Rome conference puts venture capital and innovation in focus
The Bank of Italy, Centre for Economic Policy Research and Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance will hold an Innovation and Finance conference in Rome on December 10–11, 2026. Registration closes on November 20, 2026.
Five sessions trace innovation finance
The conference takes place at Palazzo Koch, Sala Emeroteca, Via Nazionale 91, Rome.
Five sessions cover research funding and innovation; entrepreneurship and new products; venture capital, risk taking and firm growth; scaling innovative firms and European capital markets; and venture capital expertise and talent allocation.
Papers address National Institutes of Health funding, monopsony and innovation, generative AI in entrepreneurship, new products and QSBS tax incentives for venture capital risk-taking.
Further presentations examine leverage, default and reallocation, customer capital, European firms' scaling constraints, capital market integration, sequential learning and the allocation of scientific human capital.
Three keynotes anchor the programme
Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School speaks on venture capital deglobalization on December 10, from 14:15 to 15:15, chaired by Marco Pagano.
Ramana Nanda of Imperial College London speaks on learning through venture capital financing on December 11, from 11:15 to 12:15, chaired by Fabiano Schivardi.
European Investment Bank speaker Gelsomina Vigliotti delivers a keynote from 14:50 to 15:30, chaired by Ilaria Supino.
To register by November 20, participants must contact bancaditalia.studi.convegni@bancaditalia.it.
Research agenda, not findings
The programme connects innovation funding with firm growth and European capital markets.
It lists research topics but supplies no findings, estimates or policy recommendations.
Paper titles therefore establish the scope of discussion, not evidence for investment or policy decisions.