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DFG International Collaboration Workshop

The building blocks of (nearly) everything
ESMT Berlin will host this 1.5 day workshop on February 15-16, 2024. Participation is by invitation only.

Overview

Chemical compounds, often not found in nature, underpin a range of consumer goods from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to industrial solvents, fertilizers, and pesticides. Despite their prevalence, knowledge gaps persist in our understanding of the R&D trajectories that give rise to such synthetic compounds, and their subsequent societal and environmental impacts.

This workshop spotlights the innovative application of computational chemistry in dissecting R&D dynamics, particularly emphasizing the use of chemical compound information in the pharma and chemistry domains. The focus is on understanding how computational methods can be synergized with traditional data sources like patents to provide deeper insights into R&D activities.

The second day of the workshop serves as an internal meeting of the working group of the organizers.

Online participation

Online participation is possible via Zoom. Please register at https://esmt-berlin.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Aud-uhqT8uE9RDnKbSo301z9Odbo15-eyN.

Preliminary Program

  • DAY 1: February 15, 2024

    9:30–10:00

    Arrival and registration

    10:00–10:15

    Welcome and overview

    10:15–10:50

    Competition and Innovation: The Breakup of IG Farben

    Felix Poege (Bocconi)

    10:50–11:25

    Shelved Innovation – Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry

    Elisabeth Hofmeister (MPI)

    11:25–12:10

    Environmental Transparency and Value Appropriation from Innovation: Unpacking Trade Secrets in US Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosures

    Shirley Tang (Bocconi)

    12:10–13:10

    Lunch break (ESMT canteen)

    13:15–13:50

    International Environmental Agreements, and the Timing and Direction of Technological Change: Evidence from the Kigali Amendment

    Albert Rogers (MPI)

    13:50–14:25

    Are we moving to a less toxic world? How bans on Persistent Organic Pollutants affect firms’ inventive strategies

    Gianluca Biggi (School of Advanced Studies Sant'Anna)

    14:25–15:10

    Exploring Determinants Patterns of Pharmaceutical Post-Marketing Withdrawal 

    Nate Niu (ESMT Berlin)

    15:10–15:45

    Coffee break

    15:45–16.20

    Exploring the dark side of firms’ innovation: the role of the patent inventors' team

    Vittoria Scalera (Amsterdam Business School)

    16:20–17:00

    Keynote speech

    Chemical Toxicity: Big Data Analysis and In Silico Predictions

    Giulio Poli (University of Pisa)

    17:15–17:45

    Short tour of ESMT’s historic campus

    19:30

    Dinner and farewell (by invitation only)

    Restaurant acht & dreissig

    Map

  • DAY 2: February 16, 2024

    The second day of the workshop serves as an internal meeting of the working group of the organizers.

    9.00–10.30

    Workshop I

    10.30–11.00

    Coffee break

    11.00–12.30

    Workshop II

    12.30–13.30

    Lunch and farewell (ESMT canteen)

Organizers

Funding

  • Stefan Wagner acknowledges funding from the German Science Foundation DFG (project 522461275).
  • Elisa Giuliani acknowledges funding from the European Union Next-GenerationEU - National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) – MISSION 4 COMPONENT 2, INVESTIMENT 1.1 Fondo per il Programma Nazionale di Ricerca e Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) – Bando 2022, N. 20222X8L5C.