4th ZEW Conference on Economics of Innovation and Patenting & Finale Conference COST Network STRIKE

Conference

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim is pleased to announce its 4th conference on the economics of innovation and patenting. The conference is also the finale conference of the STRIKE Network which is supported by COST, an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology. We aim at stimulating the discussion between international researchers conducting related empirical and theoretical analysis. In addition, the conference will focus on policy implications of recent research.

Topics of Interest

Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions from all areas of the economics of innovation and patenting are welcome. A non-exhaustive list of topics is:

Science, Technology and Knowledge Creation

Sources of Knowledge and R&D Spillovers
Inventors and Inventor Surveys
Academic Patenting and Technology Transfer
R&D Collaboration

Diffusion of Science and Technology

Productivity and Firm Performance
Returns to R&D and Innovation
Globalisation and Innovation

Intellectual Property Rights

IPR Strategies
Patent Litigation
International Harmonisation of IPR Systems

Financing of Innovation

Public vs. Private Funding of Innovation
Venture Capital
Debt Financing

R&D and Innovation Policy

Evaluation of Technology Policy
Impact of Public Funding of R&D
European and National Policy Instruments
Tax Incentives for R&D

Innovation and Competition

Corporate Governance of Innovative Firms
Innovation & IPR on Competition
State Aid for R&D and Innovation

Keynote Speaker

Ben Martin, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex
Frank T. Rothaermel, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark Schankerman, London School of Economics
Paula Stephan, Georgia State University

Round Table Discussion

The program includes two round table discussions on the topics "Towards a Truly European Patent System" and "From Lisbon to E2020". Participants will be:

Tony Clayton, Chief Economist, Intellectual Property Office London
Stuart Graham, Chief Economist, USPTO
Dietmar Harhoff, LMU Munich & Chair of EFI (German Expert Commission on Research and Innovation)
Agust Ingthorsson, Member of COST domain Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) and Research Liaison Office, University of Iceland
Walter Mönig, German Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin
Marianne Paasi, EU Commission DG Research and Innovation
Nikolaus A. Thumm, Chief Economist, European Patent Office
Christian Tidona, CEO Biotech Cluster Heidelberg
Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven

Scientific Advisory Council

Eric Bartelsman, VU University Amsterdam
Stefan Bender, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg
Iain Cockburn, Boston University
Michele Cincera, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Paola Giuri, University of Bologna
Rachel Griffith, University of Manchester and Institute for Fiscal Studies London
Bronwyn Hall, University of California at Berkeley and Maastricht University
Dietmar Harhoff, LMU Munich
Jonathan Haskel, Imperial College London
Norbert Janz, Aachen University of Applied Sciences
Jordi Jaumandreu, Boston University
Patrick Llerena, BETA Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg
Georg Licht, ZEW, Mannheim
Jacques Mairesse, CREST-ENSAE Paris and Maastricht University
Pierre Mohnen, UNU-Merit Maastricht and Maastricht University
Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim
Sonja Radas, Institute of Economics, Zagreb
Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven