EPFL TUM research workshop and retreat

Date 22.9.2025

Location: Room Z538 Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München

Hosts Professor Dr. Joachim Henkel (TUM) and Professor Dr. Marc Gruber

9:00-09:15 : Welcome, Introductions

9:15 – 10:55: 4 presentations (25’ each)

  • Leonard Hanschur: Open source AI: Strategic Motives for the Selective Revealing of AI System Components
  • Shirah Foy: Entrepreneurial Self-Legitimacy
  • Pietro Fantini: Patent pools: Formation, Growth, And Failure
  • Davide Bavato: The origins of novelty in publications

10:55 – 11:15   Coffee break

11:15 – 12:30   3 presentations (25’ each)

  • Christian Untch: The licensing of communication standards: A cost-based FRAND approach
  • Angelina Frolova: Entrepreurship in the space sector
  • Nettra Pan: Investor Judgements of Novelty: Evidence from Social Ventures?

12:30: Discussion and closing

From 13:00: Joint lunch and workshop