APIC2011

Second Asia – Pacific Innovation Conference

National University of Singapore together with Hitotsubashi University are pleased to host the Second Asia‐Pacific Innovation Conference, in collaboration with consortium of the universities and other academic institutions, the RIETI (the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry) and the WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization). The conference will bring together scholars, including doctoral students, working on the economics, management and law of innovation. It will foster an inter‐disciplinary exchange of knowledge. Sessions will include contributed papers, keynote presentations and panel discussions.

The scope of the conference topics will cover (1) entrepreneurship and startups, (2) innovation and industry evolution, (3) management of technology, (4) intellectual property protection for innovation, (5) standards, and collaborations, (6) IPR law and economics, (7) university research and university industry collaborations, (8)competition through R&D and innovation, (9) spillover, externality and public policy and (10) national innovation performance. There is going to be a WIPO sponsored session on university technology transfer. We would like to thank for many (200) high quality submissions to the conference from across the world, which have been refereed by the scientific committee for this conference.

Conference dates: May 3 Tuesday and May 4 Wednesday
Venue: National University of Singapore
The conference will be held in English

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