Call for Papers:
Asia Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC) 2019
“Innovation in an Era of Population Aging”
Peking University, Beijing, China
October 10-11, 2019
The 10th Asia Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC), which is jointly organized by the School of Economics at Peking University and the Asia Pacific Innovation Network, will be held on October 10-11th, 2019 on the Peking University campus in Beijing, China.
The conference aims to foster an inter-disciplinary exchange of knowledge related to innovation, intellectual property rights, and science and technology policy. Sessions will include contributed papers, keynote presentations and panel discussions. Scholars (including doctoral students) from all disciplines and practitioners interested in the economic, managerial, legal and policy aspects of innovation are all encouraged to submit and/or to attend.
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Mark Schankerman (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Prof. Beth Webster (Swinburne University of Technology)
Prof. Joshua Graff Zivin (University California, San Diego)
Prof. Xiaobo Zhang (Peking University)
Prof. Xuan Tian (Tsinghua University)
Prof. Xielin Liu (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Themes and Topics:
Topics related to the conference theme - “Innovation and Population Aging” - are particularly encouraged. However, we invite submissions on all innovation and IP-related topics, including:
Intellectual property (IP) protection for innovation
Intellectual property rights (IPR) law and economics
Entrepreneurship and startups
Standards, and patent pools
Management of technology and market for technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) and health care innovation
International IP in pharmaceutical products and medical devices
University research, technology transfer, and university-industry collaborations
Inventor mobility and knowledge flows
Team Science
Work force and gender in science
Open access in science
Spillover, externality and public policy
National innovation performance
International trade agreements and IP
All forms of IP are relevant, whether patents, copyrights, trademarks, plant breeding rights, geographical indications, design rights, trade secrets or others.
Submission and Registration:
Full papers or extended abstracts may be submitted no later than August 1, 2019 via email to sepku_conference@163.com. Preference will be given to full paper submissions. All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and decision will be announced by August 15, 2019.
The presenting authors must register by September 1, 2019 to be accommodated in the conference program.
Registration and lodging information will be announced by May 2019 on the conference website: http://ap-ic.org/call-for-papers-2019/
Contacts:
Please send administrative queries to Dr. Bo Li at libo@econ.pku.edu.cn
Other queries may be sent to Prof. Xuezheng Qin at xqin@pku.edu.cn
