1st International Conference on Local Innovation Systems
Tuesday December 13, 2005, Cambridge, MA

Program

8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15 am	Welcome Susan Hockfield President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:25 am	LIS Project - Phase I Findings: Overview and Discussion Richard Lester Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
10.30 am	Innovation Benchmarking Survey: New Findings on University-Industry Relations Alan Hughes Director, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge
11:00 am	Coffee
11:15 am	Keynote Session 1: Creating and Nurturing New Industries Growing the Life Sciences Industry in the Boston Area Lita Nelsen Director, Technology Licensing Office, MIT
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Keynote Session 2: Transplanting Industries The ICAR Project: Embedding the Automotive Industry in South Carolina Chris Przirembel Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Clemson University
2:30 pm	Keynote Session 3: Diversification/Upgrading of Mature Industries Lehigh University and the Transformation of the Industries of the Lehigh Valley Gregory Farrington President, Lehigh University
3.30 pm	Tea
4:00 pm	Keynote Session 4: Industrial Transformation: The Case of Finland Esko Aho former Prime Minister of Finland and President of SITRA, the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development
5:00 pm	General Forum: Issues and Actions All Participants
5.40 pm	Wrap-up
5:50 pm	Cocktails
7:00 pm	End