Events
Patent Donations and the Problem of Orphan Technologies with David Martin, CEO, M-CAM and Peter Bloch, COO, Light Years IP
April 14, 2004 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
What does the process of patent donations and orphan technologies say about our national innovation system? Are patent donations an effective way of spurring university research? Are there other ways to foster more development of these technologies? Has patenting gone too far? Is over-patenting getting in the way of new product development?
Book Launch: Trade and Freedom
March 18, 2004 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
James Bacchus—former chairman of the World Trade Organization Appellate Body
Assessing the Millennium Challenge Corporation
March 02, 2004 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
In 2002, President Bush proposed a new initiative on foreign aid - the Millennium Challenge Account. Experts outline the initiative's principles and the challenges facing the newly-formed corporation.
Public Pension Reform: Will Reforms Abroad Work in the U.S.?
December 04, 2003 // 11:00pm
Book Discussions with Dr. Ruth Westheimer: Musically Speaking—A Life Through Song and Conquering the Rapids of Life: Making the Most of Mid-Life Opportunities
November 12, 2003 // 1:00pm — 2:00pm
Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer,noted therapist, author, and visiting professor at Princeton and Yale will discuss her two new recent books: Musically Speaking—A Life Through Songand Conquering the Rapids of Life: Making the Most of Mid-Life Opportunities
BOOK LAUNCH: The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World’s Most Prosperous Decade
November 05, 2003 // 11:00pm
"Unfettered markets, rampant with conflicts of interest, can lead to inefficiency. We can never eliminate the problems; we can, however, mitigate them. In the nineties, we made them worse." - Joseph E. Stiglitz
Crafting Policy for the Information Age: EU Research on Intangibles
October 16, 2003 // 9:00am — 11:00am
While the U.S. has been caught up with accounting and financial scandals, Europe has been moving quietly forward in laying the foundations for new policies in the information economy. The European Union's (EU) aim is to become the most competitive and knowledge-intensive economy in the world by 2010. What has Europe learned about intangibles that will improve their economy's competitiveness, accountability, and productivity?A roundtable discussion with Clark Eustace, Director of the PRISM Group
The New Old World: The Politics of Aging
September 25, 2003 // 8:00am — 10:00am
The Project on America and the Global Economy (PAGE) and the AARP Global Aging Program held the second in their series of meetings on the challenges and opportunities posed by aging societies in the major industrial democracies. The second in the series focused on the “The Politics of Aging.”
The Euro: Path to a New Europe or More of the ‘Old Club'?
July 28, 2003 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Axis of Instability: America, Britain, and the New World Order after Iraq
July 28, 2003 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Andrew Tyrie, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom