2025 Practice Committee Conference

The Use of Contracts to Avoid Disputes in Scientific Research Projects

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Well-drafted and carefully negotiated agreements can help avoid disputes in scientific research projects. The Conference will address this topic from both legal and practical perspectives – a recurring issue in academic collaborations.

The program also includes insights into how mediation and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms can be used to resolve disagreements, and how such tools can be integrated into the contractual framework from the outset. These approaches will be discussed not only in theory, but also in light of real-world challenges faced by researchers and institutions.

Topics include:

  • Authorship agreements – when they are needed, what they should contain, and how they are managed.
  • Ownership and IP rights – common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
  • Dispute resolution – how mediation and arbitration can be integrated into contracts and serve as alternatives to litigation.

Refreshments will be served, and the event adjourns with snacks and networking.

Registration

The conference is open to all interested parties and is free of charge.

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Programme

15.00 – 15.30

A primer on agreements, their framework and their consequences

  • Professor Mads Bryde Andersen
    Chair of the Practice Committee

15.30 – 15.50

Contracts on authorship: What should they include, how should they be
managed?

  • Professor Peter Sandøe
    Co-chair of the Practice Committee

15.50 – 16.10

Contracts on ownership: Main issues and pitfalls

  • Senior Consultant Anette Poulsen Miltoft
    from the UCPH Legal Team for Research and IP

16.10 – 16.30

Contractual solution to dispute resolution

  • Professor, ph.d. Lin Adrian

16.30 – 16.50

Coffee break with refreshments

16.50 – 17.30

Supporting dispute resolution: The Named Persons’ perspective

  • SUND, Professor Nils Billestrup
  • SCIENCE, Professor Barbara Ann Halkier and Professor Jørgen Wojtaszewski

17.30 – 18.00

Should UCPH take steps to draft or promote standard contract provisions for specific kinds of collaborations or provisions?

Open discussion with the audience, moderated by the vice-chair of the Practice Committee, Professor PhD Peter Sandøe

18.00 – 18.30

Snacks, drinks and get together