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On April 3, 2026 the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign will host Economics of Intellectual Property, Science & Innovation Conference. The event will take place at I-Hotel. Please note that the deadline for registration is March 25, 2026. 

REGISTER HERE

Conference flyer

Please see  Conference Program for more information.

PAPERS FEATURED:

  1. "The Return(s) of Superstar Scientists" by MICHELA GIORCELLI, UCLA.
  2. "Patent Signaling" by DEEPAK HEDGE, New York University.
  3. "Who Gets a Patent?" by JORGE LEMUS, UIUC.
  4. "The Therapeutic Consequences of the War: World War II and the 20th-Century Expansion of Biomedicine" by BHAVEN SAMPAT, Johns Hopkins.
  5. "Valuing Secondary Pharmaceutical Patents" by TIM SIMCOE, Boston University
The Conference is sponsored by the Kinkead Fund, which supports research on industrial organization, innovation, technological change, and market structure.

Looking forward to seeing you there!