Roundtable on Technology, Innovation, and American Primacy
Director: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy
January 1, 2004 - Present
America's ability to encourage innovative ideas has helped to establish it as the world's economic and military leader. However, technological developments over the past thirty years have spawned an increasingly globalized world and created new challenges to American pre-eminence. This roundtable series investigates how the government's response to these challenges will affect America's global economic and political standing.
Meetings
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Innovation in India: Prospects for the Future and Opportunities for America
Speaker: Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services
Introductory Speaker: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School; Director, South Asia Initiative, Harvard University
February 3, 2012
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The America Invents Act: Prospects for U.S. Entrepreneurship
Speakers: David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Mark Blaxill, Cofounder, 3LP Advisors
Rochelle Dreyfuss, Pauline Newman Professor of Law, New York University
John A. Squires, Co-chair, Intellectual Property Practice, Chadbourne & Parke, LLP
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
October 31, 2011
Roundtable Meeting
Does Cyberspace Matter in International Relations?
Speakers: Nazli Choucri, MIT
Daniel Goldsmith, MIT Sloan School of Management
Michael Siechrist, Harvard Kennedy School
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
June 15, 2011
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Driving American Leadership in Entrepreneurship Through Innovation Centers
Speakers: Brad Feld, Foundry Group and TechStars
David Tisch, TechStars and BoxGroup
Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Flybridge Capital Partners and Harvard Business School
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
June 6, 2011
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Indovation and Sinovation
Speakers: Navi Radjou, Forrester Research
Ashok Bardhan, University of California, Berkeley
Mike Daniels, GlobalLogic
James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
February 28, 2011
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Social Media, Foreign Affairs, and Implications for American Policy
Speakers: David Kirkpatrick, Author, The Facebook Effect
Robert Mackey, New York Times
Jared Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
February 10, 2011
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Innovation in China: Implications for American Competiveness
Speakers: Richard N. Foster, Senior Faculty Fellow, Yale School of Management
Denis Simon, Vice Provost for International Affairs, University of Oregon
Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow in Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
January 25, 2011
Roundtable Meeting
Indovation and Sinovation: A Threat to American Innovation?
Speakers: Dieter Ernst, East-West Center
Navi Radjou, Centre for India and Global Business, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Sean Randolph, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
October 26, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
A Call for Judgment
Speaker: Amar Bhidé, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Presider: James Grant, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer
Chair: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
October 20, 2010
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Innovation in China: Threat to America?
Speakers: Denis Simon, Penn State University
Cong Cao, The Levin Institute
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
May 25, 2010
Roundtable Meeting
China Innovation
Speakers: Richard N. Foster, Millbrook Management Group LLC
Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations
Denis Simon, University of Oregon
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
January 25, 2010
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Managing the New Trajectory of Global Innovation
Speaker: Navi Radjou, Cambridge University
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
October 14, 2009
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Team Entrepreneur: The Najaf City Report
Speakers: Sameeksha Desai, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Jessica LeCroy, Bennett Jones, LLP
Brigadier General Jeffory Smith, 10th Infantry Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and Fort Drum
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
June 23, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Immigration and American Competitiveness
Speakers: Michael S. Teitelbaum, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
B. Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University
Mark C. Regets, National Science Foundation
Vivek Wadhwa, Duke University
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
May 18, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Outsourcing and American Competitiveness
Speakers: Frances Karamouzis, Gartner, Inc.
Jacob Kirkegaard, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
April 23, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
The Patent Crisis: An Update
Speakers: Mark Blaxill, 3LP Advisors
James Duffy, George Washington University
David Kappos, IBM
John A. Squires, Intellectual Property Practice, Chadbourne and Parke
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
April 7, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
OECD Innovation Strategy
Speaker: Robert E. Litan, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
March 6, 2009
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The Venturesome Economy
Chair: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Chrystia Freeland, Financial Times
Speaker: Amar Bhidé, Columbia University
October 29, 2008
Amar Bhidé, Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of Business at Columbia University, presented on his recent book, The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World. Mr. Bhidé argues that the doomsayers-those who fear that America is losing its lead in technological innovation to countries such as India and China-are guilty of ‘techno-nationalism'. Potential remedies, such as subsidizing research, training new scientists, or trade protection, would likely do more harm than good. Instead, Mr. Bhidé notes that much of the value of innovation accrues to users rather than creators. The United States' venturesome consumption-the willingness of businesses and consumers to effectively use new products and technologies-is the most important part of innovation.
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India: The Emerging Innovation Giant
Speaker: Navi Radjou, Forrester Research
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
October 14, 2008
Navi Radjou, vice president at Forrester Research, presented on "India: The Emerging Innovation Giant." Radjou's presentation articulates the dynamics of Indian innovation by answering the crucial question: "What does it mean to innovate in the Indian socioeconomic context?" He identifies the essential industry players driving innovation across key economic sectors like manufacturing, financial services, pharma, high-tech, retail, and media, and explores best practices in areas like R&D, supply chain, and customer service. Radjou analyzes how Indian firms are cleverly using technology to fuel their innovations and examines how India's expanding domestic tech market will affect the global tech sector in the coming decade. Radjou also explores the macro-economic and geopolitical implications of India's emergence as an innovation giant by discussing how U.S. policymakers can forge innovation networks with India to anchor both countries' scientific and technical cooperation.
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New Proposals for Federal Actions to Improve American Competitiveness
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Karen G. Mills, Solera Capital, LLC
Howard Wial, The Brookings Institution
June 17, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Maintaining American Competitiveness: Policy Lessons
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Glenn Hubbard, Dean, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Marshall Phelps
Scott Stern, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management
Byron Wien, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
May 28, 2008
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Innovation and the Financial Sector: The Challenge From London
Presider: Michael J. Bingle, Managing Director, Silver Lake
Speakers: Charles Roxburgh, Director, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Hal Scott, Harvard Law School
May 21, 2008
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National Innovation Programs: The Challenge from China and India
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Denis Simon, Provost and Vice President, The Levin Institute
May 14, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
The New Power Brokers in Global Capital Markets
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Global Institute
December 4, 2007
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Immigration and American Competitiveness
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: B. Lindsay Lowell, Director of Policy Studies, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
Michael S. Teitelbaum, Vice President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Jeff M. Wheeler, Business Operations Manager for Corporate Real Estate, Intel Corporation
November 13, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
Immigration and the American Economy
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Richard Freeman, Director, Labor Studies Program, National Bureau of Economic Research
Mark C. Regets, Senior Analyst, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Science Foundation
October 16, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
Reexamining U.S. Competitiveness in the Context of National Innovation Networks
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Navi Radjou, Forrester Research
May 8, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
Outsourcing: Three Years Later
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Frances Karamouzis, Research Director, Gartner Research
Catherine Mann, Professor, International Business School, Brandeis University
Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, The Council on Foreign Relations
May 2, 2007
Presentations:
- Frances Karamouzis, Research Director, Gartner Research (PDF 683KB)
- Matthew J. Slaughter, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization, The Council on Foreign Relations (Powerpoint 147KB)
- Catherine Mann, Professor, International Business School, Brandeis University (Powerpoint 839KB)
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The Patent Crisis
Speakers: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard University
David Kappos, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, IBM Corporation
John Squires, Vice President, Chief Patent Counsel, Associate General Counsel, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
March 20, 2007
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Further Reading:
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Leadership in the Information Age
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Col. Daniel Gerstein, Vice President, Homeland Security Services, MPRI / L-3 Communications, Inc.
James A. Lewis, Director, Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
February 20, 2007
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Emerging Financial Markets in China and India
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Diana Farrell, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute
January 16, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
Improving the Flexibility of the American Labor Market
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Erica Groshen, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Wayne Vroman, The Urban Institute
December 5, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Innovation Roundtable
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Karen G. Mills, Solera Capital
Navi Radjou, Forrester Research
November 28, 2006
Roundtable Meeting
Immigration and the American Economy
Speakers: Michael S. Teitelbaum, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Ron Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology
Mark R. Rosenzweig, Yale University
B. Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University
James P. Dougherty, Council on Foreign Relations
October 25, 2006
Presentations
Further Reading:
- Lowell, B. Lindsay, “Projected Numbers of Foreign Computer and Engineering Workers under the Senate’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (S.2611),” Institute for the Study of International Migration, 2006.
- Lowell, B. Lindsay, “Immigration as a Labor Market Strategy in the United States,” pages 211 to 234 in Jan Niessen and Yongmi Schibel (eds.), Immigration as a Labour Market Strategy: European and North American Perspectives, Brussels: Migration Policy Group, 2005.
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Globalization of Innovation
Speakers: Jonathan Murray, Microsoft
John A. Zysman, University of California at Berkeley
Presider: James P. Dougherty
May 17, 2006
Presentations:
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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More Globalization of Innovation
Speaker: Amar Bhidé, Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of Business Management, Columbia School of Business
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
April 27, 2006
Presentations
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Roundtable Meeting
Innovation in China and India
Speaker: Charles Robert Kaye, Co-President, Warburg Pincus
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
March 7, 2006
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4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Roundtable Meeting
Globalization of Innovation
Speakers: Andreas Beroutsos, Principal, McKinsey Global Institute
David Braunschvig, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Diana Farrell, McKinsey Global Institute
Presider: James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
February 21, 2006
Presentations:
4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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American Investment in Innovation Overseas
Speakers: Richard N. Foster, Foster Health Partners, LLC
Karen G. Mills, Solera Capital, LLC
L. Brooks Entwistle, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
James P. Dougherty, Gartner, Inc.
December 13, 2005
Roundtable Meeting
The Global Science and Engineering Labor Force
Speakers: Richard Freeman, National Bureau of Economic Research
Mark C. Regets, National Science Foundation
Jeff M. Wheeler, Intel Corporation
James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
October 31, 2005
Roundtable Meeting
Global Capital Markets and the American Economy
Presiders: Kathleen O'Neil, Liberty Street Advisors, LLC
James P. Dougherty
Speakers: Glenn H. Hutchins, Silver Lake Partners
Diana Farrell, McKinsey Global Institute
Scott Stern, Kellogg School of Management
Karen G. Mills, Solera Capital, LLC
April 4, 2005
Roundtable Meeting
Immigration and the American Economy
Presider: James P. Dougherty
Panelists: James P. Dougherty, Liberty Street Advisors, LLC
Kathleen O'Neil
Speakers: George J. Borjas, Professor of Public Policy,, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
B. Lowell, Georgetown University
Ron Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology
Harris Miller, Information Technology Association of America
March 17, 2005
Roundtable Meeting
Intellectual Property and the American Economy
Presider: James P. Dougherty
Panelist: Kathleen O'Neil, Liberty Street Advisors, LLC
Speakers: Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University School of Law
Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School
Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University
Richard Nelson, Columbia University
February 9, 2005
Please note: Josh Lerner's appearance at this meeting was cancelled.
Presentations
Roundtable Meeting
Higher Education and the American Economy
Presider: James P. Dougherty
Panelist: Kathleen O'Neil, President & Chief Executive Officer, Libert Street Advisors, LLC
Speakers: Daniel Goroff, Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
Michael S. Teitelbaum, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
John N. Yochelson, President, Building Engineering & Science Talent
December 15, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
Demographic Change and the American Economy
Presider: James P. Dougherty
Panelist: Kathleen O'Neil, President & Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Street Advisors, LLC
Speakers: Tom Austin, Sector General Manager and Research Fellow Emeritus, Gartner, Inc.
David Canning, Professor of Economics and International Health, Harvard University
Laurence Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics, Boston University
Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Global Institute
November 1, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
Outsourcing: Policy Options
Presiders: Kathleen O'Neil, Liberty Street Advisors
James P. Dougherty
Speakers: Lori Kletzer, University of California, Santa Cruz
Lisa Lynch, Tufts University
Matthew J. Slaughter, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Catherine Mann, Institute for International Economics
May 5, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
Outsourcing
Presider: James P. Dougherty
Panelist: Kathleen O'Neil, Liberty Street Advisors
Speakers: Diana Farrell, McKinsey Global Institute
Erica Groshen, New York Federal Reserve Bank
Frances Karamouzis, Gartner Research
Martin Kenney, University of California, Davis
February 4, 2004
