Program
The shape of the school and its main building blocks are set. We will keep updating this page as more of the program comes together.
Detailed schedule: to be announced.
We'll publish the full timetable shortly after 22 May 2026, the notification deadline for accepted papers. Submit your work via the call for papers by 8 May 2026.
Everything below is subject to change.
Three confirmed keynote lectures from leading scholars in the economics and science of innovation.
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Rex D. Adams Professor of Business Administration. His work uses patent and licensing data to study the economics of technology, markets for technology, and the commercialisation of knowledge. Recent research documents the decline of corporate science and its consequences for innovation.
Harvard Business School
Studies the economics and management of innovation in the life sciences using detailed pipeline-level data on pharmaceutical and biotech R&D. His work covers novelty, learning from failure, and how firms allocate scarce R&D resources.
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Director of the Center for Science of Science and Innovation. His research uses large-scale data on careers, citations, and team formation to uncover quantitative patterns in scientific breakthroughs and creative productivity. Co-author of The Science of Science (Cambridge, 2021).
The first afternoon features practitioner sessions with guest speakers from Google and the European Patent Office. They will introduce new initiatives, tools, and data resources that matter for academic research on science and innovation.
More information on speakers and topics coming soon.
An interactive panel where AI entrepreneurs and policymakers debate whether — and how — Europe can harness AI to advance science and innovation. Moderated by Ludovic Dibiaggio (SKEMA) and Reinhilde Veugelers (KU Leuven), with regional and EU policymakers and AI entrepreneurs.
More information on panellists coming soon.
Contributed work from participants is presented in two formats. There are no parallel tracks — everyone sees everything.
The selection of contributions runs through the call for papers. Participants are also welcome to propose full paper sessions — get in touch at sti@kuleuven.be.
