Draft program (23/01/2026) Monday 22 June
Approx 19:00 Informal cocktail -Location TBD
Tuesday 23 June
9:00 Registration
9:15 Welcome – Guido Bünstorf, Gaétan de Rassenfosse
9:30 Session 1 – Chiara Franzoni (Polytechnic University of Milan) Chair: Rossella Salandra (University of Bath)
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11:00 Coffee break 11:30 Session 2 – Paola Criscuolo (Imperial College London). Chair: Emilio Raiteri (TU Eindhoven)
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13:00 Lunch 14:00 Participants group presentations 16:00 Coffee Break 16:30 Participants group presentations 18:30 Informal cocktail
Wednesday 24 June (Venue: EPO)
9:00 Workshop 2 – TBA. Chair: TBA
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10:30 Coffee break 11:30 Session4 – Guido Bünstorf. Chair: Pere Arqué-Castells (European Patent Office)
13:00 Lunch 14:00 Visit to the EPO Museum (TBC) 15:30 Session 5 – Ina Ganguli (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Chair: Yann Ménière (EPO)
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17:00 Aperitif Free night
Thursday 25 June Wednesday 24 June
9:00 Session 3 – Steve Gong (Google). Chair: TBA
TBA
10:30 Coffee break 11:00 Participants group presentations 13:00 Lunch at EPO 14:00 Workshop 1 – TBA. Chair: Daniel Souza (Polytechnic University of Milan)
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15:30 Coffee Break 16:00-18:00 Participants group presentations 20:00 Social dinner - Franziskaner
Friday 26 June (Venue: Max Planck Institute)
9:00 Session 6 – Dietmar Harhoff (Max Planck Institute). Chair: Gaétan de Rassenfosse (EPFL)
Title TBA
10:30 Coffee break 11:00 REGIS Seminar – ‘’A PhD 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
