Agenda at a Glance

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MONDAY 05.19.08 // PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES: Choose From Two Symposia & Seven Workshops

Symposia Options: Choose One

9:00 // Open Innovation Symposium:
How Does It Play Out In The Front End?

OR9:00 // Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability:
Every corporation makes an impact on the environment

Workshop Options: Choose One All Day Workshop or Half Day Workshops

All Day Workshop: All You Ever Wanted To Know About The Front End Of Innovation
9:00 // Morning Half-Day Workshops

Forecasting and Managing the
Economic Value of Innovation


Changing the Organization’s DNA for
Faster and More Profitable Innovation


Ask the Right Questions the Right Way:
Getting the Most Out of Your Customer
Interactions in the Fuzzy Front End
1:30 // Afternoon Half-Day Workshops

Best of the Best:
Top Quartile Practices in the Front End


Using Customer Value to Maximize
Return on Your Innovation Dollars


Harnessing Business Model Innovation
for Transformative Growth
5:15 // Main Stage Opening Night Kick-Off Keynote: How Can Improvisation Lead To Innovation, The Second City Communications

TUESDAY 05.20.08 // MAIN CONFERENCE

7:45Main Conference Begins: Introduction and Mind Teasers
8:15Keynotes – Peter Guber, Günter Pauli & Janine Benyus
10:45Networking Break
11:15 // Breakout Tracks Begin

An Exploration Of The
Anatomy Of A Breakthrough

…And now my company
says “Make it Green”

Can Innovation Be
Made Predictable?

Enabling Innovation
Through Workspace Design

Innovation
Thought Leaders
12:00Strolling Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:15Concurrent Breakout Tracks Resume
4:15Evening Keynote with Dean Kamen & FIRST Robots

 

WEDNESDAY 05.21.08 // MAIN CONFERENCE

8:00Yesterday’s Reflection
8:15Keynotes – A.G Lafley, Deborah Ancona, Ray Kurzweil, Michael Giersch
12:30Strolling Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:45 // Concurrent Break Out Tracks Begin

Finding The Next Big
Thing – The Anatomy Of A
Breakthrough

Understanding Customer
Needs -China, India
and Brazil

User Experiences For
Service Innovation

Innovative Innovation: New
Approaches To Ideation

Innovation
Thought Leaders

4:00 // Conference Concludes