Innovation Policy Forum
The National Academies’ Innovation Policy Forum brings together representatives of government, industry, national laboratories, research institutes and universities from the United States and around the world to explore current challenges and opportunities for U.S. innovation policy. The Forum has convened workshops on a variety of topics since 2013.
In progress
Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date.
Universities as Engines of Growth
- May 15, 2024
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
Does federal funding of science, especially through universities, pay off in terms of commercial outcomes? The Innovation Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine...
Briefing on Science and Engineering Indicators 2024
- March 26, 2024
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
The Innovation Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host Christina Freyman, Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation’s National Center for Scien...
Innovation Policy Forum: Workshop on Regional Innovation and Economic Development
- May 8, 2023
- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
As new and expanded programming for regional development rolls out in the United States nationwide with explicit aims of accelerating research-to-market convergence, stabilizing supply chains, and inc...
Perspectives on Protecting U.S. Technological Advantage: A Workshop
- November 21, 2022
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
The Innovation Policy Forum will host a virtual workshop to explore perspectives on protecting U.S. technological advantage in an era of openness and competition. The event will begin with a review of...
Innovation Policy Forum (September 2022 Meeting)
- September 15, 2022
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
General meeting of the Innovation Policy Forum. Meeting is open to the public.
Innovation Policy Forum (Summer 2022 Meeting)
- August 2, 2022
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
General meeting of the Innovation Policy Forum. Meeting is open to the public.
Innovation, Global Value Chains, and Globalization Measurement—A Workshop
- May 5 - 7, 2021
- Workshop
- Past
In recent decades, production processes of final products have been increasingly fragmented across countries in what are called global value chains (GVCs). While National Statistical Organizations col...
Applications of AI in Government and Industry
- September 26, 2019
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
The National Academies’ Innovation Policy Forum, in cooperation with the Manufacturing Policy Initiative (MPI) at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, is holdi...
Revisiting the Manufacturing USA Institutes: A Workshop
- November 14, 2018
- 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
The Innovation Policy Forum is holding a workshop on November 14, 2018, to revisit the Manufacturing USA initiative which seeks to reinforce U.S.-based advanced manufacturing through partnerships amon...
Entrepreneurship in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
- October 22, 2018
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
In recent years, there has been a substantial rise in entrepreneurial initiatives in the public and nonprofit sectors. The Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, in cooperation with Public...
Advancing Economic Development and Workforce Readiness in Micropolitan Areas - A Workshop
- April 25, 2018
- 9:15 AM - 5:15 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
Join Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton, and IU Provost Lauren Robel, along with academic experts, business leaders, and senior federal and state officials to explore the c...
Government Decision-Making to Allocate Scientific Resources
- January 8 - 9, 2018
- Workshop
- Past
How do government decision makers decide how to allocate scarce scientific resources? Participants in this workshop will review the findings and recommendations from NSF-funded projects that investiga...
Manufacturing USA: Securing Advanced Manufacturing in the United States: A Workshop
- May 23, 2017
- 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
The worshop will explore the role of the Manufacturing USA initiative, which is intended to create partnerships among industry, academia, and government that leverage existing resources and facilitate...
The Returns of Federal Investments in the Innovation System - A Workshop
- December 15, 2016
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
How can federal agencies that invest in innovative activity provide evidence about the benefits of their investments? This workshop explored what data are or not available that would be helpful to res...
The Labor Market and Human Resource Management Implications of Entrepreneurship
- October 14, 2016
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
This workshop will highlight new academic research on the connections among labor markets, employment and entrepreneurship, including the contributions of entrepreneurial firms to job creation, wage g...