51st Technology Transfer Society Conference: Building resilient technology transfer, processes for economic and social value

We invite researchers in the fields of technology transfer, entrepreneurship and innovation to submit their abstracts for presentation at the 51^st T2S annual conference.

The conference welcomes submissions in the broad field of technology transfer research from micro, meso and macro level perspectives, focussing on the relationship between technology transfer and social value creation for the support and development of resilient entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems.

Specifically, we invite contributions that address:

• public policies to support technology transfer for social value
• sustainability and technology transfer
• technology transfer actors’ prosocial behaviours and actions
• technology transfer, social value and benefits
• technology transfer digitalisation
• technology transfer, human capital, capabilities and competences
• open based systems of intellectual property
• contextualisation influences on technology transfer practices
• non-market strategies and institutional voids supporting technology transfer
• intellectual property leakage and technology transfer value destruction
• social value creation within university, entrepreneurial, and innovation ecosystems

We also welcome contributions addressing broader issues associated with technology transfer mechanisms and dynamics:

• university-industry interactions
• government, public agencies, firms, and universities strategies for technology transfer
• the role of TTOs, incubators and accelerators
• the role of technology transfer experts (academic, public government, industry and practitioners)
• academic entrepreneurship
• public and private research laboratories and technology transfers
• innovation, Entrepreneurial and University ecosystems

We welcome submissions from PhD students and early career researchers.