NEW YORK, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 23, 2010 the world's foremost experts on innovation will gather in Berkeley, Calif. to challenge established thinking about what innovation is, where it comes from, and how to make it work.

Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said in Chicago the Great Recession had all the early signs of the Great Depression. Both financial skids, 1929 and 2007, began with gentle declines, Romer said in a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago Friday.

Pundits, politicians and economists are debating the effects of the $787 billion U.S.

U.S. President Barack Obama is trying to inject some calm into a shaky marketplace, asking the public not to fret over daily ups and downs. You know it bobs up and down day to day.

Economists warned a recovery from the recession could take years, with U.S.