2011 Program

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

12:00 - 5:30        ECDC Professional Development Workshop (Lunch: Kurtzman Room; Workshop: Ballroom)

5:30 - 7:30          Registration and Cocktail Reception (Lower Lounge, Ground Floor)

7:30 - 10:00       ECDC Networking Dinner

(Grandview Saloon, Mt. Washington)

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

7:00 - 8:30          Registration and Continental Breakfast (Assembly Room, Ground Floor)

8:30- 8:45            Welcome and Introductions (Assembly Room, Ground Floor)

8:45-10:15           Plenary Session (Assembly Room, Ground Floor)

        Higher Education as a Source of Intellectual Capital
        David Finegold, Dean, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
        Martin Carnoy, Vida Jacks Professor of Education, Stanford University

10:15 - 10:45      Coffee Break (Assembly Room, Ground Floor)

10:45 - 12:15      Parallel Session 1

  1. Windows Into Collaboration (Dining Room B, First Floor) | Panel Abstracts
  2. A Cross-Industry Look at Innovativeness (Room 548) | Panel Abstracts
  3. Renewable Power Generation (Room 540) | Panel Abstracts
  4. Technology Trajectories and Strategic Implications (Room 538) | Panel Abstracts
  5. The Changing Nature of Employment (Room 527) | Panel Abstracts
  6. Causes, Effects, and Impacts of Delays in Passenger Aviation (Room 539) | Panel Abstracts
12:15 - 1:30         Lunch / Awards Ceremony (Ballroom, Ground Floor)

1:30 - 3:15          Parallel Session 2
  1. Paths of Development in Industries (Room 548) | Panel Abstracts
  2. Economic Clusters: Birth, Re-Birth, & Public Policy (Dining Room B, First Floor) | Panel Abstracts
  3. Institutional Factors Influencing Smart Energy Technologies (Room 538) | Panel Abstracts
  4. Innovation and Competition in the Global Communications Technology Industry (Room 539) | Panel Abstracts
  5. Open Platform-Based Ecosystems: The Mirroring Hypothesis (Room 540) | Panel Abstracts
  6. Challenges of U.S. Engineering in the Global Economy (Room 527) | Panel Abstracts
3:15 - 3:45          Afternoon Break

3:45 - 5:15          Parallel Session 3
  1. Award-Winning Dissertations in Industry Studies (Dining Room B, First Floor) | Panel Abstracts
  2. Environmental Sustainability (Room 540) | Panel Abstracts
  3. Knowledge Location and Mobility (Room 527) | Panel Abstracts
  4. Innovation Ecosystems and Collaboration (Room 548) | Panel Abstracts
  5. Labor Unions in Industry Studies (Room 538) | Panel Abstracts
  6. The Future of Roads (Room 539) | Panel Abstracts
5:15 - 7:00          Cocktail Reception (Rooftop Terrace, University Club)
 
Thursday, June 2, 2011

7:00 - 8:30          Registration and Continental Breakfast (Ballroom, Ground Floor)

8:30-10:00          Parallel Session 4
  1. Networks & Knowledge (Dining Room B, First Floor) | Panel Abstracts
  2. Sustainability and Industry Studies (Room 538) | Panel Abstracts
  3. Market Structure in Energy (Room 539) | Panel Abstracts
  4. Dynamics of Multinationals and Domestic Industries (Room 540) | Panel Abstracts
  5. Inventors, Knowledge Networks, and Career Mobility (Room 548) | Panel Abstracts
  6. Shifting Power and Changing US Employment Practices (Room 527) | Panel Abstracts
10:00 - 10:30      Coffee Break (5th floor)

10:30 - 12:15      Parallel Session 5
  1. Public Policy Issues in Industry Studies (Room 539) | Panel Abstracts
  2. Policy and Innovation in Energy (Room 538) | Panel Abstracts
  3. Global Value Chains (Room 548) | Panel Abstracts
  4. Entrepreneurship and New Firm Formation (Room 527) | Panel Abstracts
  5. Organizational Issues in Health Care (Room 540) | Panel Abstracts
  6. The Distributed Workplace (Dining Room B, First Floor) | Panel Abstracts
12:15 - 1:30         Lunch / Annual Business Meeting of the Members (Ballroom, Ground Floor)

1:30 - 3:00          Parallel Session 6
  1. Studies in Workplace Safety (Room 538) | Panel Abstracts
  2. Dynamics of Industries (Room 539) | Panel Abstracts
  3. Behavioral Principles for Demand Response Programs: Preparing for Smart Grid Technologies (Room 540) | Panel Abstracts
  4. Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing (Room 548) | Panel Abstracts
  5. Innovation and its Limits: Managerial Ideologies and Practices (Room 527) | Panel Abstracts
  6. Logistics (Dining Room B, First Floor) | Panel Abstracts
3:00 - 3:30          Afternoon Break

3:30 - 5:00          Parallel Session 7
  1. ICT: Emerging Business Models (Dining Room B, First Floor) | Panel Abstracts
  2. Risk and Demand Shaping in the Power Industry (Room 538) | Panel Abstracts
  3. Fostering Innovation with Public Institutions (Room 548) | Panel Abstracts
  4. Innovation in Biomedical/Life Sciences (Room 527) | Panel Abstracts
  5. Information Technology, Human Capital, and Organizations (Room 539) | Panel Abstracts
  6. Workforce Skills and Learning (Room 540) | Panel Abstracts
Friday, June 3, 2011

9:00 - 11:00        Steel Plant Visits