20/07/2002-21/07/2002

Workshop on the "Uneven Nature of Medical Know-How"
On invitation only

CERTOSA DI PONTIGNANO, SIENA.

JULY, 20th, Saturday
9:15 am

Introduction

Richard Nelson, Columbia University, New York
and
Fabio Pammolli, University of Florence - EPRIS, University of Siena

9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Working Sessions

1:00pm
Lunch in Pontignano

2:00 pm– 7:45 pm
Working Sessions


July, 21st, Sunday

8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Working Sessions

1:30 pm
Lunch in Pontignano

Invited Professors and participants:

1. Prof. Boraschi Diana
2. Bussel Mary
3. Garfinkel s. Michele
4. Gelijns Annetine
5. Kim James
6. Prof. Nelson Richard
7. Owen-Smith Jason
8. Prof. Pammolli Fabio
9. Riccaboni Massimo
10. Stankiewicz Rikard
11. Tinti Cristina
12. Tsitoura Daphne
13. Turchetti Giuseppe

15/02/2002-16/02/2002

PPPI Policy Research Conference

University of Siena, 15-16 February 2002


Friday, 15 February, 2002

8.30 – 8.45 Welcome by Professor Tosi, Dean of the University of Siena
8.45—9.00 Introduction Sturchio, Pammolli
9.00 – 10.00 Comparative Institutional Analysis of Research Systems in the Life Sciences· General discussion moderated by Bengt Jönsson Pammolli/Riccaboni
10.00 – 11.00 Efficiency in the Market for Pharmaceutical-Biotech Alliances· General discussion moderated by Fabio Pammolli Nicholson (for Danzon)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 –12.30 The HOPE Plan and the Section 271 Discount Drug Purchase Program for Massachusetts:An Economic Analysis· General discussion moderated by Carolyn Asbury Berndt (for Finkelstein)
12.30 – 13.30 Improving Quality of Medication Use in the Community· General discussion moderated by Martin McKee Menon/Feeny
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.00 Online Pharmacies. Implications for EU Regulation· General discussion moderated by Joanna Shelton Arruñada (for Ortún/Lobo)
16.00 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 17.30 Physician and Physician Assistant Perceptions of DTC Advertising· General discussion moderated by Ilona Kickbusch Malone
17.30 – 18.00 Summary and Close Pammolli, Sturchio

Saturday 16 February (Villa Patrizia), 2002


9.00 – 12.00 Meeting to summarise outcomes of the conference, discuss initial evaluation findings and talk about next steps for the PPPI.

25/01/02-26/01/02

Science as an Institution and the Institutions of Science
Università degli Studi di Siena January 25-26, 2002 Certosa di Pontignano

January, 25th, Friday

9.30 Introduction
Fabio Pammolli, University of Florence and EPRIS, University of Siena,Italy

First Session

Chairman: Alfonso Gambardella,Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa, Italy

9.45 From Keeping "Nature's Secrets" to the Institutionalization of "Open Science" - Paul David, Stanford University and University of Oxford, UK

10.30 Discussion

10.45 Exploiting "New Science"-Based Technologies - Keith Pavitt, SPRU, University of Sussex, UK

11.30 Discussion
11.45 Coffee Break

12.00 The Limite to Intellectual Property Rights - Ugo Pagano,University of Siena, Italy Maria Alessandra Rossi, University of Siena, Italy

12.45 Discussion
13.00 Lunch in Pontignano

Second Session

Chairman: Paul David, Stanford University and University of Oxford, UK

14.00 The Productive Role of American Research Universities in Technological Progress in the United States - Richard R. Nelson, Columbia University, New York, USA

14.45 Discussion

15.00 Economy of Qualities, Researchers in thè Wild and thè Rise Of Technical Democracy? - Michel Callon, Ecole des Mines, Paris, France

15.45 Discussion
16.00 Coffee Break

16.15 Academic Patenting: Is There a Necessary Contradiction Between Public and Private Knowledge? - Henry Etzkowitz, State University of New York, USA

17.00 Discussion

17.15 'Lock In', the State and the History of Polio Vaccine Development - Stuart Blume, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

18.00 Discussion

18.15 Factors Affecting the Intensity of University-Industry Relations: An Empirical Study of the Italian Case - Luigi Orsenigo, University of Brescia, Italy

19.00 Discussion
20.45 Social Dinner


January, 26th, Saturday

Third Session

Chairman: Richard R, Nelson, Columbia University, New York, USA

8.45 Matching Properties - Andrea Bonaccorsi, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

9.15 Discussion

9.30 The Institutional Roots of Biomedical Innovation - Fabio Pammolli, University of Florence and EPRIS, University of Siena, Italy
Massimo Riccaboni, CSC and EPRIS, University of Siena, Italy

10.15 Discussion
10.30 Coffee Break

10.45 Networks of Inventore and the Location of University Research: a Exploration of Italian Data - Margherita Balconi, University of Pavia, Italy
Stefano Breschi, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy _
Francesco Lissoni, University of Brescia, Italy

11.30 Discussion

11.45 Knowledge Networks in the Boston Biotechnology Community - WalterW. Powell, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Jason Owen Smith, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

12.30 Discussion

12.45 Empirical Studies in the "New Economics of Science": Some Critic Issues - Alfonso Gambardella, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

13.30 Discussion
13.45 Lunch in Pontignano

Fourth Session

Chairman: Keith Pavitt, SPRU,University of Sussex, UK

15.30 General Discussion
16,15 Concluding Remarks
Richard R. Nelson, Columbia University, New York, USA

19.45 Dinner in Pontignano