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.