Topic：World Intellectual Property Report 2019—Geography of Innovation, Local Hotspots and Global Innovation Networks

Speaker: Julio RAFFO

Host：Dai Mi, associate professor of Business School, Beijing Normal University

Time & Date: 13:30-15:00 on November 18, 2019 (Monday)

Venue: Room 1620, Houzhulou Building

Julio Raffo is Head of the Innovation Economics Section at the Economic and Statistics Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He holds a PhD in Economics from the Université de Paris Nord and has post-doctoral experience in the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. His main research interests are big data analysis of intellectual property, the economics and metrics of innovation and intellectual property, with a particular focus on their intersection with socioeconomic development. His works are widely published on the top journals of innovation economics like Research Policy and regional studies.