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THE 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:// www.nist.gov/conf/secure/CONF17/conf_register.htm Accommodations 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 Bridge Marriott Hotel 1401 Lee Highway Arlington, VA 22209 USA Telephone: (703) 284-1460 Fax: (703) 703-524-8964 Register for conference Please complete form and return with payment by June 1, 1998 to: Office of the Comptroller A807 Administration Building National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 USA or Fax to: Tammie Grice (301) 948-2067 Registration The Economic Evaluation of Technological June 15-16, 1998 last name first name organization address room or mail code city, state, zip country telephone facsimile email services Registration Fee: $300 Form of Payment: Check enclosed, payable to: NIST/The Economic Evaluation Checks from outside the U.S.A. should be written on a U.S.A. bank MasterCard VISA Discover Card Amex Card No. Expiration Date Authorized Signature Purchase Order No. / Training Form (Enclose a copy or provide one on-site at registration; faxed copy unacceptable.) Requests for cancellation and refund must be received in writing by June 1, 1998. The Economic Evaluation of Technological Change change june 15-16, 1998 last name first name organization address room or mail code city, state, zip country telephone facsimile email services Rate: $135, single or double, plus 9.75% tax or government rate of $126, single. All reservations must be received by May 15, 1998. All reservations must be guaranteed with a one-night deposit. Reservation cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to the arrival date to receive a refund. Arrival Date: Departure Date: Form of Payment: Check enclosed, payable to: Key Bridge Marriott Checks from outside the U.S.A. should be written on a U.S.A. bank. Card Name Card No. Expiration Date Authorized Signature hotel WEB: Advanced Technology Program Home Page, http://www.atp.nist.gov. E-MAIL: Advanced Technology Program, atp@nist.gov.

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