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IGL2018 Global Conference

IGL2018 brought together senior policymakers, practitioners and researchers from across the globe to explore future innovation and entrepreneurship policies.

12 June 2018

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Nesta’s Innovation Growth Lab (IGL), in partnership with the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, J-PAL, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the World Bank Group and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and with the support of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network, held its annual conference in Boston, MA on June 12-14 at the Harvard Business School (12 & 14 June) and MIT (13 June).

12 June 2018

IGL Research Meeting

A forum for researchers to discuss design-stage, ongoing and completed academic research that uses experimental methods in innovation, entrepreneurship and growth.

13 June 2018

IGL Global Conference

  • Inspiring keynotes about state-of-the-art policies and programmes.
  • Focused and interactive sessions showcasing the latest evidence.
  • Discussions on the role experimentation can play in this policy field.

14 June 2018

IGL Policy and Practice Learning Lab

  • Brings together policymakers and practioners to discuss the latest developments in experimentation.
  • Hands-on capacity-building workshops.
  • Learn first-hand from the experiences of other organsiations from around the world.
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Speakers

Miriam Bruhn

Senior Economist, The World Bank (USA)

Steve Rader

Deputy Manager, NASA Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (USA)

Geoff Mulgan

Chief Executive, Nesta, (UK)

Kirsten Bound

Executive Director of Research, Analysis, and Policy, Nesta (UK)

Tera Allas

Senior Fellow and Director of Research, McKinsey Center for Government (UK)

Balaji Bondili

Head, Deloitte Pixel, Enterprise Crowdsourcing (USA)

Sameeksha Desai

Director of Knowledge Creation and Research, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (USA)

Rodney Ghali

Assistant Secretary, Cabinet of the Impact and Innovation Unit, Privy Council Office (Canada)

Gary Gray

Director of Technology and Innovation, Harvard Catalyst, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (USA)

Sandrine Kergroach

Senior Economist, Policy Analyst, OECD (France)

Sam Liss

Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships, Harvard Office of Technology Development (USA)

Lesley Millar-Nicholson

Director of Technology Transfer Office, MIT (USA)

Mike Morris

CEO, Topcoder (USA)

Jonathan Ortmans

President, Global Entrepreneurship Network (USA)

Chad Syverson

Eli B. and Harriet B. Williams Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (USA)

Paulina Villa

Medellin’s Innovation District Manager, Ruta N (Colombia)

Sarah Weisberg

Chief Scientist, Biobus (USA)

John Williams

Director of Innovation and Technology, Small Business Administration (USA)

Christy Wyskiel

Senior Advisor to the President, Head of John Hopkins Technology Ventures, John Hopkins University (USA)

Eva Camerer

Head of Innovation Policy and Analysis, Innovation Norway (Norway)

Mark Zachary Taylor

Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)

Highlights from IGL2018

Event photos from IGL2017

What people are saying

Overall, the conference was a great opportunity to mingle with an international audience of academics, public officials, businesses, NGOs and others at the forefront of innovation. If you are thinking of attending IGL2018 – scheduled to take place in Boston next year – I would highly recommend it.

IGL2017 delegate

The cross-pollination is an element of the IGL conference that I find very appealing: you get in contact with people from very different fields and this facilitates the generation of new ideas (outside the box).

IGL2017 delegate

This was a great conference filled with opportunities to learn about current research and practice while meeting some wonderful people doing really interesting work. I look forward to the next conference.

IGL2017 delegate

Like fine tapas, IGL 2017 offered something for everyone. The agenda was smartly constructed, showcasing the latest developments in innovation and experimental research, and evolving from a traditional plenary-parallel session format on day one to interactive workshops on day two.

IGL2017 delegate

Kudos on an incredibly well-executed conference. The content was incredibly relevant and insightful and I met some very interesting people there – well done!

IGL2017 delegate

Thanks for the conference last week. It was very informative and generated some ideas for me that I will pursue with colleagues. I intend to keep myself informed of the work of IGL and its developments and will continue to look for opportunities that may lead to us having a more substantial involvement.

IGL2017 delegate

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Further information

IGL2018 Programme
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