Festschrift in Honor of Henry Chesbrough
Rome, April 20-21, 2026
Rome, April 20-21, 2026
Consistent with European tradition, we are organizing a festschrift in honor of Henry Chesbrough and his research. Timed to the year of Henry’s 70th birthday, the two-day festschrift conference will be hosted by Luiss Business School in Rome on April 20-21, 2026.
The end result of the conference will be a permanent record honoring Henry’s research in three separate journals. The April 2026 event is thus organized as a paper development workshop in three tracks: for the CMR special issue, the ICC special section, or the R&D Mgmt special issue. Authors of papers submitted to this developmental workshop will be asked to confirm their intention (if accepted) to participate in the corresponding special issue or section.
Submissions closed on Feburary 1, 2026. The program committee and the track committees are preparing decisions for each track.
Beyond the conference organizers, participation in the conference will be limited to the presenting author for an accepted conference paper. The presenter should plan to spend two nights at one of the nearby conference hotels, and will be expected to attend the entire conference. If one author can’t attend the entire conference, a different author should present.
Most of the sessions of the conference will be devoted to paper presentation and feedback. However, plenty of time will be provided for networking and other socializing during the breaks, meals, and at the end of the day.
Although a final schedule cannot be released until after we have a final count of paper sessions, the conference is expected to begin at 8:30am Monday and continue until 5:00pm Tuesday. A preliminary schedule of conference activities is as follows:
The conference committee consists of
Elena Bruni, Luiss Business School: Local Arrangements Chair
Alberto Di Minin, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna: Track Chair
Marcus Holgersson, Chalmers University of Technology: Track Chair
Wim Vanhaverbeke, University of Antwerp: Industry Chair
Joel West, Keck Graduate Institute and San José State: Conference Chair
For more information, contact conference@chesbrough2026.com
Last updated February 12, 2026