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, Arizona State University
9:35am	David Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute
10:10am	Group Discussion I José Lobo (moderator), Arizona State University
10:35am	Midmorning Break
11:00am	"The Patenting System as a Historical System" Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College
11:35am	Question Period
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	"The Challenge of Recognizing Inventive Novelty" Stuart Graham, Georgia Institute of Technology
1:35pm	TBA
2:10pm	Discussant: Brendan Tracey, Santa Fe Institute
2:30pm	Question Period
3:00pm	Midafternoon Break
3:30pm	"Quantifying Information in Patents" Deborah Strumsky, Arizona State University
4:05pm	Question Period
4:20pm	Group Discussion II
5:00pm	Meeting Adjourned

8:30am	Light Breakfast
9:00am	"Computational History and Patent Data: What Can We Learn About the Patenting System?" Simon Dedeo, Carnegie Mellon University & Santa Fe Institute
9:35 a.m.	"Invention as Collective Learning: How Different Is Patenting?" James Evans, University of Chicago
10:30am	Midmorning Break
11:00am	TBD
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	"Recognizing Emerging Technologies in the Patent Record" Jan Youtie, Georgia Institute of Technology
1:35pm	"Quantifying Information in Patents" Deborah Strumsky, Arizona State University
2:10pm	Discussant: Hyejin Youn, Northwestern University
2:30pm	Question Period
3:00pm	Midafternoon Break
3:30pm	Group Discussion III
5:00pm	Meeting adjourned

8:30am	Light Breakfast
9:00am	Morning Discussion & Summary
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	"Can AI Fix What Is “Broken” with the Patent System?" Colleen Chien, Santa Clara University School of Law
2:00pm	Discussant: Feng Bill Shi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:20pm	Group Discussion IV
3:30pm	Final Meeting Adjourned
4:00pm	Informal Discussion on Future Research Directions