Growth Academy 2025
July 21 – July 25, 2025
The University of Chicago
Accelerate Your Impact
Elevate your strategy with evidence based solutions designed to drive measurable results.
Learn from World-Renowed Experts
Through interactive lectures, case studies, and hands-on workshops, you’ll gain the tools and knowledge to navigate complex challenges and implement sustainable growth strategies.
Transform Ideas into Action
Learn how to translate groundbreaking economic insights into practical solutions that foster innovation and growth.
Special Fireside Chat: H.E. Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef
Join us for an exclusive fireside chat with His Excellency Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia. As a key architect of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, he will share insights on industrial transformation, economic diversification, and the future of sustainable development.
GROWTH ACADEMY 2024 SPEAKERS
Panel Discussion
Featuring: HE Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, Somik V. Lall, Senior Advisor to the Chief Economist of the World Bank Moderated by: Ufuk Akcigit (University of Chicago).
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics
Yale University
“Creative Destruction and
Distance to Frontier: Implications for Emerging Economies” (Slides)
Somik V. Lall
Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank
The World Bank Group
“Energy, Emissions, and Creative Destruction” (Slides)
James Evans
Max Palevsky Professor, Department of Sociology; Faculty Director, Masters in Computational Social Science Program
The University of Chicago
“The Paradox of Innovation Institutions: Designing Flexible Ecosystems that Accelerate Discovery, Invention, and Growth“
Indermit Gill
Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics
The World Bank Group
“Middle Income Trap” (Slides)
James Heckman
The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College
The University of Chicago
“Roots of the Skills Gab: Family LIfe and Black-White HIspanic Disparities“
Philippe Aghion
Collège de France, INSEAD, and the London School of Economics
“Economics of Creative Destruction“ (Slides)
Joel Mokyr
Robert H. Strotz Professor Northwestern University
Josh Lerner
Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking
Harvard Business School
“Growing Enterpreneruial Clusters” (Slides)
