Understanding and Scoping Future Research on Disruptive Innovation: A Workshop

The National Academies will host a workshop examining the current state of disruptive innovation and what future activities might be undertaken to better understand, assess, and accelerate scientific and technological progress. Discussions will explore characteristics and essential elements of disruptive innovation, strengths and limitations of available bibliometric data and methods for measuring disruptive innovation, and key factors enabling or limiting disruptive innovation.

Full event details

When:

Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Where:

Attend virtually: 

You will receive the relevant link(s) to attend virtually via email.

Attend in person:

National Academy of Sciences Building