Cosponsored by George Mason University and The Heritage Foundation
~ AGENDA ~
8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ambassador Terry Miller
Director, Center for International Trade and Economics, The Heritage Foundation
9:20 a.m.
Panel 1 – Entrepreneurship: The KILLER APP for Sustainable Development
Erkko Autio, Ph.D.
Director, Doctoral Program, Imperial College London Business School
Steven Pearlstein
Business Columnist, The Washington Post
John Haltiwanger, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
William Beach Director, Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation
10:45 a.m.
Panel 2 – Measuring the KILLER APP
Leora Klapper
Senior Financial Economist, The World Bank
Steve Crabtree
Contributing Writer, Gallup Corporation
Laszlo Szerb
Associate Professor of Business and Economics, University of Pécs, Hungary
Anthony Kim
Policy Analyst, Center for International Trade and Economics, The Heritage Foundation
12:00 p.m.
Lunch – The Global Entrepreneurial and Development Index
Zoltan J. Acs, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Economics, George Mason University
on “GEDI: A Tool for the 21st Century”
1:15 p.m.
Keynote Address
Roger Stough
Vice President for Research and Economic Development, George Mason University
1:45 p.m.
Panel 3 – Public Policy: Channeling the KILLER APP for Global Development
Zoltan J. Acs, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Economics, George Mason University
Sameeksha Desai
Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Indiana University
David Audretsch
Director, Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University
Jim Blasingame
Host, The Small Business Advocate (Moderator)
3:00 p.m.
Conference Wrap-Up
Jack Goldstone
Director, Center for Global Policy, George Mason University
on “Getting to 2050: Population, Cities and Entrepreneurship”