The three-day conference, held under the motto of "without inventor no invention -- without innovation no development," also features discussions on improving the international system of patents and global sustainability.
Hess, who will speak on an aviation biofuel made from oilseed crops developed by the University of North Dakota, described inventors as highly original characters, not particularly well organized and not without ego.
"They typically have an open mind," she said. "Until it comes to their own ideas."
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