2023 Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference

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The Annual Responsible Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RI&E) Conference is SOLD OUT!

Friday & Saturday, April 21 & 22, 2023

Registration deadline: April 7, 2023

The annual Responsible Innovation & Entrepreneurship Conference is hosted by the Lam Family College of Business (LFCoB) at San Francisco State University. It is designed to engage the I&E research community in thoughtful discussions on the latest developments in this field, workshops to support research paper development, and research ideation sessions.

The Lam-Larsen Fund for Global Innovation funds this conference.

The inaugural 2023 RI&E Conference includes the following highlights:

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THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!

EVENT DATES & TIMES:

  • Friday, April 21, 2023, 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 22, 2023:
    • Paper Development Workshop: 8:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
    • RI&E Research Symposium: 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

LOCATION:

San Francisco State University Downtown Campus
160 Spear Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

REGISTRATION FEES:

We are offering this inaugural year of the conference free of charge.

Agenda - Friday, April 21, 2023

Day One: Responsible Innovation & Entrepreneurship Conference - Agenda
8:30 – 9 a.m.     
  • Registration and Informal Networking
    (complimentary breakfast, coffee and tea)
9 – 9:15 a.m.
  • Welcome Remarks - Eugene Sivadas, Dean, Lam Family College of Business, San Francisco State University
9:15 – 9:30 a.m.
  • Opening Remarks - Minu Kumar, Founder and Director, Responsible Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RI&E) Research Initiative at LFCoB, SF State
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
  • Keynote Speaker - Philip Macnaghten
  • Keynote Address - Responsible Innovation: Past, present, and future
10:45 – 11 a.m.     
  • Coffee Break 
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
  • Panel Discussion - What companies can bring to RI and what RI can bring to innovation in companies (Philip Macnaghten, Jen Gennai, Melody Ivory, and Zvika Krieger)
  • Moderator - Minu Kumar
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
  • Lunch
1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
  • Roundtable Brainstorming Session - Responsible, Sustainable, and Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Ruby Lee & Geoff Desa & Ian Sinapuelas)
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
  • Coffee Break 
2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
  • Fireside Chat with Rippleworks CEO: Doug Galen
  • Interviewer: Geoff Desa
4:00 – 4:15p.m.     
  • Coffee Break 
4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
  • Networking Session
5:15 p.m.
  • Closing Remarks  - Chenwei Li
  • Optional Evening Reception (to be determined)

Agendas - Saturday, April 22, 2023

Day Two of the RI&E Conference features the Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM) Paper Development Workshop (PDW) and a Responsible Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Symposium in collaboration with the Kiel Institute for Responsible Innovation (KIRI).

  • The interactive Paper Development Workshop is led by the JPIM Editors-in-Chief, Jelena Spanjol, Head of Institute for Innovation, LMU Munich, and Charles Noble, Henry Professor of Business, University of Tennessee Knoxville. Attendees will need to have a paper accepted to be part of this workshop.
     
  • The Research Symposium is led by Carsten Schultz, Professor for Technology Management & Head of Department, Kiel University, and Stefan Hoffmann, Professor and Chair of Marketing, Kiel University. All attendees are welcome to join this session.
Day Two: Full Day Paper Development Workshop - Invitation Only
8:30 – 9 a.m.
  • Arrival and Registration
9 – 9:30 a.m.
  • Opening Remarks - Chenwei Li
  • Overview of Publishing in JPIM -
    Charles Noble, Jelena Spanjol
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
  • Research Synopses – Part I
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
  • Coffee Break 
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
  • Paper Development Activity I
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
  • Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
  • Research Synopses – Part II
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
  • Coffee Break
2:45 – 4:45 p.m.
  • Paper Development Activity II
4:45 – 5:15 p.m.
  • Closing Remarks -
    Charles Noble, Jelena Spanjol, Chenwei Li
6 – 8:30 p.m.
  • Optional Dinner
    (No host; restaurant TBD)
Day Two: RI&E Research Symposium - Morning Session Agenda
8:30 – 9 a.m.
  •  Arrival and Registration
9 – 9:10 a.m.
  •  Welcome Remarks - Ian Sinapuelas
9:10 – 9:20 a.m.
  •  KIRI Introduction Remarks - Carsten Schultz
9:20 – 9:55 a.m.
  • Carbon Footprint Tracking Apps. A New Tool to Stimulate and Monitor Responsible Consumption - Stefan Hoffmann
9:55 – 10:30 a.m
  • Doing Good While Saving Money? The Formation of Initial Reputational Perceptions about a New Social Venture - Toni Petkova
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
  • Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:20 a.m.
  • Responsible Innovation through Inclusion? How Conflicting Organizational Visions and a Lack of Legitimacy Undermine the Efficacy of Crowdsourcing  - Carsten Schultz
11:20 – 11:55 a.m. 
  • Barriers to Responsible Innovation in Digital Entrepreneurship - J. P. Allen 
11:55 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
  • Open Discussion Panel with Presenters and Audience on Future Research Priorities in the Field of Responsible Innovation
12:40 – 12:50 p.m.
  • Closing Remarks - Stefan Hoffmann & Chenwei Li            
12:50 - 1:45 p.m. 
  •  Lunch

Partners and Sponsors

We thank our partners and sponsors, PATH Water,  Kiel Institute for Responsible Innovation, and the Journal of Product Innovation Management for their support of the RI&E Conference.

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