School of Management, National Institute for Innovation Management and Institute for Intellectual Property Management at Zhejiang University hosts the 6th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference in Hangzhou, P.R. China.

Keynote and Panel Speakers

Reiko Aoki
Executive Vice-President and Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
Thomas Clarke
University Technology of Sydney, Australia
Frans Greidanus
School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Can Huang
School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Paul Jensen
University of Melbourne, Australia
Mario Kafouros
University of Leeds, the United Kingdom
Byung-Keun Kim
Korea University of Technology and Education, South Korea
Keun Lee
Seoul National University, South Korea
Hui-lin Lin
National Taiwan University

Scope

The session topics included:

• entrepreneurship and start-ups
• innovation, growth and competitiveness
• national systems of innovation
• innovation and industry evolution
• management of technology
• intellectual property protection for innovation
• standards, alliances and consortia
• research and innovation funding
• university research and university industry collaborations
• science and technology policy in developing economies
• innovation in global value chains
• innovation, dynamic capabilities and sustainable strategies
• finance and innovation
• innovation challenges and disruptive technologies
• innovation, skills and creative industries

Program

APIC 2015 Conference Details

2015 Scientific Committee

• Keun Lee (Seoul National University; Center for Economic Catch-up)
• Beth Webster (Swinburne University of Technology)
• Paul Jensen (University of Melbourne)
• Thomas Clarke (University of Technology Sydney)
• Heping Cao (University of Peking)
• Xiaobo Wu (Zhejiang University)
• Keunyeob Oh (Chungnam National University)
• Sadao Nagaoka (Tokyo Keizai University)
• Reiko Aoki (Executive Vice-President and Professor, Kyhushu University )
• Susy Frankel (Wellington University)
• Poh Kam Wong (NUS)
• Adam Jaffe (Motu, New Zealand and Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
• Show-Ling Jang (National University Taiwan)
• Hui-Lin Lin (National University Taiwan
• Carsten Fink (WIPO)
• Christine Greenhalgh (University of Oxford)
• Elisabeth Mueller (German Graduate School of Management and Law)

Local Organizing Committee

Xiaobo Wu, School of Management, Zhejiang University
Can Huang, School of Management, Zhejiang University

Contact and General Enquiries

Postal Address: Professor Can Huang, School of Management Building Room 1005-10, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University,
Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310058, P.R. China
Tel: +86 571 88208501;
Email: niim1@zju.edu.cn

2015 Call for Papers

School of Management, National Institute for Innovation Management and Institute for Intellectual Property Management at Zhejiang University hosts the 6th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference in Hangzhou, P.R. China.
The conference will bring together scholars, including doctoral students, working on economics, management and law with a focus on innovation. It will foster an inter-disciplinary exchange of knowledge. Sessions will include contributed papers, keynote presentations and panel discussions. Please forward this information to any interested colleagues, friends, and doctoral students. We welcome contributions from across the world.

Conference dates: November 19th (Thursday), 20th (Friday) and 21st (Saturday), 2015
Venue: Zijingang International Hotel, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Final paper submission deadline: August 11th, 2015
Notification of acceptance: September 1st, 2015

2015 Call for Papers (pdf version)

Local Hosts

• School of Management, Zhejiang University
• National Institute of Innovation Management, Zhejiang University
• Institute for Intellectual Property Management, School of Management, Zhejiang University

Key Sponsors

• Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
• Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology

2015 Registration

To register for the 6th Asia Pacific Innovation Conference please click here
Registration for the conference will close on November 14th.
The conference fees are as follows, please note early-bird rates expire on October 1st:

• Normal: AUD $350 (USD $ 250)
• Early Bird: AUD $280 (USD $ 200)
• Student Normal: AUD $210 (USD $ 150)
• This will include conference registration and dinners and lunches.

2015 Venue and Accommodation

The Conference organizers have reserved a number of standard rooms with discounted price (RMB 428 per night including breakfast) in the conference venue hotel (Zijingang International Hotel, Shenhua Road No. 796, Hangzhou) for the registered participants, on a first-come-first-served basis.

The registered participants are recommended but not obliged to stay in the conference venue hotel. For those who opt to reserve accommodation in the hotel through the Conference organizers, please write to them at niim1@zju.edu.cn to indicate the name, the passport (ID) number and dates of check-in and check-out.

The information regarding the Zijingang International Hotel can be found at this websiteand this website. The information regarding Hangzhou city can be found at this website.