Information
- Date and Time:12:15 - 13:45 BBL Seminar, 14:00 - 18:20 Workshop, Tuesday March 23, 2010
- Venue:RIETI's seminar room (1121,11th Floor, METI ANNEX)
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo - Language: English (no interpretation available)
BBL Seminar (Open)
12:15 - 13:00 Keynote Speech "Economics of Science"
Paula E. STEPHAN (Professor of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University / Research Associate, The National Bureau of Economic Research)
13:00 - 13:15 Comment
AOKI Reiko (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
13:15 - 13:45 Q&A / Discussion
HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
13:45 - 14:00 Break
Workshop (Closed)
Science for Innovation: Exploiting and strengthening the linkage
14:00 - 15:20 1st Session: Overview based on RIETI/GT Inventor Surveys
Chair: Paula E. STEPHAN (Professor of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University / Research Associate, The National Bureau of Economic Research)
14:00 - 14:40 Presentation 1: "Contribution of science to industrial innovation in Japan: Overview of Evidence from RIETI Inventor Survey"
NAGAOKA Sadao (Research Counselor, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Comment
Chiara FRANZONI (Research Fellow, Politecnico di Torino, DISPEA)
14:40 - 15:20 Presentation 2: "Open innovation and patent value in the U.S. and Japan: Evidence from the RIETI-Georgia Tech Inventor Survey"
John P. WALSH (Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Comment
Robert KNELLER (Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo (RCAST))
15:20 - 16:40 2nd Session: Science creativity and university startups
Chair: AOKI Reiko (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
15:20 - 16:00 Presentation 1: "University-based startups in Japan"
Robert KNELLER (Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo (RCAST))
Comment
OKADA Yosuke (Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
16:00 - 16:40 Presentation 2: "Exploratory attitude and creativity in science."
Chiara FRANZONI (Research Fellow, Politecnico di Torino, DISPEA)
Comment
OWAN Hideo (Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo)
16:40 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:20 3rd Session: Science and knowledge base for industrial innovation
Chair: SUZUKI Jun (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
17:00 - 17:40 Presentation 1: "Tastes for science; importance of science motivation for inventions"
OWAN Hideo (Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo)
Comment
Paula E. STEPHAN (Professor of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University / Research Associate, the National Bureau of Economic Research)
17:40 - 18:20 Presentation 2: "Measuring knowledge from patent citation"
WADA Tetsuo (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
Comment
John P. WALSH (Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology)
