5th ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting (June 3-4, 2013)

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) are hosting the fifth conference on the economics of innovation and patenting in Mannheim on June 3-4, 2013. The results of some 50 recent research contributions in the area of innovation and research policy will be presented and discussed at the conference. The conference will address a broad selection of topics ranging from financing of innovation and the efficiency of patent systems to industry-science technology transfer activities.

Keynote lectures will be given by five renowned international researchers in the field of innovation and patenting: Diego Comin (Harvard Business School), Xielin Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Mark Robert (Pennsylvania State University), Brian Wright (University of Berkeley), and Dietmar Harhoff (Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich). The conference will also feature a panel discussion on the future developments of science and innovation policy in Germany and Europe including panelists Engelbert Beyer (BMBF), Dominique Foray (EPFL, Lausanne), Stuart Graham (US Patent and Trademark Office), and Jochen Maas (Sanofi). Registration is possible at http://de.amiando.com/INNOPPayingAtt.html until May 10. The conference fee is EUR 175 and includes the conference package, coffee breaks, the conference dinner, and lunch on both days of the conference.