Innovation is the economic buzzword of the moment but is it all it’s cracked up to be? Productivity is flat-lining everywhere. Some economists think all the important innovations happened long ago. The latest ones seem more like toys for the wealthy or could destroy millions of jobs if the worst fears are realised. So why is innovation considered to be a good thing? Chair: Rory Cellan-Jones, Diane Coyle (University of Manchester) Jonathan Haskel (Imperial College London) Helen Simpson (University of Bristol), Stian Westlake (Nesta)