Open and User Innovation Conference: HBS, Boston, August 1-3
This year the official title of Eric von Hippel’s conference is the “14th International Open and User Innovation Conference,” acknowledging the conference’s origins as a small workshop in Vienna back in 2003. It is (to my knowledge) the first time the word “International” has been used in the title.
The key dates:
- March 1, 2016: submission website opens
- May 13, 2016: deadline for submitting papers
- June 1, 2016: notification of accepted papers
- July 1, 2016: registration deadline
As before, the conference is being run using tracks:
Topics |
Chair(s) |
---|---|
Communities: User Innovation and Open Source |
Christopher Lettl, Vienna University of Economics & Business |
Contests, Crowdsourcing and Open Innovation |
Karim Lakhani, Harvard Business School |
Crowdfunding |
Lars Bo Jeppesen, Copenhagen Business School |
Firm's Interactions with User Innovation |
Christina Raasch, TUM School of Management |
Law, Policy and IP |
Katherine Strandburg, New York University School of Law |
Toolkits and Problem Solving |
Nik Franke, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
User Innovation and Diffusion |
Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition |
User Innovation and Psychology |
Ruth Stock Homburg, Technische Universität Darmstadt |
User Innovation in Healthcare |
Pedro Oliveira, Católica-Lisbon School of Business & Economics |
Sharing Economy and Platforms |
Christoph Hienerth, Otto Beisheim School of Management |
Still, those who want an open innovation audience may find Spain a better venue this year.
World Open Innovation Conference: ESADE, Barcelona, December 15-16
After its inauguration in Napa Valley and subsequent session in Silicon Valley, the WOIC leaves California (Henry Chesbrough’s home turf) for Europe — specifically the coastal capital of Catalonia (and Spain’s second largest city). As in previous years, we hope to continue the mix of industry and academic attendees, which was highly valued by the 2015 attendees.
Although it’s not yet up on the website, here are the relevant dates.
- July 1, 2016: submission website opens
- August 15, 2016: deadline for extended abstracts
- September 15, 2016: notification of accepted abstracts
- December 1, 2016: submission of full papers
- Conference Chair: Henry Chesbrough (UC Berkeley & ESADE)
- Conference Co-Chair: Wim Vanhaverbeke (Hasselt, ESADE & NUS)
- Academic Program Chair: Marcel Bogers (U. Copenhagen)
- Associate Program Chairs: Jonathan Sims (Babson) & Ann-Kristin Zobel (ETH Zürich)
- Industry Program Chair: Solomon Darwin (UC Berkeley)
This will be the first year that I won’t be leading WOIC, after being co-chair (with Chesbrough, Piller and Chris Tucci) of the inaugural conference, and last year being program chair (with Chesbrough as the sole chair).
However, after managing submission process for two years — where we had more Europeans than Americans — I have long felt that the "W" in WOIC meant we need to sometimes meet in Europe. ESADE was the natural venue, given Chesbrough and Vanhaverbeke’s long ties there — and that Barcelona in December is a lot more temperate than many of the other possible venues.
I look forward to seeing friends and colleagues in Boston and Barcelona. (Because AOM was kind enough to bring its annual conference to me — I drive or take the train through Anaheim every day en route to work — I will also be there, but the chances of seeing friends among the horde of 10,000+ are slim at best).
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