Sloan Foundation to sponsor Levin Innovate New York series
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has agreed to provide $60,000 to support a six-event series called Innovate New York, to be held at the Levin Institute throughout 2009, and co-sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences. The series is modeled after the successful Levin event “Why is New York NOT a Capital of Innovation” which was held on June 10, 2008. That event featured Levin President Garrick Utley moderating a discussion with Irving Wladawsky-Berger (IBM, MIT), Jerry Hultin (Polytechnical Institute of NYU) and Jim Singer (AT Kearney) and resulted in a very dynamic discourage among a diverse audience.
Innovate New York will feature similar dialogues moderated by Mr. Utley on the following topics:
- Global Entrepreneurship: April 1, 2009
- Vivek Wadhwa, a fellow with the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School and executive in residence/adjunct professor at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University
- Jonathan Bowles, Director Center for an Urban Future
- Dr. Amar Bhide, Professor of Business, Columbia University
- Matt Nimetz, Chief Operating Officer, General Atlantic
- Global meets Digital April 22, 2009
- Betsy Motgan, Huffington Post
- Geoffrey Sands, McKinsey & Co.
- Michael Steib, Google
- Michael Zimbalist, The New York Times
- International Finance: Innovation and Regulation
- Innovation in Services
- The Future of Life Science
- Innovation in Arts and Culture
The Levin Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of the Sloan Foundation, and our partnership with the Academy.