Draft program (11/03/2026) Monday 22 June
Tuesday 23June (Venue: TUM)
9:00 Registration
9:15 Welcome – Guido Bünstorf, Gaétan de Rassenfosse
9:30 Session1 – Chiara Franzoni (Polytechnic University of Milan) Chair: Rossella Salandra (University of Bath)
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11:00 Coffee break 11:30 Session2 – Paola Criscuolo (Imperial College London). Chair: Emilio Raiteri (TU Eindhoven) Title TBA 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Participants group presentations 16:00 Coffee Break 16:30 Participants group presentations 18:30 Informal cocktail
Wednesday 24June (Venue: EPO)
9:00 Workshop 1 – TBA Chair: Gabriele Pellegrino
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10:30 Coffee break 11:30 Session3 – Guido Bünstorf. Chair: Pere Arqué-Castells
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13:00 Lunch 14:00 Visit to the EPO Museum (TBC) 15:30 Session4 – Steve Gong (Google). Chair: Yann Ménière(EPO)
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17:00 Aperitif Free night
Thursday 25 June (Venue: TUM)
9:00 Session5 – Ina Ganguli (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Chair: Guido Bünstorf
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10:30 Coffee break 11:00 Participants group presentations 13:00 Lunch at EPO 14:00 Workshop 2 –Michael Rose. Chair: Daniel Souza (Polytechnic University of Milan)
LogicMill / PaECTER
15:30 Coffee Break 16:00-18:00 Participants group presentations 20:00 Social dinner - Franziskaner (funded)
Friday 26 June (Venue: Max Planck Institute)
9:00 Session6 – Dietmar Harhoff (MaxPlanck Institute). Chair: Gaétan de Rassenfosse (EPFL)
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10:30 Coffeebreak 11:00 REGISSeminar – ‘’APhD student enrolled in Germany’’. Chair: Hanna Hottenrott (Technical University of Munich & ZEW Mannheim)
12:30 Concluding remarks (Organizing committee)
12:35 Lunch 14:00 Departure
Addresses:
Technical University of Munich (TUM) School of Management: Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München
European Patent Office (EPO) Bob‑van‑Benthem‑Platz 1, 80469 München
Max Planck Institute (MPI) for innovation and competition Herzog-Max-Straße 4 · 089 242460
Löwenbräukeller Nymphenburger Str. 2, 80335 München
zum Franziskaner Residenzstraße 9, 80333 München