U.S.
manufacturers and service companies. In fiscal year 1998, NIST is
operating on a budget of about $790 million with nearly 3,300 staff
members at its sites in Gaithersburg, Md., and Boulder, Colo. News and
general information about NIST programs and services are available on
the World Wide Web at http://www.nist.gov, or by calling General
Inquiries at (301) 975-3058 or e-mail: inquiries@nist.gov. Goal The
common element of all papers and presentations will be an emphasis on
the empirical assessment of the effects of government investment in
science and technology on advanced industrial economies. The goal of
the conference is to advance the state-of-the-art of evaluating the
impact of government investments in high-risk research to develop
enabling technologies of the type funded by the Advanced Technology
Program (ATP). The meeting will bring together government R&D
policy-makers, analysts, R&D managers, along with academic and other
researchers studying technology evaluation issues. It is expected that
the presentations will facilitate comparisons of the evaluation
methods and practices of different countries. The conference is
sponsored by the ATP. It is being organized by Dr. Richard N. Spivack
of the ATP Office of Economic Assessment, and Professor Lee Branstetter
of both the University of California-Davis and the National Bureau of
Economic Evaluation Research. Topics Topics will include measurement of
R&D spillovers, effects of collaborative research and development, the
impact of subsidies and tax incentives on private sector R&D
activities, capital market imperfections and implications for private
and public sector funding of R&D, substitution and complementarity
between private and public R&D, and issues concerning the
commercialization of goods and services resulting from innovation.
Social Event In order to provide an opportunity for informal
interaction, a banquet will be held on the evening of June 15 at the
Georgetown University Conference Center. The featured speaker will be
Professor Zvi Griliches from Harvard University. About the Speaker
Professor Zvi Griliches is the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics
at Harvard University and Director of the Productivity and Technical
Change program at the National Bureau of Economic Evaluation Research.
He earned his Ph.D. from, and taught at the University of Chicago. He
has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the
National Academy of Sciences and is past president of both the
Econometric Society and the American Economic Association. He was
recently a member of the U.S. Senates Advisory Commission to Study the
Consumer Price Index. He is currently a member of the Statistics
Canada Price Measurement Advisory Committee. His most recent
publication is R&D and Productivity: The Econometric Evidence
(University of Chicago Press, forthcoming, 1998). Directions Driving
Instructions To reach the Key Bridge Marriott: From Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport: Follow signs to Route 50 West. Take Route
50 West connector to Rosslyn/Key Bridge exit. At the top of the exit
ramp turn right onto N. Lynn Street. Continue to fifth traffic light
and turn left onto Lee Highway. The hotel will be on the right. From
Dulles Airport: Take I-495 West (Northern Virginia) to the Route 50
East exit. Follow Route 50 East approximately 12 miles to the
Rosslyn/Key Bridge exit. You will be on N. Lynn Street. Continue on N.
Lynn Street to the fifth traffic light and turn left onto Lee Highway.
The hotel will be on the right. From Baltimore-Washington International
Airport: Take I-95 South to I-495 West (Northern Virginia) and take the
Route 50 East exit. Follow Route 50 East approximately 12 miles to the
Rosslyn/Key Bridge exit. You will be on N. Lynn Street. Continue on N.
Lynn Street to the fifth traffic light and turn left onto Lee Highway.
The hotel will be on theright. Agenda Monday, June 15 8:45 a.m.
Opening Remarks Richard Spivack, Economist, ATP/NIST Ray Kammer,
Director, NIST Lura Powell, Director, ATP Rosalie Ruegg, Director,
Economic Assessment Office, ATP Session Topic: Correcting Market
Failures in the U.S. 9:15 a.m. Capital Formation and R&D Investment in
Venture Capital Markets: An Assessment of Market Imperfections Paul
Gompers and Joshua Lerner, Harvard Business School 9:55 a.m. Discussion
led by Rachel Griffith, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK 10:15 a.m. ATP
and the U.S. Innovation System: A New Systems Method for Choosing Firms
and Evaluating Spillover Benefits Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University
Michael Fogarty, Case Western Reserve University 10:55 a.m. Discussion
led by Jim Adams, University of Florida 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
Session Topic: Public Research and Private Innovation 11:45 a.m.
Citations from Patents to Papers: A Measure of Public Research
Spillover into Private Industry Francis Narin, CHI Research
Incorporated 12:25 p.m. Discussion led by Sylvia Kraemer, NASA 12:45
p.m. Lunch Speaker: Rebecca Henderson, MIT Sloan School Session Topic:
Measurement and Appropriability 2:15 p.m. A Method for Measuring the
Performance of Projects in the Advanced Technology Program David Austin
and Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future 2:55 p.m. Discussion led
by R. Griffith, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK 3:15 p.m. Within and
Cross-Industry Spillovers and Appropriability Wesley Cohen,
Carnegie-Mellon University 3:55 p.m. Discussion led by David Mowery,
University of California-Berkeley 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break 4:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion Publicly Financed Research Consortia Panelists:
Rosalie Ruegg, Chair, ATP/NIST Luke Georghiou, PRES, UK Francois Sand,
Eureka Secretariat, Belgium Giovanni Abramo, Consiglio Nazionale delle
Recerche, Italy 5:30 p.m. Adjourn 7 p.m. Banquet Speaker: Zvi
Griliches, Harvard University Driving Instructions to conference To
reach the Georgetown University Conference Center: From Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport: Take the George Washington Parkway North.
Follow the signs to the Key Bridge. Cross over Key Bridge. At the end
of the bridge, turn left onto Canal Road. Where the road divides, bear
right onto Foxhall Road. At Reservoir Road, turn right and enter
Georgetown University Hospital at Entrance #1. (This will be the last
of 4 possible entrances.) This road will dead end into the underground
parking lot. The Conference Center is located directly above the
garage on the right hand side. From Dulles Airport & Points West:
Follow the Dulles Airport Access Road to I-66 East. Follow I-66 East to
the Key Bridge exit. Exit and stay in the left lane. At the third
light, turn left and stay in one of the middle lanes. As you cross Key
Bridge, get into the far left lane. At the end of Key Bridge turn left
at the light onto Canal Road. Canal Road will divide. Bear right onto
Foxhall Road. Turn right onto Reservoir Road and enter Georgetown
University Hospital at Entrance #1. Proceed as directed above from this
point. From I-270 & Points North: Follow I-270 South towards
Washington/Virginia. Take I-495 South to Virginia. Follow Cabin John
Parkway, Exit 40 (Glen Echo). Continue on the parkway past Chain Bridge
and turn left at the light onto Arizona Avenue. Continue and turn right
onto MacArthur Boulevard. The road will eventually divide; bear left
onto Reservoir Road. Enter Georgetown University Hospital at Entrance
#1. Proceed as directed above from this point. From BWI Airport,
Baltimore & North: Follow I-95 South to I-495. Take the I-495 West exit
toward Silver Spring. Continue toward Virginia on I-495 South. Follow
to the Cabin John Parkway. Take Exit 40 (Glen Echo). Continue on the
parkway past Chain Bridge and turn left at the light onto Arizona
Avenue. Continue and turn right onto MacArthur Boulevard. The road will
eventually divide; bear left onto Reservoir Road. Enter Georgetown
University Hospital Entrance #1. Proceed as directed above from this
point. directions contacts registration contact TammieGrice NIST Bldg.
101, Rm. B116 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 Phone: (301) 975-3883 Fax:
(301) 948-2067 Email: tammie.grice@ nist.gov Technical Contacts Dr.
Richard N. Spivack NIST/Advanced Technology Program Bldg. 101, Rm. A303
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 Telephone: (301) 975-5063 Fax: (301)
975-4776 Email: richard.spivack@ nist.gov Professor Lee Branstetter
Department of Economics University of California at Davis Davis, CA
95616 Telephone: (916) 752-3033 Fax: (916) 752-9382 Email:
branstet@grizzly.ucdavis.edu Tuesday, June 16 9 a.m. Opening Remarks,
Lee Branstetter, NBER Session Topic: Lessons from Abroad 9:15 a.m. From
New Growth Theory to Technology Policy-Coordination Failures in Theory
and Practice Tor Klette, Statistics Norway 9:55 a.m Discussion led by
Carsten Dreher, The Fraunhofer Institutes, Germany 10:15 a.m. Returns
to Government Investment in Industrial R&D in Israel Haim Regev,
Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel 10:55 a.m. Discussion led by
Francois Sand, Eureka Secretariat, Belgium11:15 a.m. Coffee Break 11:45
a.m. Are Swiss Government Programmes of Promotion of Advanced
Manufacturing Technologies Effective? Economic Analysis Based on
Micro-Level Survey Data Spyros Arvanitis, Swiss Institut for Business
Cycle Research 12:25 p.m. Discussion led by Ron Jarmin, Center for
Economic Studies 12:45 p.m. Lunch Speaker: Jack Triplett, Brookings
Institute 2:15 p.m. Socio-Economic Effects of Collaborative R&Dthe
European Experiences Luke Georghiou, PREST, Manchester, UK 2:55 p.m.
Discussion led by Giovanni Abramo, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Recerche
3:15 p.m Orchestrating Technology Policies-German Lessons for
Evaluations Carsten Dreher, The Fraunhofer Institutes, Germany 3:55
p.m. Discussion led by Phillipe Laredo, Centre de Sociologie del
Innovation 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break 4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
Public-Private Partnerships in R&D: Lessons Learned Panelists:
Maryellen Kelley, Chair, ATP/NIST Liam OSillivan, European Commission
Philippe Laredo, Centre de Sociologies de lInnovation, France Adam
Jaffe, Brandeis University Ralph Lattimore, Productivity Commision,
Australia 5:30 p.m Concluding Remarks Richard Spivack, ATP/NIST Lee
Branstetter, NBER general information location Georgetown University
Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 10
minutes from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. transportation
Super Shuttle, 1-800-258-3826, offers commercial van service from
Ronald Reagan Washington National, Dulles International, and
Baltimore-Washington International airports. Call for reservations.
Registration The fee is $300 and includes conference materials,
refreshments during coffee breaks, lunch each day, and a banquet on
June 15. A registration form is enclosed and may be duplicated; a
separate form must be forwarded for each attendee. In order for your
name to appear on the preliminary participants' list, registration must
be received by Monday, June 1, 1998. Requests for cancellation and
refund must be received, in writing, by June 1. Registration can be
done electronically at: https://
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Conference registration does not include your hotel reservation. A
block of rooms has been reserved at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel,
(703) 284-1460. The special room rate is $135, single or double, plus
9.75% tax. A government rate of $126, single, is available to
government employees. To register for a room, please send the enclosed
hotel reservation card, directly to the hotel no later than Friday,
May 15, 1998. After that date, the rooms will be released for general
sale at the prevailing rates of the hotel. Coffee Breaks and Lunch
Refreshments will be provided each day during the morning, mid-morning,
and mid-afternoon breaks. Lunch will also be provided each day. Hotel
Reservation Please complete form and return by May 15, 1998 to: Key
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