JRCPPF 2025 conference details

Building the Future: A New Era for Industrial Policy (Day 1)

14th Annual JRCPPF Conference
Date & Time Feb 20 2025 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
399
Topics Finance, Fiscal and Monetary Policy Globalization, Foreign Policy, Trade International Development Science, Technology, Innovation
Department Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE) Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Speaker(s)
Patrick Achi
Cecilia Rouse
Joseph Stiglitz
Audience Open to the Public, Registration Required
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JRCPPF 14th Annual Conference

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The conference starts on Thursday afternoon with a panel on China’s approach to industrial policy followed by:

  • Keynote with Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, co-recipient of the 2001 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel and University Professor at Columbia University;
  • Book signing & reception open to all registrants.
  • Dinner keynote conversation with Patrick Achi, the former prime minister of Côte d’Ivoire and Senior Fellow at Harvard University (invitation only);
  • Friday includes two sessions on industrial policy in emerging markets and the U.S. and; 
  • Closing keynote with Cecilia Rouse, President of the Brookings Institution and Katzman-Ernst Professor in Economics and Education at Princeton University.
SPEAKERS & MODERATORS

Kyle Chan, Princeton University
Pasaline Dupas, Princeton University
John Helveston, George Washington University
Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University
Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University
Franklin Keller, Talos Asset Management
Oliver Kim, University of California, Berkeley
David Lagakos, Boston University
Nathan Lane, Oxford University
Joanna Lewis, Georgetown University
Joseph Majkut, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Ilaria Mazzocco, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Atif Mian, Princeton University
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago
Eric Verhoogen, New York University
Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall
3:30 PMWelcome & opening remarks: Atif Mian, Princeton University
3:45 - 5:15 PM
SESSION 1: China’s approach to industrial policy in the 21st century
  • Moderator: Kyle Chan, Princeton University
  • Ilaria Mazzocco, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies
  • Myrto Kalouptsidi, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
  • Joanna Lewis, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor and Director, Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Opening Keynote: Joseph Stiglitz, Noble laureate in economics; University Professor, Columbia University

Moderator: Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University

6:30 – 7:30 PMReception for all conference attendees
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Dinner (invitation only) 
Dinner Keynote: H.E. Patrick Achi, Former Prime Minister, Republic of Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)

In conversation with Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University

Friday, February 21, 2025
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building, Room 399
9:00 – 10:30 AM
SESSION 2: Industrial policy and macro-development
10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
SESSION 3: CHIPS, IRA, and new industrial policy in the USA
  • Moderator: Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University
  • Joseph Majkut, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Franklin Keller, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Talos Asset Management
  • John Paul Helveston, Professor of Systems Engineering, George Washington University
12:30 – 1:30 PMLunch
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Closing Keynote: Cecilia Rouse, President Brookings Institution

In conversation with Atif Mian

2:30 - 2:45 PMClosing remarks

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