21st Open and User Innovation Conference, August 5 - 6, 2024,

Harvard Business School, Digital Data Design Institute.

Visit the Harvard conference webpage here. 

The International Open and User Innovation (OUI) Conference is the leading academic conference on user innovation and open innovation, two closely related paradigms that have changed our thinking about the organization of innovation over the last decades.

Organized by the Open and User Innovation Society since 2002, the OUI Conference brings together researchers from around the world to discuss recent research on open and user innovation, innovation toolkits, innovation communities, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open-source software and open hardware, user-producer collaboration, innovation platforms and ecosystems, user entrepreneurship, open innovation policies, and related topics.

The community of scholars meeting at OUI is characterized by a very open, developmental academic culture sharing plenty of feedback and ideas. The conference mainly targets an academic audience of faculty, senior researchers, and Ph.D. students, but is also open to policymakers interested in open and user innovation.

OUI is multi-disciplinary and covers disciplines such as innovation management, strategic management, organization design, marketing, entrepreneurship, public policy, healthcare, psychology, law, and industrial engineering.

Important dates

May 31, 2024: Abstract submission closes

June 15, 2024: Authors are notified of acceptance

July 15, 2024: Deadline for at least one author being registered for presentation to be in included in the program

August 5 - 6, 2024: OUI Conference at Harvard Business School

Visit the following webpage to register: click here.