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Call for Papers
2nd TILEC Conference on
Competition, Standardization, and Innovation
18-19 December 2017 Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) Tilburg Tilburg University, the Netherlands www.tilburguniversity.edu/tilec/csi Keynote Speakers Vincenzo Denicolò (University of Bologna) John Golden (University of Texas at Austin) Petra Moser (New York University) Katherine Strandburg (New York University)
SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND Innovation is widely recognized to be the main driver of economic growth. Yet, much remains to be learned about how the economic and institutional environment affects the incentives to innovate. Although competition in both R&D and product markets is known to play an important role for innovation, open questions abound. It is not well understood to which extent competition policy can and should take into account dynamic efficiency concerns. Recent years have seen much debate about the functioning of the patent system. Has it become an impediment to, rather than a catalyst of, innovation? In high-tech industries, where products often combine multiple components, the need for interoperability has enhanced the importance of standardization. But how should the standard setting process be organized to best promote investment in, and use of, technology? The goal of this interdisciplinary conference is to bring together economists and legal scholars in order to advance our understanding of the relationships between competition, standardization, and innovation, as well as their implications for public policy. It aims at fostering exchange between the two disciplines in this field where complementarities between law and economics are particularly strong. Papers need not display use of both legal science and economics, but speakers will be invited to make their results accessible to a mixed audience. Research of the highest scientific or scholarly quality will be selected, independently of the field of origin and methods used (theory, empirics, experimental research, case study, etc.), provided it sheds light on at least two, and preferably three, of the relevant dimensions (i.e., competition, standardization, and innovation). 1
SPECIFIC TOPICS (NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST) • The relationship between competition and innovation • The effect of legal institutions on the incentives for innovation • The treatment of innovation incentives by competition policy • Competition policy in innovative sectors • The implications of big data for competition and innovation • The treatment of standardization processes under competition law • The treatment of standardization processes under international trade law • Institutional design of standard-setting organizations • Fair and reasonable terms for licensing standard-essential patents • Optimal design of intellectual property regimes • Alternative incentive mechanisms for fostering innovation
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Cédric Argenton (Tilburg University) Jorge Contreras (University of Utah) Panagiotis Delimatsis (Tilburg University) Lapo Filistrucchi (University of Florence and TILEC) Damien Geradin (Tilburg University) Hanna Hottenrott (TU Munich) Martin Husovec (Tilburg University) Jay P. Kesan (University of Illinois) Tobias Klein (Tilburg University) Pierre Larouche (Tilburg University) Margaret K. Kyle (Mines Paris Tech) Patrick Legros (ULB) Gerard Llobet (CEMFI) Yann Ménière (European Patent Office) Matt Mitchell (University of Toronto) Nicolas Petit (University of Liège) Jens Prüfer (Tilburg University) Mark Schankerman (London School of Economics) Moritz Suppliet (Tilburg University) Otto Toivanen (KU Leuven) Catherine Tucker (MIT) Melissa Wasserman (University of Texas at Austin)
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FORMAT The workshop will take place on 18 and 19 December 2017 and is planned for two full days. Parallel sessions may be run, but most sessions will be plenary. Regular presentations (25 minutes) will be followed by a discussant (10 minutes) and public discussion (10 minutes). Keynote presentations (45 minutes) will be followed by 15 minutes of public discussion. There will be plenty of time for informal discussion and social interaction. Speakers may be asked to discuss a paper.
REGISTRATION FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT POLICY There is a EUR 200 fee to attend the conference (which includes lunches, coffee breaks, and the conference dinner on 18 December). The fee will be waived for speakers and discussants. In addition, TILEC will cover speakers’ and discussants’ accommodation expenses. A limited budget will be available for funding of travel costs, upon motivated request at the time of submission. IMPORTANT DATES The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2017. Long abstracts are accepted but full papers are preferred. Please contact the organizer for any questions (see below). Submissions (in PDF format) should be sent to
[email protected]. After selection by the scientific committee, authors of accepted papers will be notified by 8 October 2017. The deadline for speakers’ registration is 22 October 2017. Completed drafts of accepted papers are due by 20 November 2017, and will be made available for download on the conference website. Presenting authors are expected to attend and participate in the full duration of the conference.
ORGANIZER Florian Schuett (TILEC),
[email protected]
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