Papers on technology transfer and intellectual property

Call for research papers on technology transfer and intellectual property

  • Institutional Strategies, Incentives, and Policies for Industry–Academia Co-Creation
  • Entrepreneurial, Leadership, and Collaboration Skills for Knowledge Valorisation
  • Networking, Matchmaking, and Long-Term Industry–Academia Partnerships
  • Governance Models, Partnership Agreements, and Intellectual Asset Management
  • Technology Transfer Offices, Innovation Intermediaries, and Joint Research Infrastructures
  • Spin-Outs, Startups, Licensing, and Market Uptake
  • Open Innovation, Co-Development, and Collaborative R&D Models
  • Impact Assessment, Self-Evaluation, and Metrics for Knowledge Valorisation
  • Institutional, National, and EU-Level Support Measures for Innovation Capacity
  • Societal Engagement, Responsible Innovation, and Public Value Creation
  • Other Topics Related to Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Selected by the Contributor

Instructions for authors

The Program Committee calls for papers on the topics of the conference. The papers should not exceed four pages, and should be written in English. Papers written in program Microsoft Word must be made according to the MS Word template. Preliminary Registration Form to be filled in by 10th of August. Final submission by 17th of August. The papers will be reviewed by the Scientific Review Programme Committee. The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings with an ISBN, posted (open access) on the ITTC web page and presented by the authors at the conference.

In 2026 only in-person presentations of accepted papers will be possible. By default, the presentations shall be given in English. Time allocated for each presentation will be depend on the total number of presentations.

In case of questions, please send e-mail to tehnologije@ijs.si.

Important dates

10 August 2026: Preliminary Registration Form (includes an Abstract)

17 August 2026: Submission deadline

04 September 2026: Acceptance notification

21 September 2026: Deadline for revised papers

07 October 2026: Presentation at the conference in Novo mesto

Scientific Review Programme Committee

Doc. Dr. Tamara Besednjak Valič, Faculty of Information Studies in Novo Mesto

Izr. prof. dr. Jana Hojnik, University of Primorska 

Izr. prof. dr. Urška Fric, Faculty of information studies in Novo mesto

Dr. Elizabeta Zirnstein, University of Primorska, Faculty of management

Conference PROCEEDINGS from 2025, 2024, 2023, 2023 – Volume E, 2022, 2021 and 2020.