Speaking Faculty

2008 COMPLETE SPEAKER LIST

Keynote Speakers
An Exploration Of The Anatomy Of A Breakthrough
  • A.G. Lafley, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, P&G
  • Peter Guber, Chairman & Founder, Mandalay Entertainment
  • Günter Pauli, Founder & Director, ZERI
  • Janine Benyus, Champion Of Biomimicry & Author
  • Deborah Ancona, Seley Distinguished Professor of Management, Faculty Director of the MIT Leadership Center, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Ray Kurzweil, Award-winning technology expert, Inventor & New York Times Bestselling Author 
  • Dean Kamen & FIRST Robots, Inventor, Entrepreneur, and Tireless Advocate For Science And Technology
  • Michael Giersch, Vice President, Strategic Planning, IBM Corporate Strategy
  • The Second City Improv Team
  • Stephan G. Wiet, Robert Hasselman & Monica Corbett, McNeil Pharmaceuticals
  • Sue Nelson, Manager Of Truck Tire Innovation, Michelin Americas Research Company
  • Bill Myers, Director Of Business Development, Motorola – Early Stage Accelerator, Motorola
  • Dr. Burt Kaliski, Formerly Chief Scientist, RSA Laboratories, Presently Sr. Director, EMC Innovation Network
Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Symposium…And now my company says “Make it Green”
  • Jeffrey Hollender, President & Chief Inspired Protagonist, Seventh Generation
  • Peter Liu, Founder and Vice Chairman, New Resource Bank
  • Kevin Moss, Head of Corporate Social, Responsibility, BT Americas
  • Dan Futter, Executive Director, Business & Technology Incubator, Dow Corning
  • Mark Buckley, Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Staples Inc
  • Steve Voien, Vice President Global Corporate Citizenship, Waggner Edstrom Worldwide
  • Natarajan Venkatakrishnan (Venkat), Technology Manager, Growth & Innovation, GE Consumer & Industrial
  • Peter Thum, Founder, Ethos Water and Vice President, Starbucks
  • Laura Dzelzyte, Founder And Partner, Greenindex
  • Tom Sullivan, EHS/Sustainability Manager, Intel
Finding The Next Big Thing – The Anatomy Of A Breakthrough Enabling Innovation Thru Workspace Design
  • Gina O’Connor Academic Director, Radical Innovation Research Program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • OCI Winner : Kurt Swogger, VP New Business Development, Dow Chemical
  • Carlos Barroso, Senior Vice President of Research & Development, PepsiCo International
  • OCI Winner: Anthony Reese, Director, Mobile and
    Entertainment Portfolio, Plantronics Inc. Sound Innovation
  • Tim O’Brien, VP Technical Innovation, FortuneBrands
  • Peter Koen, Associate Professor, Director Of Consortium For Corporate Entrepreneurship, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Mary Powell, Chief Operating Officer, Green Mountain Power
  • David Fik, Sr. Workplace Strategist, Ideation Group, Haworth
  • Eva Maddox, Principal, Eva Maddox Branded Environments Perkins + Will
  • Thomas Vecchione, Principal/Global Workplace Design Leader, Gensler
  • Chris Pullman, VP Design, WGBH
  • Bob Luchetti, Robert Luchetti Associates, Inc.
Open Innovation Symposium: How Does It Play Out In The Front End?Understanding Customer Needs - China, India And Brazil
  • Dr. Andrew G. Gilicinski; Director, Technology Brokerage And Innovation, The Clorox Company
  • Kevin Mcfarthing, Ph.D., Global Director, For Strategic Alliances & External Relations, Reckitt Benckiser
  • Dave Behringer, Associate Director, Strategy And External Innovation, Global Packaging, Kraft Foods
  • Ronald Myrick, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Julie Wrazel, Strategic Alliance Manager, Inkjet Systems, Imaging and Printing Group, Hewlett Packard Company
  • Brad White, COO, (r)evolution partners
  • Rebecca Strong & Michael Kottek, Innovative Consultants, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  • Gordon Bruce, Gordon Bruce Design LLC
  • Mehmood Khan, Global Leader Of Innovation, Unilever
Innovative Innovation: New Approaches To IdeationUser Experiences For Service Innovation
  • Adrian Bing-Zaremba, Director Of Marketing Research & Innovation, Campbell Soup Company
  • Alexa Lemoine, Associate Manager Of Innovation, Team Tomorrow, WD-40 Company
  • Randy Granovetter, General Manager, Innovations, Microsoft
  • Margaret Stewart, User Experience Manager, Consumer Products, Google
  • Tim Paul, Senior Manager, Consumer Driven Innovation, Allstate Insurance Co.
  • Suzanne El-Moursi, Principal – Design Researcher/User Experience Designer, Global Design Group, GE Healthcare
Can Innovation Be Made Predictable?Innovation Thought Leaders
  • Alex Van Putten, Co – Author Opportunity Engineering, Principal, Cameron And Associates LLC
  • Shane A. Johnson, Vice President, Innovation & Product Excellence, Bank Of America
  • Trisha Pergande, Director, Strategy and Innovation, General Mills
  • Katherine Thomas, Director Of Innovation and Senior Partner, Fleishman-Hillard
  • Ted Goodwin, Vice President, Business Development, Appleton Papers, Inc.
  • Jeff Hovis, Managing Principal, Product Genesis
  • Mike Maddock, CEO, 3-2-1launch!
  • Mark Turrell, CEO, Imaginatik PLC
  • Enno Scholz, Managing Partner, Hype Softwaretechnik Gmbh
  • John Bradford, VP of Operations and R&D, INTERFACE
  • Brendan Light, Vice President, Research Strategy & Development, Buzzback Market Research
  • Tom Venable, Executive Vice President Of Sales and Marketing, Innocentive, Inc.
In-depth Workshop Facilitators
2008 Front End of Innovation Advisory Board
  • Geoff Waite, Vice President & Doug Wilson, Vice President, Sagentia Inc
  • Simon Karger &Dan Edwards, Directors of Innovation & Technology Management, Sagentia Inc
  • David Matheson, Phd, President & CEO /Founder, Smartorg Inc.
  • Gerry Katz, Executive Vice President, Applied Marketing Science, Inc.
  • John Mitchell, Principal, Applied Marketing Science, Inc.
  • Greg Stevens, President, WinOvations, Inc.
  • Sheila Mello Managing Partner & Wayne Mackey, Principal, Product Development Consulting, Inc.
  • Mark W. Johnson, Chairman/ Co-Founder, Innosight LLC
  • Peter A. Koen, Associate Professor, Director Of Consortium For Corporate Entrepreneurship, Stevens Institute Of Technology
  • Brad Kullberg, Vice President, Corporate Business Development, Polaroid Corporation
  • Diane Scheurell Ph.D., S.C. Johnson & Sons Mary Ellen Vicksta, Innovation Pioneer, Kimberly Clark
  • Peter Lawrence, Chairman, Corporate Design Foundation
  • Christina Brodie, Lead Principle, PRTM Management Consultants
  • Jeff Stirrat, Master Black Belt, Ethicon
  • Brenda Tollett, Vice President Innovation, Ashland
  • Geoff Waite, Vice President, Sagentia
  • Anne Orban, Director, Discovery & Innovation, Innovation Focus
  • Chairman: Peter A. Koen, Associate Professor, Director Of Consortium For Corporate Entrepreneurship, Stevens Institute Of Technology

 

 

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