Dear Yingmin I can confirm that there WILL be a Special Session at the DRUID23 conference -- we have already recieved suffcient interest. So, if you register for the conference, you will be allocating into the Special Session. Please confirm upon registration. Kind regards Mark Lorenzen Department of Strategy and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School Director, DRUID www.cbs.dk/en/staff/mlino www.druid.dk ________________________________ Fra: Druid <druid-bounces@aau.dk> på vegne af Yingmin Wei via Druid <druid@aau.dk> Sendt: 23. april 2023 2:18 Til: druid@druid.dk <druid@druid.dk> Emne: [Druid] Special Paper Session-RE: DRUID23: Decision regarding your paper Dear Mark Lorenzen, Thanks for offering the other option to take part in this conference. I would like to participate the special paper session. Can I make the payment after I get your decision? Best regards, Yingmin From: DRUID23 <druid@druid.dk> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2023 5:16 AM To: Yingmin Wei <Yingmin.Wei@UGent.be> Subject: DRUID23: Decision regarding your paper DRUID23 NOVA School of Business and Economics June 10-June 12, 2023 Email: druid@druid.dk<mailto:druid@druid.dk> Website: druid.dk Dear Yingmin Wei , Paper ID: 70224 , Paper title: " How does foreign direct investment influence the R&D cooperation between firms? Evidence from Belgium " We have now reached a decision regarding the submissions to be presented during the upcoming DRUID23. The decision has been made according to the criteria stated in the call for papers, i.e. novelty, academic quality and the proposed paper's relation to industrial dynamics in general and to the themes of the conference in particular. All papers have been reviewed anonymously by at least three reviewers working independently of each other. Due to high interest in this year's conference, decision-making has been very difficult and our criteria have been applied very strictly. We regret to inform you that your paper has not been accepted for presentation at the conference. As stated in the call and during the submission process no review or comments will be offered to the author or authors to supplement the decision. However, you are encouraged to register for DRUID23 -- a rewarding experience both intellectually and socially. Please see the plenary conference program, available on the conference website. We acknowledge that many scholars interested in attending the conference can only get their participation funded if they present a paper during the conference. In order to faciliate this process we are considering launching two Special Paper Sessions on June 11 pending on sufficient interest. Novel ideas not yet recognized by established reviewers will get attention of the audience in such a session. The session will be organized in tracks and rooms allocated. Presenters will receive a certification of participation in the conference with the name of the author and paper title, much the same as all other presenters, but papers for a Special Paper Session will not be available on the conference website or in the formal conference program and no chair or discussant will be appointed by the conference organizers. If you wish us to consider organizing such an option, please a) register for the conference and pay the conference fee and b) return this email to us, stating "Special Paper Session" in the subject field of the mail. If you have sent this email to us we will notify you before May 20 if there has been shown sufficient interest to make us organize these Special Paper Sessions. A few practicalities regarding registration and participation to the conference: Registration can be accessed by clicking “Registration” on the right hand of the screen after logon. DRUID offers DRUID DISCOVERIES, a suite of excursions on June 11 making the most of Lisbon. Read more under "Practical" on the conference webpage's top blue banner. These excursions will shortly be available for registration and payment from the registration page (deadline June 10). On the same page, registration and payment is available for the DRUID DECADENCE afterparty in the evening June 12 (payment deadline June 10). Read more under "Practical". Be sure to make your hotel bookings immediately as vacancies at most conveniently located hotels are in short supply. Please ensure to meet current visa requirements if applicable. Please see the conference website under "Practical" for details about transport to the conference venue, visa requirements, and more. Cancellation policy: Cancellations received before May 20: Payments refunded in full. Cancellations received after May 20 and before June 1: Payments refunded with a 50 % reduction. Cancellations after June 1: No refund. Best wishes Mark Lorenzen Director, DRUID ---------------- For future reference please use the following email ID: 101011