12th Annual Innovation Convergence: Innovation Immersion

Agenda Day One

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

7:00 | Registration & Morning Coffee

8:00 | State of Innovation | Joyce Wycoff, InnovationNetwork

8:30 | Keynote: Moving From Routines & Right Answers to Novelty and Nuance | Dan Pink, Author, A Whole New Mind

9:30 | Networking Break

Break Out Sessions Begin

Track A: Culture: The People Side	Track B: Trends & New Developments	Track C: Processes & Systems	Track D: Technology, Tools & Metrics
10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Building a Culture of Innovation: Creating a plan from scratch Kris Ahlquist, Sr. Organizational Effectiveness Consultant, Carlson Hotels	Leading for Innovation and Growth in Today's Global Economy Madan Birla, Author, FedEx Delivers	Process Innovation through Novel Analogical Ideation Approaches Cynthia Sifonis, Associate Professor, Oakland University	Innovation Cladistics Thomas Aitken, Design Director, Johnson Controls
11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00
Cultivating Climate for Innovative Thinking Krys Moskal, VP, Pearson People Development, Pearson Education	Linking Innovation to Business Strategy with Foresight Christian Crews, Director, Futures Strategy, Pitney Bowes Inc	Springboard Scenarios: From Foresight to Design Concepts to Experiments Chris Ertel, GBN & Matt Marcus, Gucci	Techniques to Improve Innovation Shelia Mello, Principal, Product Development Consulting, Inc.
12:00 \| Luncheon Presentation Hosted by Capital C Stop Shouting at Me Attention is the oxygen of brand building. For the past fifty years getting the consumers attention came down to five words. "He who shouts loudest wins." Shout louder than your competition in television, and at retail, and even average brands were guaranteed success. Almost overnight these strategies have been rendered obsolete as the consumers attention has shifted from mass media, to their media, and the retail landscape has been choked with over 3.3 million me too brands. Tony Chapman, the CEO of creative powerhouse Capital C will take us on a dazzling visual odyssey of the changing landscape and use market tested case studies to showcase how marketing and sales can and must transform their strategies to capture the attention of the consumer.
1:15 \| Keynote: Designing the Customer Experience James Damian, Senior Vice President, Experience Development Group, Best Buy
*Break Out Sessions Resume*
2:30	2:30	2:30	2:30
Five Little e's: A Plan that Cultivated an Innovative Workforce Debra Kaminski, Strategic Education and Communication Consultant, Nationwide Retirement	Creating Time and Opportunity for Value Innovation Anthony Carter, Sr. Business Development Director, Motorola	PM Breakthrough Innovation Lab Doug Berger, Managing Partner, Innovate LLC	Creative Workspace Innovation Lab Gerald Haman, President, SolutionPeople/the Thinkubator
3:15 \| Networking Break
3:45	3:45	3:45	3:45
Knowledge Management to Share Best Practices Jeff Stemke, Senior Knowledge Strategist, Chevron	Global R&D Strategy: Expanding Innovation Networks and Deal Flow Dr. Bahram Khalighi, Technical Fellow, Vehicle Development Research Lab, General Motors Corporation Paul Stupay, VP Business Development, NineSigma, Inc.	Breakthrough Innovation Lab Continued	Creative Workspace Innovation Lab Continued
Track E: Non Profit Practicum 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM - Non Profit TBA
4:30 \| Networking Transition
4:45 \| Closing Keynote Address Alan Webber, Founder, Fast Company Magazine