2025 Bromley Memorial Lecture: Stephen Ezell
Virtual (In person for those in Washington D.C.)
Mar 25, 2025 — 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On Tuesday, March 25th, 2025, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) at the University of Ottawa is travelling to Washington D.C. with a group of students to attend the 2025 Bromley Memorial Lecture and Event, co-organized with the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy (IISTP) at the George Washington University (GW) Elliott School of International Affairs.
About the 2025 Bromley Memorial Lecture:
The ISSP and the IISTP are pleased to host the 2025 Bromley Memorial Lecture as part of the Bromley Memorial Event.
This year’s Lecture features Stephen Ezell, Vice President for Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and Director of ITIF’s Center for Life Sciences Innovation. Mr. Ezell will speak on the topic of “US Science Policy at a Crossroads.” His remarks will be followed by brief comments from two student respondents from uOttawa and GW, and a Q&A with the audience.
The Lecture will be available online via Zoom and will be recorded.
Stephen Ezell
Keynote Speaker
Stephen Ezell is Vice President for Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and Director of ITIF’s Center for Life Sciences Innovation. He also leads the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance. His areas of expertise include science and technology policy, international competitiveness, trade, and manufacturing.
Ezell is the coauthor of Innovating in a Service-Driven Economy: Insights, Application, and Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) and Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012).
Ezell came to ITIF from Peer Insight, an innovation research and consulting firm he cofounded in 2003 to study the practice of innovation in service industries. At Peer Insight, Ezell led the Global Service Innovation Consortium, published multiple research papers on service innovation, and researched national service innovation policies being implemented by governments worldwide.
Prior to forming Peer Insight, Ezell worked in the New Service Development group at the NASDAQ Stock Market, where he spearheaded the creation of the NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk and the NASDAQ Corporate Services Network, services for NASDAQ-listed corporations. Previously, Ezell cofounded two successful innovation ventures, the high-tech services firm Brivo Systems and Lynx Capital, a boutique investment bank.
Ezell holds a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with an honors certificate from Georgetown’s Landegger International Business Diplomacy program.
Previous Bromley Memorial Lectures:
2024 Bromley Memorial Lecture: Dr. Rémi Quirion
2023 Bromley Memorial Event: Dr. Bhavya Lal
