Program
Day 1: November 3rd, 2025
7:30 am - 8:25 am
Registration & Breakfast
Venue: Global Forum
8:25 am - 10:35 am
Welcome and Tribute Session
Venue: Global Forum
8:25 – 8:30 Welcome
Maribel Guerrero (ASU) and Don Siegel (ASU)
8:30 – 9:00 Keynote Address
Dr. Michael Crow (President-ASU)
9:00 – 9:05 Technology Transfer Society 50th anniversary
9:05 – 9:50 Tribute to Professor Barry Bozeman
Julia Melkers (ASU) and Xuhong Su (University of Tennessee)
9:50 - 10:35 Tribute to Professor Al Link
Don Siegel (ASU) and David Audretsch (Indiana)
10:35 am - 11:35 am
Paper Session 1: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on TT-AE
Venue: Global Forum
Chair: Gideon Markman- Colorado State
11:35 am - 12:40 pm
Lunch
12:40 pm -2:40 pm
Paper Session 2: Academic Entrepreneurship and Support Programs
Venue: Global Forum
Chair: Shiri Breznitz- University of Toronto
Paper Session 3: University Spin-Offs
Venue: 335
Chair: Simon Mosey- University of Nottingham
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
Coffee break
3:00 pm -5:00 pm
Paper Session 4: Technology Transfer and Public Policy
Venue: Global Forum
Chair: Christopher Hayter - Georgia Tech
Paper Session 5: University Entrepreneurship & Innovation Ecosystems
Venue: 335
Chair: Maksim Belitski- University of Reading
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Gala Dinner
Day 2: November 4th, 2025
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Meet the Editors & Breakfast
Venue: Global Forum
8:00 – 8:45 Chair: Don Siegel (ASU)
Research Policy [Elsevier] - Maryann Feldman, ASU
Research Evaluation [Oxford] – Julia Melkers, ASU
Science and Public Policy [Oxford] - Nicholas Vonortas, GWU
Regional Studies, Regional Science [Taylor & Francis]-Mabel Sanchez
Barrioluengo, Manchester
8:45 – 9:30 Chair: Maribel Guerrero (ASU)
Journal of Business Venturing [Elsevier]- Ted Waldron, LSU
Progress in Economic Geography [Elsevier]- Shiri Breznitz, Toronto
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice [Sage] and Journal of Technology
Transfer [Springer] - Silvio Vismara, Bergamo
Small Business Economics [Springer] - Maksim Beliski, Reading
9:30 am - 10:35 am
Plenary Session- Navigating the Publishing Process: Insights from
Industry Insiders
Venue: Global Forum
Nicholas Philipson - Editorial Director, Business, Economics, Statistics
Nitza Jones - Senior Editor, Books. Business, Management and Finance
10:35 am - 11:35 am
Paper Session 6: Technology Transfer and Market Architecture
Venue: Global Forum
Chair: Gerald Lan-HKUST and Arizona State University
Paper Session 7: Prosocial Technology Transfer
Venue: 335
Chair: Abel Díaz Gonzalez-Maastricht University
11:35 am - 12:40 pm
Lunch
12:40 pm -2:40 pm
Paper Session 8: Technology Transfer and Regional Strategies
Venue: Global Forum
Chair: Maritza Espina-Montana State University
Paper Session 9: Technology Transfer Ecosystem Components
Venue: 335
Chair: Thomas Crispeels-Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
Coffee break
3:00 pm -4:40 pm
Paper Session 10: Academic Entrepreneur Identity, DEI, and Wellbeing
Venue: 333
Chair: Michele Meoli-University of Bergamo
Paper Session 11: Rethinking Technology Transfer
Venue: 335
Chair: Benjamin Agyei-Owusu-Global Center for Technology Transfer
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Concluding remarks
Venue: 335
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