Working Group on the Business and Economics of Space at Harvard Business SchoolNovember 3 - 4, 2017 | OrganizerDivision of Research and Faculty Development |
Contact Information
Kimberly Hagan khagan@hbs.edu
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Agenda
All sessions will be held in Chao Center, Room 340 unless otherwise noted.
Nov 3
9:00-9:45 | Arrival & Breakfast |
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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) 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 |
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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) |