IP Researchers Europe conference (IPRE) 2026
Geneva
18 - 19 June 2026
The School of Law of the University of Geneva (UNIGE) was pleased to host the IP Researchers Europe Conference (IPRE) 2026 in Geneva on 18-19 June 2026 in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). As in previous editions, IPRE 2025 took place at WIPO on Thursday, 18 June 2026, and the WTO on Friday, 19 June 2026.
IPRE was created in 2018 to convene IP scholars in Geneva, a city privileged for its position as an international forum for policy debates about current and future IP laws and policies. Since then, the Conference has brought together academic researchers from Europe and beyond to discuss their works-in-progress with other colleagues and policymakers.
IPRE 2026 was again linked to the 2026 WIPO-UNIGE Intellectual Property Summer School (IPSS). The objective of the interactions between the two programs is to allow IPSS participants to join IPRE sessions, promote mutually stimulating interactions, and capitalize on the joint presence in Geneva of participants from these programs to foster a Geneva-connected global IP community.
The Program of IPRE 2026 is available here, and the Biographies of the Conference Speakers are available here.
Once again, participants at IPRE 2026 enjoyed the Conference both for the important conversations related to IP topics and their scholarship, and because of the collegiate atmosphere that has characterized the event since the first edition. At this time, the Organizers anticipate that the next edition of the IPRE Conference will likely take place in June 2027.