Dear Colleagues: Below please find a call for papers for the 2007 Technology Transfer Society Meetings, which will be held in Palm Desert, CA. I also attach a pdf version of the call. Thanks, Don Siegel CALL FOR PAPERS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Conference Hosted by the University of California, Riverside Palm Desert Graduate Center and Co-Sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation Wednesday, October 24 Friday, October 26, 2007 The Technology Transfer Society (T2S) will hold its 2007 annual conference at the University of California, Riverside Palm Desert Graduate Center (http://palmdesert.ucr.edu/). The theme of this years conference is Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization. Areas of particular interest include (but are not limited to): Best Practices in Patenting and Licensing Technology Commercialization at Federal Labs Entrepreneurial Leadership and Technology Commercialization Entrepreneurial Universities Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy Open Source Research Parks, Incubators, Spin-Offs, and Start-Ups Social Entrepreneurship in High-Technology Industries Sources of Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization State and Regional Policies Promoting Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization Technology Infrastructure Women Entrepreneurs Women in Science Those who wish to organize and chair a session should submit a proposal (title of the session, brief description of the sessions focus, and names and affiliations of three confirmed paper presenters) by Friday, June 15, 2007. Those who wish to present a paper should submit an abstract (title of the paper and a 100 to 150 words description) by Friday June 15, 2007. Proposals and abstracts should be sent electronically to both of the program organizers: Professor Donald Siegel:
donald.siegel@ucr.edu Professor Albert Link:
anlink@uncg.edu Additional information regarding the 2007 T2S conference, including hotel and registration information, will soon be posted on the Societys website:
http://www.t2society.org Dr. Donald Siegel Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management University of California, Riverside 225 Anderson Hall Riverside, CA 92521 Tel: (760) 834-0593 Tel: (951) 827-4996 Fax: (951) 827-3970 Fax: (760) 834-0796 e-mail:
donalds@ucr.edu http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/index2.php?content=faculty/staff/don.html http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/psi32.htm
http://ssrn.com/author=33607 Editor-Journal of Technology Transfer
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