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Conference Agenda
October 5, 2009 - WORKSHOPS |
8:30 -
12:00 PM |
Workshop 1
TRIZ: Innovation Is Solving Problems
Ellen Domb, PQR Group |
Workshop 2
Business Innovation Certification Review
Arvin Sri/ Dan Brown |
Workshop 3
Leading Innovation: Developing a Sustainable Innovation Community of Practice
Kimberly A. Johnson , Sr. Project Manager,
Johnstech International
Wayne Lindholm, Operational Excellence Coordinator, Meier Tool & Engineering |
12:00 -
1:00 PM |
Luncheon |
| 1:30 - 4:00 PM |
Workshop 4
Product Design Squeeze!
Jeevak Badve,
Design Studio Manager,
American Specialty Cars |
Workshop 5
Metrics 301: Develop More Meaningful Performance Metrics
Michael Bremer, Managing Partner, The Cumberland Group |
Workshop 6
Innovation in Healthcare Products, Services and Software; Innovation in a Cornfield, Mayo Clinic
Brett Trusko |
| 4:00 PM |
Microsoft Technology Center Tour
Limited to the first 25 registrants |
October 6, 2009 |
| Time |
Track 1 / Room 1 |
Track 2 / Room 2 |
Track 3 / Room 3 |
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM |
Registration/ Networking |
| 8:30 - 9:30 AM |
Keynote
Overcoming Barriers to Innovation
Adam Hartung, Spark Partners |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM |
Innovation Networking |
| 10:15 - 11:15 AM |
Personifying Innovation
Irena Suznjevic, Manager of Market Communication
SimBex d.o.o. |
Homeland Security Innovations
Abhai Johri, Executive Vice President, Integral Consulting Services, Inc. |
Leveraging Innovation Centers of Excellence
Paul R. Williams, President & CEO, Think For A Change, LLC |
| 11:30 - 12:30 PM |
Keynote
The Winning Innovations
Tom Kuczmarski, Founder, Chicago Innovation Awards |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
| 1:45 - 2:45 PM |
Innovation that Lets You Focus on Your Core Business Values
Poonam Gupta-Krishnan, Founder & President, lyka Enterprises, Inc. |
Interprofessional Projects Program
Robert Anderson/ Thomas M. Jacobius |
Sustainability Innovations
Kady Srinivasan, Manager, Clarkston |
| 3:00 - 3:15 PM |
Break |
| 3:30 - 4:30 PM |
Achieving Maximum Value from Sustainability Innovation
Alberto Casal, Founder, INOVA
Christian Larsson, Partner Consultant, INOVA |
Deploying Controlled Idea-Generation and Idea-Management Processes
Brian Glassman |
Design Innovations
Elizabeth de Montfort Walker, Director of Research, HLB
David Jaggi, VP of Systems Engineering, HLB |
| 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM |
Keynote
Opportunistic Innovation
Alex Bratton, President & CEO, LexTech Global Services; LexTech Labs |
| 6:00 - 7:30 PM |
Innovation Networking |
| 7:30 PM |
Adjourn |
October 7, 2009 |
| Timing |
Track 1 |
Track 2 |
Track 3 |
| 8:30 - 9:30 AM |
Keynote
Idea Market:
A Case Study
Luís Filipe Reis, COO & Executive Board Member, Sonae |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM |
Innovation Networking |
| 10:15 - 11:15 AM |
Innovation in Tough Times
Peter Balbus, Managing Director, Pragmaxis LLC |
Transformational Innovation: A Global Imperative
Darrel Rhea, CEO, Cheskin Added Value
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Innovation In America - Challenges & Solutions |
| 11:30 - 12:30 PM |
Keynote
Leadership for Innovation
Innovation in Troubled Times
C. N. (Madhu) Madhusudan, Founder & CEO VectorSpan Inc. |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
| 1:45 - 2:45 PM |
Intellectual Property and Innovation Management
Dr. Jerry Smith, Chief Technology Officer, Symphony Services |
Personalizing and Scaling Innovation with Social Networks
Christopher S. Rollyson, Managing Director, CSRA |
Grow From Within: Mastering Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Michael J. Lippitz, Principal,
Clareo Partners LLC
Robert C. Wolcott, Executive Director,
Kellogg Innovation Network |
| 3:00 - 3:15 PM |
Break |
| 3:30 - 4:30 PM |
Is Managing Innovation an Oxymoron?
Joseph S. Nadan, Ph.D., President & CEO,
TORI Inc. |
Service Innovations
Anthony Gerardi |
Raising Money for Innovations
Nik Rokop, Managing Director of the Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center,
Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 4:45 - 6:30 PM |
Innovation Networking |
| 6:30 PM |
Adjourn |
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