Call for Papers
Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC) 2021
“Innovation and Global Economic Recovery”
Jiangsu University, Nanjing, China
December 3-4 (Fri-Sat), 2021
The 11th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, which is jointly organized by the School of Intellectual Property at Jiangsu University, the Institute of New Structural Economics & Intellectual Property (NSE&IP), and the Asia Pacific Innovation Conference network (APIC), will be held on November 7-8, 2021 in Nanjing, China. The conference will be held both in person and online simultaneously. Participants during registration can choose to attend in person or online.
The conference aims to foster a trans-disciplinary exchange of knowledge related to innovation, intellectual property rights, and science and technology policy. Sessions will include keynote speech, panel discussions and papers presentation. Scholars (including PhD students) from all disciplines and practitioners interested in the economic, managerial, legal and policy aspects of innovation are all encouraged to submit and/or to attend.
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Bronwyn H. Hall (UC Berkeley)
Prof. Adam Jaffe (Motu and MIT)
Prof. Keun Lee (Seoul National University)
Prof. Jin Chen(Tsinghua University)
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff (Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition)
Reiko Aoki (Japan Fair Trade Commission, Kyushu University)
Prof. Kenneth G. Huang (National University of Singapore)
Prof. Zhen Lei (Pennsylvania State University)
Prof. Andy Sun (Asia Pacific Legal Institute)
Themes and Topics:
Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC) 2021 welcomes original contributions on all topics related to the conference theme - “Innovation and Global Economic Recovery”, including but not limited to:
New Structural Economics and Intellectual Property (IP)
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Autonomous Machine and Digital Transformation
Competition through R&D and Innovation
Entrepreneurship and Startups
Health Care Innovation and Bio Ethics in the Bio Economy
Innovation and Industry Evolution
Innovation and Regional Economy
Innovation Policy and Intellectual Property Right under Industry 4.0
Intellectual Property Protection and Economics
International Trade Agreements and IP
Inventor Mobility and Knowledge Flows
Management of Technology and Market for Technology
National Innovation Performance
Technology Spillover and innovation cooperation
The Changing Nature of Innovation at the Data Driven Economy
University Research, Technology Transfer and University-Industry Collaborations
Submission
We invite interested authors to submit their papers or extended abstracts (Updated) no later than August 10, 2021 via email to (apic2021@126.com). Preference will be given to full paper submissions. All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and decision will be announced by August 5, 2021.
If you need to apply for a VISA to enter China, please submit papers and register before July 1st, so we can send you the visa support materials in time.
Please indicate the name of the presenter and his/her contact details (affiliation and email).
Submissions must be in PDF or MS Word format and made in English.
Registration
The registration website for the conference will open in the near future. Please visit the webpage at http://ap-ic.org/call-for-papers-2021 for the most current information.
The in-person conference register fee covering conference registration, lunches, drinks, and the conference dinner will be 600 CNY/person.
A PhD candidate whose paper has been accepted is eligible for a discounted registration 300 CNY/person.
Please Note the registration fee will be waived for those who attend APIC 2021 online.
Presenting authors must register by October 15, 2021 to be accommodated in the conference program.
The decision will be announced by October 30, 2021.
Contacts:
Please send administrative queries to Dr. Yingqi He at yingqi0512@126.com
Other queries may be sent to Associate Prof. Xingle Long at longxingle@163.com or Prof. Heng Tang at thwlq@126.com.