WIPO-Luiss 3rd Global INTAN-Invest Conference: Better Data for Better Policy
Co-organized by WIPO and Luiss Business School (LBS) under the Partnership on Intangible Assets in the Global Economy, this conference builds on the success of the 2024 and 2025 editions.
Taking place on 7 and 8 May 2026 in Rome, the conference brings together leading academics, experts from prominent international organizations and representatives from national statistical offices to examine how intangible assets are shaping innovation, productivity, and economic growth worldwide. Discussions will contribute to refining the estimates to be featured in the forthcoming World Intangible Investment Highlights 2026 report.
WIPO-Luiss Business School Partnership on Intangible Assets in the Global Economy
This partnership aims to produce up-to-date statistics on global investment in intangible assets, expanding the coverage to middle-income economies such as India and Brazil, and soon the Philippines. The results are released annually through the World Intangible Investment Highlights (WIIH) report and the Global INTAN-Invest Database.
The WIIH report offers up-to-date, cross-country measures of global investment in intangible assets (such as research and development, software, data, brands, design, and organizational capital), representing a significant advancement for evidence-based policymaking.
Highlights of the conference
This conference features keynote speeches by Fabiano Schivardi (Luiss University), who will discuss entrepreneurial wealth concentration and firm performance, and Gelsomina Vigliotti (European Investment Bank), who will explore how intangible investment drives innovation in an immaterial economy.
Over two days, participants will engage in a series of thematic sessions covering global trends in intangible investment including new evidence for Canada and the Philippines; the relationship between intangible capital, productivity, wages, and firm performance; and the interplay of intangibles with digital technologies and artificial intelligence. The program also includes a poster session and a discussion on shaping the future agenda for intangible asset measurement and policymaking.
WIPO is grateful for the participation of its steering committee of international institutions committed to advancing understanding of intangible assets, including the African Union (AUDA-NEPAD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and the World Bank.
Practical information
The conference will take place at the Luiss Business School headquarter in a beautiful 19th century venue called Villa Blanc.
The conference is open to all for remote participation. Please register using this link to join the conference online.
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