12th Annual Innovation Convergence: Innovation Immersion

Event Overview

The Innovation Practice team has synthesized best practices from the 12th Annual Innovation Immersion Conference in La Jolla, CA.

Here are 5 practices that will change your employees experiences in order to improve your innovation success.Click to read more.

For the Latest On-Site Event information Check Out the Convergence 2006 Blog:
http://thinksmart.typepad.com/convergence_2006/

The Only Event To "Converge" Next Generation Thinking with On-Site Application to Deliver Immediate Results

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Working together with The Innovation Practice and The Innovise Guys we have interviewed some of our speakers – download and listen to Anne Manning getting the inside scoop from:

- Mehmood Khan, Global Leader of Innovation Process Development, Unilever
- Glenn Grossman, Director VISTA Technology & Services, Ticketmaster
- Ken Akouni, Ph.D., Head of Portfolio Risk Management, Optima Fund
- Kathie Thomas, Senior Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard

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Featuring Innovation "Gurus"

Alan Webber Author and Co-Founder of Fast Company Magazine	Jeneanne M. Rae One of Business Week's "Magnificent Seven"	Daniel Pink Author of "A Whole New Mind"
Featuring Corporate "Champions"

Jim Garrity, Chief Marketing Officer, Wachovia	Cheryl Perkins, Senior Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer, Kimberly-Clark	James Damian, Senior Vice President, Experience Development Group, Best Buy

Carol Pletcher, Chief Innovation Officer, Cargill	David Kuehler, Leader Clay Street Project, Procter & Gamble	Frederic Ramioulle, Vice President & General Manager, Business Innovation Center, Honeywell Aerospace

Corporate Case Studies from Leading Innovators:

Wachovia
Gucci
Kimberly-Clark
Best Buy
Procter and Gamble
Kraft Foods
Cargill Computer Associates
Global Business Network
Unilever
Honeywell International
Pearson Education
Rohm and Haas Company
Raytheon
FedEx Delivers
Wells Fargo's
Lead User Concepts
Eastman Chemical Company
DualCurrency Systems

Oakland University
Motorola
Genentech
American Society of Interior Designers
Carlson Hotels
Johnson Controls
Pitney Bowes Inc
Optima Fund
Fleishman-Hillard Nationwide Retirement
Best Buy
Government and Education
California College of the Arts
Ticketmaster
Woodside Institute
Conifer Research
American Society of Association Executives
The Center for Association Leadership
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