Front End of Innovation 2012

Experienced Attendees

We know you have limited budgets to attend events each year, and want FEI to be the event you retur to each year. To make sure FEI is your go to calendar event every year, we make sure the experience, the content and the event is NEWLY reinvented every year. But that's not it... Starting with 2012, we've added some exclusive special value ALUMNI only sessions just for you. Together, let's keep the community growing by building cumulatively year on year.

New Keynotes Worthy of our 10th Anniversary Main Stage:

Michio Kaku,
Famed Futurist, Physicist, and TV Personality

Karen Freidt,
Lead, Navigation Center for Creativity, Collaboration, & Innovation, NASA

Phil Duncan,
Global Chief Design Officer, Procter & Gamble

Jeff Dyer,
Author, The Innovator's DNA

Chris Anderson,
Editor-in-Chief, WIRED MAGAZINE,
Author, THE LONG TAIL

No Repeat Performances.

While other events repurpose content and speakers, we ensure fresh new perspectives from the hard to get speakers each year. The FEI main conference features 100% new speakers. No repurposed content.

More Value than Ever Before: Special Alumni Curriculum.

As a thank you for being such loyal FEI participants, we're proud to unveil our special alumni only curriculum, featuring private Q&A time with keynotes, Private Receptions, and Special Personal Development sessions.

All New Ethnographic Experience: Orlando TrenzWalk

Generate actionable trends in their infancy as you embark on a TrenzWalk led by 2 of the top 10 global trends visionaries. By exploring the park with them, you will have a rare opportunity to discover this whole new, magical world of trends. The question then becomes, how will we act on them?

Celebrate Collaboration and Co-Creation.

Other conferences focus on what's already been done. FEI's all new CHALLENGE & CHANGE sessions leverage the collective intelligence of our attendees, as you work together to create distributable take-aways for your organization.

Welcome Back Alumni!

Introducing Special Value Added Sessions & Networking for Past FEI Attendees

We know you have limited budgets to attend events each year. As a thank you for being such loyal FEI participants, the FEI team is proud to unveil our special alumni only curriculum! Alumni will have a private room created just for you. Throughout the three days of the events, we've created some extra activities and sessions just for you. Below, please fine the schedule of alumni only events and bonus sessions! All activities take place in the Alumni Only room.

Tuesday, May 15th:

Bonus time with Opening Keynote Dr. A.K. Pradeep and His Brain-Scanning Headset! (5:30-6:00)
You may not know Dr. A.K. Pradeep now, but trust us, you'll be wowed by his opening night keynote Monday night on "Secrets of Appealing to the Subconscious Mind: The Role of Neuroscience's in How We Decide." After his talk, FEI Alumni only will have extra Q&A time with Dr. Pradeep. You'll be able to ask him questions and try on his MYND creation: the world's first full-brain, wireless, dry, EEG headset. Are you ready to have your mind read?

Special Alumni Welcome Cocktail Reception (6:00-6:30)
Right after the Q&A with Dr. Pradeep, join him and your fellow alumni for a welcome cocktail reception in the Alumni Only room. This is a great chance to catch up with those you've met at past events, and get to know the people you'll be spending time with over the course of the event in a smaller, more intimate group.

Wednesday, May 16th:

The Science of Branding YOU (Wednesday, 12:45-1:30)
Beverly Crowell, Senior Associate Consultant, Career Systems International There is a science to building a successful career. It is more than the skills you bring to the job. It who you are, what's important to you, and how you are perceived by others. Learn how to build your brand image for a career that matters most to you and helps you stand out from the crowd.

Bonus Q&A Time with Keynote Jeff Dyer, Author, The Innovator's DNA (5:30-6:15)
Skip the lines at the book-signing! Jeff Dyer is the co-author with Clayton Christensen of the much buzzed about book The Innovator's DNA. Join him after his keynote session for a special Q&A and informal discussion reserved exclusively for FEI Alumni.

Thursday, May 17th:

Special Personal & Leadership Development Session (10:00-10:45)
With the current pace of business, it's hard to find time in the day to work on our own personal development, our personal brand. This is YOUR time to focus on YOU. During this session, Mike Myatt, America's Top CEO Coach, Forbes Contributor, and Author of Leadership Matters, explores three key development areas essential to accelerating your career: Being a Better Leader, Staying Business Young, and Making Your Personal Brand Relevant.

Bonus Q&A Time with Keynote Rob Cross, Author, Driving Results through Social Networks (2:45-3:30)
It is no longer possible to build a powerful sphere of influence and be a social media novice at the same time. Benefit from extra time keynote Rob Cross, Associate Professor in Management at UVA's McIntire School of Commerce after his keynote for special Q&A and informal discussion with your fellow FEI Alumni.