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SUMMARY:"The Economics of Innovation 2017: from Basic research to the Mark
 et"
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170904
DTSTAMP:20260506T084426Z
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DESCRIPTION:Sir Venki Ramakrishnan\, Prof. Maria Leptin\, Prof. Dietmar Ha
 rhoff\, Prof. Marie Thursby etc\nAn interdisciplinary and international co
 nference to challenge your way of thinking about Economics\, Innovation\, 
 Research and Market. The conference will be held from Sept. 04 to Sept.
 06\, 2017 in Geneva at the Brocher Foundation\, interdisciplinary cen
 ter.\n\nThe conference aims to determine the state of the art in the fiel
 d of economic theory of innovation and stimulate further work to better un
 derstand the innovation process. Delegates will explore the rate-limiting 
 or critical steps at each stage of the process and then carefully evaluate
  how different factors influence the outcome. We will bringtogether leadin
 g economists\, managers\, research scientists\, scientists involved in pol
 icy and funding\, experts from tech transfer and R&D in industry as well a
 s venture capitalists. This unique event comprises extensive plenary sessi
 ons\, ample time for discussion during round-table sessions and opportunit
 ies for interdisciplinary networking.\n\nThe conference will host 19 plen
 ary lectures with international speakers from various prestigious institu
 tions such as Prof. Venki Ramakrishnan\, 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry\,
  Group Leader of the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biol
 ogy in Cambridge and President of the Royal Society\, UK or Prof. Maria 
 Leptin\, EMBO Director\, Prof. Dietmar Harhoff\, Director Max Planck Inst
 itute for Innovation and Competition and Prof. Marie Thursby\, Georgia In
 stitute of Technology.\n\nPlease visit the website of the conference to di
 scover the outstanding list of speakers and the programme: https://theeco
 nomicsofinnovation.org/.\nRegistration deadline : June 15\, 2017.\n \nPar
 ticipants will be admitted upon selection with a maximum of 60 participant
 s total.\nRegistration includes (1) the conference fee\, (2) 2 nights’ a
 ccommodation\, (3) meals and coffee breaks and transportation during the e
 vent between the hotel\, conference venue and restaurants.\n\nHelp us spre
 ad the word and share the news about this Conference with your colleagues 
 and network!
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