The IIM, Bangalore, will host the first India conference on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition on December 7 and 8, 2015. Academicians, industry experts, innovation scholars, policy makers and practitioners from India and overseas will take part in the brain-storming sessions to discuss various aspects of innovation, IP and the competition ecosystem in India along with their transformational long-term impact on the country’s economy.
On December 7, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson of Board of Governors, IIMB, will deliver the inaugural address on ‘IPR and A Sustainable Start-Up Ecosystem in India’. The keynote address will be delivered by Harvard University professor Dr. Tarun Khanna on ‘Reimagining an Innovative India’. The conference will feature special tracks on international innovation, India and economic growth; intellectual property rights, Indian innovation and Make in India; evaluating innovative activity: evidence from the patent office; competition and innovation; technology standards and innovation conversations for India etc.
For more details, log on to www.iimb.ernet.in/iipc and at Google Playstore — https://play.google.com/store/apps /detailsIJid=iimbiipc.evento.