Final ICTNET Conference on the Economic Impact of ICT:
Policy Drivers and Economic Evidence
(OECD, Paris, 25-26 June 2012)
- Day 1 - 25 June 2012
14:00-18:00 - 14:00 - 14:30
Setting the scene 
Andrew Wyckoff
OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry- 14:30 - 16:00
ICT diffusion and use: regulations and new industrial policies - Policy makers
Judith Winternitz
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Canberra, Australia- Economists
Bart Van Ark
The Conference Board, New York, United States
Elie Cohen
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France- Panel discussion and Q&A session
- 16:30-18:00
ICTs and intangibles: unleashing the economics of "big data" - Policy makers
Detlef Eckert
European Commission, DG INFSO
Tony Clayton
The Intellectual Property Office, United Kingdom- Economists
Erik Brynjolfsson
MIT, United States (via videoconference)
Jacques Mairesse
INSEE-CREST, France- Panel discussion and Q&A session
- Day 2 - 26 June 2012
09:00-13:15 - 09:00-10:30
ICTs, innovation and productivity: market signals and policy incentives - Policy makers
Richard Simpson
e-Novation Consulting, Canada
Lucilla Sioli
European Commission, DG INFSO- Economists
Marshall Van Alstyne
Boston University, United States
Eric Bartelsman
Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands- Panel discussion and Q&A session
- 11:00-12:30
ICTs, employment and growth: the way to recovery? - Policy makers
Lars-Henrik Myrmel-Johansen
Department of ICT Policy and Public Sector Reform, Norway
Barbora Novotna
European Commission, DG Employment- Economists
Gilbert Cette
Banque de France, Paris, France
Tobias Kretschmer
Munich School of Management, Germany- Panel discussion and Q&A session
- 12:30-13:15
Shaping a research agenda for the future 
Lucilla Sioli
European Commission, DG INFSO
Vincenzo Spiezia
OECD, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry- Panel discussion and Q&A session