The Complexity of the Patent System Agenda

March 12 – 14, 2018
Santa Fe Institute

Monday, March 12th

8:30am	Light breakfast
9:00am	Welcome & introduction to the conference (framing questions), José Lobo
9:20 a.m.	"Why is the Santa Fe Institute hosting this meeting?", David Krakauer
10:10am	Group Discussion I: "What do we want to talk about?", José Lobo (moderator)
10:45am	Coffee Break
11:05am	"The patenting system as a historical system", Zorina Khan
11:40am	Q&As
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	"The challenge of recognizing (and patenting) novelty", Alan Marco
1:35pm	"Patents as information packets…but mainly legal instruments", Thomas Krause
2:10pm	Discussant: Brendan Tracey
2:25pm	Q&As
3:00pm	Tea Break
3:30pm	"Patenting as cultural accumulation?", Andrés Gómez
3:35pm	Discussant: Mirta Galesic
3:55pm	Group Discussion II, Peter Harter (moderator)
5:00pm	Meeting adjourned

Tuesday, March 13th

8:30am	Light breakfast
9:00am	"Computational history and patent data: what can we learn about the patenting system?", Simon DeDeo
9:35 a.m.	"Invention as collective learning: how different is patenting?", James Evans
10:30am	Coffee Break
11:00am	TBD
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	"Recognizing emerging technologies in the patent record", Jan Youtie
1:35pm	"Quantifying information in patents", Deborah Strumsky
2:10pm	Discussant: Hyejin Youn
2:30pm	Q&As
3:00pm	Tea Break
3:30pm	Group Discussion III
5:00pm	Meeting adjourned

Wednesday, March 14th

8:30am	Light breakfast
9:00am	"The uncertainty of patenting: risky, profitable and annoying — the view from business", Brian Hinman
9:35 a.m.	TBD
10:10am	TBD
10:45am	Group Discussion IV
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	"Can AI fix what is “broken” with the patent system?", Colleen Chien
2:00pm	Discussant: Feng Bill Shi
2:20pm	Group Discussion V
3:30pm	Meeting ends
4:00pm	Informal discussion on a possible research agenda/effort on invention, information and uncertainty