"The New Deal’s Schumpeterian Turn: Can it be Repeated in the Age of the Rupture of the Neoliberal Order", 21st Schumpeter Society Conference, July 3, 2026, Strasbourg, France.
"Knowledge Creation in the Learning Firm: Penrose's Enduring Contribution", Business History Conference, London, U.K., March 28, 2026.
“Triple Helix ‘Informed’ Industrial Transformations: Three Examples in American History”, 20th Triple Helix Conference, Florence, Italy, June 28, 2022.
“Productive Structures and Innovation Dynamics: Schumpeter’s Unmet Challenge”, 18th Schumpeter Society Conference, Rome, Italy, July 9, 2021.
“How Growth Really Happens”, Telecom Paris Tech, Paris, France, June 21, 2019.
“How Growth Really Happens”, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, 25th April, 2019.
“How Growth Really Happens”, XVII Industrial Development and Policy Lecture, SOAS, University of London, October 10th, 2018.
“The Making of Economic Miracles through Production, Governance, and Skills”, The Institute of International and European Affairs, Dublin, Ireland, July 3rd, 2018.
“How Growth Really Happens”, NESTA, National Endowment for Science, Technology, and Arts, London, June 5th, 2018.
“Why Inclusive Growth Matters”, Centre for Progressive Policy, London, October 30, 2018.
“The Theory of Growth of New Sectors: The Triple Dynamics of Penrose, Kuznets and Young”, Edith Penrose Centenary Conference”, SOAS, University of London, November 14, 2014.
“Greater Boston’s Industrial Ecosystem: A Manufactory of Sectors”, 13th Babbage Lecture, Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge University, November 12, 2014.
“Greater Boston’s Industrial Ecosystem: A Manufactory of Sectors”, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester, September 30, 2013.
“Triple Helix, Industry, and Green Growth”, Keynote Speaker, Triple Helix Conference 2013, Senate House, London, 9 July 2013. http://new.livestream.com/accounts/719701/events/2231665/videos/23829117
“The American System for Creating High Tech Industries: The Collective Entrepreneurial Capability of Greater Boston”, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, Russia, October 11, 2012.
“Techno-Historical Regional Economic Analysis Database (vTHREAD): Massachusetts Applications”, presented at conference titled “The Next Frontier of Regional Economic Statistics”, sponsored by the George Washington Institute of Public Policy at George Washington University, in partnership with the School of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, May 9, 2012.
“Vannevar Bush: The Accidental Architect of Greater Boston’s High Tech ‘Mittelstand’”, Association of Business Historians Annual Conference, Birmingham University, 7-9 July 2012.
“A Future for Manufacturing in the Border Region Economy: the Isle of Ireland”, Keynote Address, conference titled Reviving the Border Region Economy, sponsored by The Centre for Cross Border Studies in Ireland Cavan, Ireland, 17 November 2011.
“From the Visible Hand to High-tech Business Systems: How America’s Post-war Developmental State Countered Schumpeter’s Entrepreneurial Pessimism”, Association of Business Historians Annual Conference, Reading University, 1-2 July 2011.
“The American System of Creating High Tech Industries: The Historic Place of Greater Boston”, DRUID Society, Copenhagen Business School, June 15, 2011.
“Making Ireland Grow Again: Characterizing, Measuring, Coordinating, and Fostering Innovation Capabilities at the Enterprise, Sector and National Levels”, Keynote Address, Centre for Innovation and Structural Change Symposium: Smart Economy or Pipe Dream? Towards an Evidence-based Understanding of the Challenges and Opportunities, Galway, Ireland, June 9, 2010. http://www.nuigalway.ie/whitakerinstitute/Videos/cisc_symposium.html