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Dear Entrepreneurship scholars:

I call your attention to the following call for papers (see below) for the 2012 Technology Transfer Society Conference on Nov. 2-3, 2012 in New York City:

Best regards,

Don Siegel

Dr. Donald S. Siegel

Dean and Professor

School of Business

University at Albany, SUNY

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Co-Editor-Academy of Management Perspectives (2010 SSCI Impact Factor-2.470)

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Editor-Journal of Technology Transfer (2010 SSCI Impact Factor-1.014)

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Call for Papers

Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship

Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference

New York Academy of Sciences, New York City

Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3, 2012

Keynote Speakers:

Professor William Baumol

Academic Director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Leonard N. Stern School of Business

New York University

Professor David Teece

Thomas W. Tusher Professor in Global Business

Haas School of Business

University of California, Berkeley

The Technology Transfer Society (T2S) will hold its 2012 annual conference at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City on November 2-3, 2012.  The theme of the conference is "Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship."

Particular areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Technology Transfer and the Changing Role of the University
• Academic Entrepreneurship
• Property-Based Institutions (Incubators/Accelerators/Science Parks)
• Academic Innovation and Global Competition
• University-Industry Partnerships in Research, Commercialization, and Education
• Technology Transfer Strategy Formulation and Implementation
• Technology Transfer in a Global Value Chain
• Intellectual Property and Law
• Topics in Entrepreneurship
• Other Related Areas

Those wishing to organize chair and session, or to offer a relevant new topic, should submit a proposal (title of the session, brief description of the session's focus, and names, affiliations, and email addresses of the presenters).

Those wishing to present a paper should submit an abstract (title of the paper, up to 150 word abstract, topic area, and presenter affiliation, and email information).

All session proposals, paper proposals, and abstracts should be submitted not later than Monday, June 18, 2012.  The Academy has 3 seminar rooms so the number of program participants will be very limited.  Individuals will be notified about their submissions not later than Friday, August 3, 2012.

Submit all proposals and paper abstracts to the conference coordinator, Sally Mills, at smills@albany.edu.  Please note "T2S 2012" in the subject line of your email.

The new T2S Website is under construction; more information about the conference will follow in the near future.