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Working Group on the Business and Economics of Space at Harvard Business School

November 3 - 4, 2017

Organizer

Division of Research and Faculty Development

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Contact Information

Kimberly Hagan khagan@hbs.edu

Agenda

All sessions will be held in Chao Center, Room 340 unless otherwise noted.

Nov 3

9:00-9:45	Arrival & Breakfast
9:45-10:00	Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:00-11:00	Workshop Round 1 10:00-10:30 - Breakout groups debate and select research questions in topic areas: A. Business strategy (Carissa Christensen chairs) B. Innovation (Dava Newman chairs) C. The role of government (Alex MacDonald chairs) 10:30-11:00 - Group presentations: 10 minutes for each breakout chair to present
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-12:00	Historical Analogies with Roger Launius (Sophus Reinert facilitates)
12:00-1:00	Topic area A deep dive (part 1) Narayana Hrudayalaya (Tarun Khanna leads discussion)
1:00-2:00	Lunch
2:00-2:30	Topic area A deep dive (part 2) Full group workshop on topic area A (Carissa Christensen chairs)
2:30-3:30	Research Briefs (Ward Hanson, Greg Autry, Ken Davidian, Pat Hynes presenting)
3:30-4:00	Break
4:00-5:30	Topic area B deep dive 4:00-5:00 - Google Car (Karim Lakhani leads discussion) 5:00-5:30 - Full group workshop on topic area B (Dava Newman chairs)
5:30-6:00	Research Briefs (Dava Newman, Martin Elvis presenting)
6:00	Dinner (Yi Ren Room, Chao)

Nov 4

8:30-9:00	Breakfast
9:00-10:30	Topic area C deep dive 9:00-10:00 - USSR: The Search for Growth (Matt Weinzierl leads discussion) 10:00-10:30 - Full group workshop on topic area C (Alex MacDonald chairs)
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-11:15	Ethics of Space with John Rummel
11:15-12:00	Research Briefs (Henry Hertzfeld, Robin Wordsworth, Scott Hubbard presenting)
12:00-12:15	Break
12:15-1:00	Workshop Round 2 12:15-12:45 - Breakout groups finalize list of research questions in topic areas 12:45-1:00 - Group presentations: 5 minutes for each breakout group to present
1:00-2:00	Closing Remarks & Lunch
2:00-6:00	Afternoon in Space at HBS (Hawes Hall 101) All participants are invited to join 2:00-3:00 - Case discussion: Blue Origin, NASA, and New Space (Matt Weinzierl) 3:30-4:30 - Case discussion: Planetary Resources Inc., Property Rights, and Regulation of the Space Economy (Matt Weinzierl) 5:00-6:00 - ISRO: Explore Space or Exploit CubeSats? (Raj Choudhury)