Program
Three days of keynotes, contributed papers, poster slams, industry sessions, and a panel on AI and innovation in Europe — all in a single track, so everyone sees everything.
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Preliminary program — subject to change.
Presenters in paper sessions have 15 minutes each; the last part of every session is reserved for questions and discussion. Each poster presenter has 4 minutes to pitch their work during the Poster Slam, followed by a coffee break dedicated to the posters. The final version of the program will be available a few days before the event.
Bart Van Looy
EPO Data Products and Projects: What’s New & What’s Next?
Yann Menière (Chief Economist, EPO), Victor Arribas Martinez (EPO Observatory), Catalina Martinez (CSIC-IPP)
Poster presenters pitch their research in four minutes each. During the break you will find them at their poster for an in-depth discussion — please take your coffee with a poster or two.
Not All Maps Are Equal: Heterogeneity in Science and Corporate R&D
Paul-Emmanuel Anckaert (SKEMA Business School)
Who Picks Up German Science? Pathways from German Biotechnology Research to Patented Inventions
Marie Aster (University of Passau)
A Novel Method to Identify Emerging Speciation Technologies
Max Denzinger (University of Bremen)
What Citations Miss: An LLM-Extracted Biographical Signature of Recognised Breakthrough Inventors
Arash Hajikhani (VTT Finland)
LLM-Driven Content-Based Knowledge Graphs: A New Perspective to Study a Scientific Field
Seorin Kim (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
How Success Speaks: Clustered Linguistic Profiles in Grant Applications
Tetiana Lem (Stockholm School of Economics)
Measuring Novelty in Science Using LLMs
Cheng Li (Max Planck Institute)
Dispersion and Order in Technology Spaces Following AI-Enabled Shocks
Dylan McNally (Tilburg University)
The Strategic Intersection of Frugal Innovation and Patenting
Sebastian Stade (University of Bremen)
Localized Knowledge Spillovers Revisited: A Replication with Semantic Distance Using LogicMill
Kaan Uctum (Technical University of Munich)
Mapping the Quantum Frontier: An Analysis of Global Patent Filing Trends in Quantum Technology
Raghvendra Singh Yadav (MIPLC Munich)
American Corporate Science Production and Knowledge Absorption in the Golden Age
Ashish Arora (Duke University) online
Google session: Patent data organization using LLMs
James Forman (Data scientist at Google) online
Exploring the knowledge space of innovation
Mapping the Problem Space of Innovation
Fabian Gaessler (Pompeu Fabra / Max Planck)
Knowing the Hammer or the Nail: Problem- vs Solution-Domain Knowledge Specialization
Nikki Lagerweij (ETH Zurich)
AI in the Lab: AlphaFold2’s Impacts on Human-Produced Knowledge
Jerry (Jiarui) Qian (University of Virginia)
From Invention to Innovation: How AI as a General-Purpose Technology Reconfigures Patent Commercialization
Yuan Yuan (Warwick Business School)
Airplanes for the mind: AI agents and the science of science
Dashun Wang (Kellogg, Northwestern)
Poster presenters pitch their research in four minutes each. During the break you will find them at their poster for an in-depth discussion — please take your coffee with a poster or two.
A Structural Analysis of LLM-Generated Research Methodologies
Francesca Carlon (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Governing at Scale: Identifying Governance Technology in Sharing Platforms Through AI-Assisted Patent Analysis
Qi Ang Du (University of Cambridge)
Building an Attribution-Provenance-Remuneration Ecosystem for AI: A DAO Architecture with Tokenized Licensing, AMM-Based Settlement, and Fair Value Distribution
Jan-Gero Alexander Hannemann (University of Cambridge)
Quantifying Startup Novelty: Innovation Novelty and Transience in Early-Stage Startups
Reem Ismail (Université Paris Dauphine)
From Playfulness to Performance: How Playful Prompting Influences the Creative Output of LLMs
Sevginur-Elif Kocabas (University of Bremen)
Modeling Public Fear of AI-Driven Job Displacement in the United States Across a Decade
Austin Lee (Texas Tech University)
Topic-Level Misalignment in Corporate AI Talks and Action
Faiza Liaqat (LUISS Guido Carli)
Modularity and Architectural Control: Implications on Learning
Iris Poon (SKEMA Business School)
Innovation Signals and Clinical Translation in Personalized Medicine
Yi Shan (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Data Breaches and Their Impact on Firms’ Innovation Strategy: Evidence from U.S. Firms
Domenika Uskova (Warwick Business School and Nova School of Business and Economics)
Anticipated Evaluation Standards and Innovation Search: An Agent-Based Model
Magnus van Haaren (Erasmus University / RSM)
The science of science: careers, evaluation & funding
Middle-Status Myopia
Marlon Alves (SKEMA Business School)
The Commercial Value of (Cut) Science
Antoine Mathieu Collin (KU Leuven)
Expertise and Predictive Validity in Grant Peer Review: Evidence from the Novo Nordisk Foundation
Andola Stanaj (Politecnico di Milano)
Mapping Professional Identity Strategies in Academic Narratives
Luca Bollinger (KU Leuven)
Unlocking R&D Value: Hidden Treasures and Emerging Trajectories
Joshua Krieger (Harvard Business School)
New patent indicators & measurement
CLEARPAT: AI-Curated Full Historical USPTO Patent Information for Research, 1836–1975
Zenne Hellinga (Utrecht University)
A Shot in the Dark: From Patent-Value Predictors to Meaningful Economic Signals
Simen Gaens (KU Leuven)
Hidden Reliance on Scientific Ideas and Firm Innovation
Nicola Melluso (LUISS University)
Examination Timing and Prior Art Relevance: Evidence from Semantic Similarity of Patent Citations
Yasushi Hara (Kobe University)
Hosts: Ludovic Dibiaggio (SKEMA) & Reinhilde Veugelers (KU Leuven)
Hanan Osman-Ponchet (CEO, PKDERM)
David Simplot (INRIA / 3IA Côte d’Azur / CA Sophia Antipolis)
Chiara Criscuolo (OECD)
Frédéric Feresin (AzurIA)
Biomedical innovation: IP, licensing & regulation
Licensing and Innovation Regimes in Pharmaceutical R&D
Michele Liberatore (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Bad Knowledge Spillovers and the Diffusion of Innovation Failures
Gianluca Murgia (University of Siena)
Regulatory Incentives and Strategic Innovation: Evidence from the FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation
Ha Chu Thi (Esade Business School)
Science & innovation policy
Who Patents Public Research? New Evidence on the European Paradox
Michael Rose (Max Planck Institute)
China Nears Sovereignty in Technological Innovation
Ziyu Chen (University of Hong Kong)
Scientific Research, Global Health, and Gender Gaps: A New Data Infrastructure
Leo Schmallenbach (University of Mannheim)
To Make or To Buy? Scientific Capabilities and Innovation Strategy under Demand Pressure
Rujuta Bhagwat (Bocconi University)
Bart Van Looy
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
American Corporate Science Production and Knowledge Absorption in the Golden Age
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.
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Airplanes for the mind: AI agents and the science of science
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).
Harvard Business School
Unlocking R&D Value: Hidden Treasures and Emerging Trajectories
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.
Questions about the program? Get in touch at sti@kuleuven.be.
