Programme

9.30-10.00: Welcome coffee & French breakfast

10.00-10.10: Introduction: Paul David (Stanford University)

First Session: 10.10-12.30: Chair David Perez Castrillo (Universita Autonoma Barcelona)

10.10-11.00: Albert Banal (Universita Pompeu Fabra), Key success drivers in public research grants: Funding the seeds of radical innovation in academia?

11.00-11.50: Nicolas Carayol (University of Bordeaux), The Right Job and the Job Right: Novelty, Impact and Journal Stratification in Science

11.50am-12.30pm: Orion Prenner (Ecole Polythechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Age of Knowledge and Researcher Impact

      12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch

Second Session: 1.30pm-3.40pm: Chair Ines Macho Stadler (Universita Autonoma Barcelona)

1.30pm-2.20pm: Emeric Henry (Sciences Po, Paris), Approval Regulation, Liability and Withdrawal:
Balancing Ex Ante Experimentation and Ex Post Learning.

2.20pm-3.00pm: Michele Pezzoni (University of Nice), Is this novel technology going to hit?
Antecedents predicting technological novelty diffusion.

3.00pm-3.40pm: Elodie Carpentier (University of Bordeaux), Invention in Academia and the Impact of Public Policy.

        3.40pm-4.00pm Coffee Break

Third Session: 4.00pm-6.00pm: Chair Francesco Lissoni (University of Bordeaux)

4.00pm-4.40pm: Cornelia Lawson (University of Bath), Hiring foreign staff and spillovers for external knowledge transfer.

4.40pm-5.20pm: Philippe Gorry (University of Bordeaux): Orphan drug designation as valuable intangible assets for IPO investors in Pharma-Biotech companies.

5.20pm-6.00pm: François Maublanc (University of Bordeaux), Team Production, Scientific Competition and Interdisciplinary Research.

6.00pm-6.10 pm: Concluding Remarks