Name: Is Business Broken? Live Podcast Taping on the Innovation Economy
Start: 2026-05-30T11:00:00-0400
End: 2026-05-30T11:45:00-0400

Is Business Broken? Live Podcast Taping on the Innovation Economy

Saturday May 30, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

WBUR CitySpace @ 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA

What transforms a scientific idea into a technology, a company, a job or even an entire economy? A century and a half after Boston University Professor Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone, that question is more urgent than ever. Join us as we dig into the forces driving innovation today — and what's at stake if they falter.

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Speakers

Kendalle Burlin O'Connell

CEO & President, MassBio

Kendalle Burlin O'Connell is CEO and President of MassBio, the world's largest and oldest biopharma membership organization, representing 1,700+ companies advancing breakthrough science. A leading voice on healthcare innovation and a champion for the biotech founders and emerging companies driving it, she adv... Read More →

Curt Nickisch

Host, Is Business Broken?

Curt Nickisch is the host of the Is Business Broken? podcast which features conversations with academics, industry leaders, and politicians that ask the thorny questions necessary for this moment, and help us navigate real world solutions.

Dr. Melissa Gilliam

President, Boston University

Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam became Boston University’s eleventh president on July 1, 2024. Dr. Gilliam is an esteemed and award-winning interdisciplinary researcher in medicine, public health, and the humanities. Dr. Gilliam joined Boston University from The Ohio State University, where she held the Engie-A... Read More →

Saturday May 30, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
WBUR CitySpace

Business, Live podcast taping

The WBUR Festival

Kendalle Burlin O'Connell

Curt Nickisch

Dr. Melissa Gilliam

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The WBUR Festival

Kendalle Burlin O'Connell

Curt Nickisch

Dr. Melissa Gilliam

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