Festschrift in Honor of Henry Chesbrough

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.

Beyond the conference organizers, participation in the conference will be limited to the presenting author for accepted conference papers. The presenter should plan to spend two nights at one of the nearby conference hotels, and attend the entire conference.

Because this festschrift conference is intended for the development of a permanent record honoring Henry’s work, any conference paper must be submitted and accepted for one of the two conference tracks —  either the one supporting the the CMR special issue or the ICC special section. 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.

The conference committee consists of

• Elena Bruni, Luiss Business School

• Marcus Holgersson, Chalmers University of Technology

• Wim Vanhaverbeke, University of Antwerp

• Joel West, Keck Graduate Institute (committee chair) conference@chesbrough2026.com

The preliminary schedule for the conference is as follows:

Links for submitting conference papers will be provided in late 2025. For more information, contact conference@chesbrough2026.com

Last updated April 3, 2025