The next IP Statistics for Decision Makers (IPSDM) conference will take place in Mexico City, Mexico, on 14-15 November 2017, co-organised by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the OECD.

The IPSDM conference aims to discuss how intellectual property data, statistics and analysis are used and can be used to inform decision-makers in both the public and private sectors, and to identify key information needs and possible shortcomings. The 2017 edition will discuss the latest empirical evidence based on IP statistics and analysis related to:

• IP and the digital transformation of economies and societies
• IP, big data and artificial intelligence (AI)
• IP and Industry 4.0: what role?
• IP valuation and IP transactions
• IP and trade: the role of intellectual property in global value chains
• Trade secrets and IP: which relationship?
• IP bundles, strategic behaviours and competition in global and digital markets
• The economic impact of IP system harmonisation
• Patent policy optimisation: which incentives? Which tools?

 
For complete information, visit the official event website at www.ipsdm2017.com

Researchers interested in the topics listed in the call for papers or in any IP-relevant analytical and/or statistical issue are invited to submit an electronic version of their paper, or an extended abstract of at least three pages, to ipsdm@oecd.org.

Submissions due by 8 July 2017
Notification of acceptance: 20 August 2017
Full papers due by 20 October 2017
Presentations due by 7 November 2017

Registration is now open on the official IPSDM site.

Registration fee: 250 EUR (students: 100 EUR)

Fee includes admission, conference materials, lunch on both days and a networking reception on Tuesday, 14 November.

Presenters of accepted papers will be exempted from paying the registration fee.

• Iain Cockburn
  Boston University (United States)
   
• Alberto Galasso
  University of Toronto (Canada)
   
• Claudia Gonzalez Brambila
  Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico)
   
• Dietmar Harhoff
  Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Germany)
   
• Keith Maskus
  University of Colorado (United States)
   
• Mark Schankerman
  London School of Economics (United Kingdom)
   
• Rahul Telang
  Carnegie Mellon University (United States)
   
• Catherine Tucker
  MIT Sloan School of Management (United States)

For enquiries related to the scientific programme of the conference and the registration process, please contact: ipsdm@oecd.org.

For enquiries related to organisational and logistic details, please contact: IPSDM2017@uspto.gov.

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Event organised by

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• United States Patent and Trademark Office

In co-operation with

EPO ▪ EUIPO ▪ Eurostat ▪ ILPO ▪ INAPI ▪ INPI (FR) ▪ IP Australia ▪ IPO (UK) ▪ IPONZ ▪ JPO ▪ KIPO ▪ NSF ▪ OBI ▪ UIBM ▪ WIPO