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