Dear Colleagues:
Please see the call for papers below for the Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference , which will be held a t the University at Albany, SUNY on Friday, October 17 – Saturday, October 18, 2008 .
Best regards,
Don Siegel
Donald S. Siegel, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
School of Business
University at Albany, SUNY
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Tel: (518) 442-4910
Fax: (518) 442-4975
DSiegel@uamail.albany.edu
http://www.albany.edu/business/
http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm
http://ssrn.com/author=33607
President-Technology Transfer S ociety
Call for Papers
Entrepreneurship and INNOVATION CLUSTERS
Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference
Hosted by the School of Business and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany, SUNY
Friday, October 17 – Saturday, October 18, 2008
The Technology Transfer Society (T 2 S) will hold its 2008 annual conference at the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Technology.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Marie Thursby, Georgia Tech
"Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER)"
The theme of this year's conference is Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clusters. Areas of particular interest include (but are not limited to):
· Innovation Clusters and National and Regional Competitiveness
· Innovation Clusters and Technology Transfer
· Best Practices in University Patenting and Licensing
· Technology Commercialization at Federal Labs
· Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy
· Corporate Strategy and Innovation Clusters
· Social Networks and Innovation Clusters
· Employment Benefits from Innovation Clusters
· Technology Incubators
· Research/Science Parks
· University-Based Startups
· The Entrepreneurial University
· Social Entrepreneurship in Innovation Cluster Industries
· Public Policies and Innovation Cluster Formations
· Economic Impact of Innovation Clusters
· Innovation Clusters as a Technology Infrastructure
· Innovation Clusters and New Entrepreneurs
Those who wish to organize and chair a session should submit a proposal (title of the session, brief description of the session's focus, and names and affiliations of three confirmed paper presenters) by Friday, July 18, 2008 .
Those who wish to present a paper should submit an abstract (title of the paper and a 100 to 150 words description) by Friday July 18, 2008 .
Proposals and abstracts should be submitted electronically to all five of the program organizers:
Additional information regarding the 2008 T 2 S annual conference, including hotel and registration information, will be posted on the website of the School of Business, University at Albany, SUNY ( http://www.albany.edu/business/ ) and the Society's website: ( http://www.t2society.org )
Sincerely yours,
Professor Donald Siegel, Dean, School of Business, University at Albany, SUNY
President, Technology Transfer Society
Editor, Journal of Technology Transfer
Professor Albert N. Link, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Technology Transfer
( http://www.springer.com/business/journal/10961?detailsPage=journal
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