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14th Annual JRCPPF Conference | February 20-21, 2025

Building the Future: A New Era of Industrial Policy

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Keynote Speakers

Patrick Achi
Former Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire;
Senior Fellow, Harvard University
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Joseph Stiglitz
Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences;
University Professor, Columbia University
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Cecilia Rouse
President, Brookings Institution;
Katzman-Ernst Professor in Economics and Education, Princeton University
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Conference Program

Thursday, February 20, 2025 (Ruehl Family Room 399, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Bldg)
3:30 ‐ 3:45 PM Opening remarks: Atif Mian, Princeton University
3:45 ‐ 5:15 PM SESSION 1:   China’s approach to industrial policy in the 21st century
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
Moderator: Kyle Chan, Princeton University
5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM KEYNOTE: Joseph Stiglitz, Noble laureate in Economics; University Professor, Columbia University
Moderator: Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University
6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM Reception open to all attendees
7:30 – 9:00 PM (invitation only)
Dinner & Keynote: H.E. Patrick Achi, Former Prime Minister, Republic of Ivory Coast
Moderator: Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University
Friday, February 21, 2025 (Ruehl Family Room 399, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Bldg)
8:45 – 9:00 AM  Coffee/breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 AM SESSION 2: Industrial policy and macro-development
Nathan Lane, Professor of Economics, Oxford University
Oliver Kim, Research Fellow, Open Philanthropy
David Lagakos, Professor of Economics, Boston University
Moderator: Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University
10:30 – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM SESSION 3: CHIPS, IRA, and new industrial policy in the USA
Joseph Majkut, Director, Energy Security and Climate Change, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Christina Patterson, Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
Moderator: Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University
12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 PM KEYNOTE: Cecilia Rouse, President, Brookings Institution
Moderator: Atif Mian, Princeton University
2:30 – 2:45 PM Closing Remarks