May 18 ^th (day 1)

8:00        BUS FROM HOTEL CONCORD TO COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO

8:40        REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

8:50        Welcome and opening remarks (Aldo Geuna)

9:00 – 10:45               Session 1

9:00     Diego Chavarro Why researchers publish in non-mainstream journals: Training, knowledge bridging, and gap filling

9:20 Kevin Bryan The impact of open access mandates on invention

9:40     Simcha Jong Public research, innovation and R&D performance: Science funding restrictions and corporate R&D in cell therapy

10:00   Discussants: John Walsh and Cornelia Lawson

10:45 - 11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15 – 13:00             Session 2

11:15   Gianni De Fraja How much is that star in the window? Professorial salaries and research performance in UK universities

11:35   Natalia Zinovyeva Top researchers as academic evaluators: Benefits and costs

11:55   Sebastian Hoenen How National Science Foundation rotators build up the ability of their colleagues to attract research resources

12:15   Discussants: Paula Stephan and Jacques Mairesse

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 – 15:10             Session 3

14:00   Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo Sourcing upstream or downstream? Exploring knowledge-based antecedents of academic entrepreneurship

14:20   Florence Blandinieres Commercialization of academic research: implications for individual’s scientific productivity and research agenda composition

14:40   Discussants: Giuseppe Scellato

15:10 – 15:40  COFFEE BREAK

15:40 – 17:25             Session 4

15:40   Daniel Neicu Off the beaten path: What drives scientists’ entry into new fields

16:00 Stefano Bianchini/Patrick Llerena Funding portfolio for academic research and its impact on scientists’ research orientation

16:20   Stasa Milojevic/John Walsh Team composition and the pace of science: An ecological perspective

16:40   Discussants: Fabio Montobbio and Paul David

17:40      BUS BACK TO TURIN CENTRE (Piazza Carlo Felice)

20:00      CONFERENCE DINNER

May 19 ^th (day 2)

8:00        BUS FROM HOTEL CONCORD TO COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO

8:40        WELCOME COFFEE

8:50 – 11:10               Session 5

8:50     Gabriele Pellegrino Immigration and innovation: empirical evidence from the Collapse of the Soviet Union

9:10 Mike Roach The entrepreneurial workforce: Ex ante career preferences and sorting into startup employment of science and engineering PhDs

9:30 Discussant: Natalia Zinovyeva

10:00   Myra Mohnen Stars and brokers among medical scientists

10:20   Stefano Baruffaldi International mobility and research careers: Evidence from a mobility grant program

10:40   Discussant: Reinhilde Veugelers

11:10 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 13:15             Session 6

11:30   John Källström Researchers and academic careers: Does mobility raise scientific productivity?

11:50   Moritz Mueller On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world: Training versus selection effects

12:10   Chiara Franzoni Context factors and the performance of mobile individuals in research teams

12:30   Discussant: Cristiano Antonelli and Michele Cincera

13:15 - 14:00 LUNCH

14:15      BUS BACK TO TURIN CENTRE (Piazza Carlo Felice)

Instructions to Presenters and Discussants:

Presenter has 20 minutes. Discussant has 5 minutes per paper.

The room will be equipped with a laptop and a standard video-projector. Presenters, please have your presentation ready on a USB memory card