IIR recognizes the contributions of these Sponsors and Exhibitors.
Learn more about exhibition opportunities with the Front End of Innovation
Sponsors
Is innovation a primary part of your company's growth strategy? If so, make time to meet us this week. 3-2-1Launch! Is the only new product & service development company that gives you the critical balance of everything you need to successfully launch consumer immersion, ideation, concepting & testing, prototyping, and brand development all from a single source.
When we meet, we'll provide references from leading brands and explain how our proven Triangle Team approach will make your next new product initiative the best part of your job.http://www.md321launch.com
Applied Market Science is a Voice of the Customer product development consulting firm that helps clients understand customer wants and needs and incorporate customer feedback into the design, production, marketing and delivery of their products and services. Founded in 1989 with roots in the MIT Sloan School, AMS has consulted to leading corporations in a variety of industries.http://www.ams-inc.com
http://www.brainjuicer.comBrainJuicer is the leading specialist in delivering innovative front-end research solutions for inspiring marketing. Our new-to-the-world, award winning solutions, including Insights Validator, Creative 6'ers™, Predictive Markets and FaceTrace™ [measuring emotional engagement], offer distinctive and proven approaches to delivering highly predictive quantitative data, with insightful and directive qualitative diagnostics. We embolden our clients to make confident, inspired marketing and new product development decisions at the "fuzzy front end" of the innovation funnel.
BuzzBack Market Research, headquartered in New York, NY, provides creative, full-service online market research solutions. We've harnessed the power of the Internet to reinvent market research, keeping you better connected with consumers and ahead of the competition. Our suite of innovative, web-based tools helps you to dig deeper, and provides more meaningful results, while cutting both costs and timing throughout the entire development cycle.http://buzzback.com
Haworth is a global leader in the design and manufacture of office furniture and adaptable workspaces, including raised access floors, moveable walls, systems furniture, seating, storage and wood casegoods. Family-owned, Haworth is headquartered in Michigan and serves markets in more than 120 countries.http://www.haworth.com
http://www.hype.de/enHypeIMT is Europe's most widely installed idea management software for new product development. With more than 80 installations in Europe, the US and Australia, HypeIMT supports global leaders like BASF, Bosch, Ford, Nokia-Siemens, Procter & Gamble, and Roche, as well as many medium-sized companies, in managing the early stages of the innovation process. No matter whether you and your team presently manage your product ideas with PowerPoint templates and Excel diagrams, or whether you work with a home-grown idea database – HypeIMT can assist you in managing your innovation pipeline even more effectively. The hallmarks of HypeIMT are exceptional flexibility and ease of customization, resulting in a fast and cost-effective enterprise-wide implementation.
Imaginatik is the number one provider of Innovation Infrastructure to the world's leading companies. More than 150 clients rely on Imaginatik's software, consulting and research to enable their best-ofbreed Innovation activities. Imaginatik's flagship solution, Idea Central, is designed to elicit ideas and insights from employees and extended enterprise partners, provides a shared collaborative space to develop ideas, and is equipped with sophisticated tools to evaluate and select the top ideas for implementation. Idea Central has won numerous awards and is in use in clients such as Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer, Cargill, Georgia-Pacific, Cadbury Schweppes,W.R. Grace, Bayer AG, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber to name a few. Imaginatik's software and consulting services have helped clients discover significant sources of additional revenue, as well as tangible cost savings, process improvements and increased product pipeline. Imaginatik is also committed to developing strategic solutions in the field of innovation, working with academic institutions such as the London Business School and the Cass School of Business, London, as well as leading practitioners of corporate innovation.http://www.imaginatik.com
http://www.innocentive.comInnoCentive is a web-based business that connects a global community of scientists to innovation driven companies with challenging R&D problems. "Seeker" companies post challenges confidentially and anonymously. "Solvers" from a wide range of disciplines apply their expertise, time and resources and submit solutions. InnoCentive manages the entire process and only if a submitted solution meets the Seeker's criteria is an award paid out. This combination of global reach and pay-for-results is truly revolutionary.
InnoCentive's registered Solver community is already more than 120,000 strong. Posting challenges on InnoCentive.com gives our Seeker clients access to an unprecedented global pool of scientific talent.
Innovare focuses the creativity in your organization and inspires innovation. We provide custom market research, voice of the customer, creative facilitation, front-end process consulting, and team training. We use best practices to help our clients build the knowledge foundation, businesssystems, and climate for sustained innovation that drives business growth.http://www.innovare-inc.com
Innovation Framework Technologies
Think of Innovation Framework Technologies as your fast-track to innovation excellence and your specialist advisor on how best to leverage innovation processes, to reduce idea-to-product-to-market time and grow revenues, profits and market share.http://www.innovation-framework.com
Our software solutions uniquely deliver packaged, best-practice business processes for Idea Management, Portfolio Management, Stage Gate® product development process, Project & Resource Management, Financial Planning and Forecasting, Product and Technology Road-Mapping.
With headquarters in New York and Paris, IFT operates throughout North America, Europe and Korea.
A leading provider of innovation software, Invention Machine drives sustainable innovation by empowering companies to generate breakthrough ideas that accelerate and sustain product development. Global 2000 manufacturers in more than 25 countries rely on Invention Machine for product innovation, process improvement and market expansion. For additional information please visit www.invention-machine.com.http://www.invention-machine.com
http://www.microsoft.com/peoplereadyMicrosoft's U.S. Industry Solutions Organization (ISO) provides industry solutions built on the Microsoft software platform for customers in financial services, manufacturing, professional services, health and life sciences, and retail and hospitality. Working with partners, the ISO provides solutions, services and resources that help companies empower their employees to drive business success.
Product Development Consulting, Inc. (PDC)
Product Development Consulting, Inc. (PDC) is an internationally recognized product development consulting firm that helps clients optimize processes throughout the product life cycle, from strategy and product definition to portfolio management to product retirement. Fortune 500 and other high-growth companies look to PDC for an approach that yields measurable and lasting improvement. Author of the new book, Value Innovation Portfolio Management, (J. Ross Publishing) and the best-selling Customer-Centric Product Definition.http://www.pdcinc.com
Product Genesis is a Strategic Innovation firm dedicated to providing best-in-class service to a select client base. Our group combines its expertise in technology with state-of-the-art emerging market, user needs, and business analysis to sharpen the strategic and tactical moves of our clients. Since being spun out of the MIT Innovation Center in 1986, the principals at Product Genesis have worked with Global 1000 clients to develop a systematic and analytical approach to delivering customized, high impact, technology-based innovation.http://www.productgenesis.comevolution.jpg "(r)evolution")
(r)evolution helps large companies across many industries grow by reinventing their products, services, brands and businesses. The marketing world is changing dramatically. Consumer needs have evolved. Communication channels have fragmented. Distribution channels have consolidated. Competition has accelerated. Products and services are being commoditized. Marketers are being asked to do more with less. Yet the traditional marketing strategy and innovation models remain largely the same. We help our clients to reinvent these traditional models through world-class Marketing, Strategy and Innovation. For more information, please visit www.r-evolutionpartners.com.http://www.r-evolutionpartners.com
Sagentia is a global technology management and product development company. Established in 1986, our unwavering commitment to innovation has led to the launch of new technologies, services and breakthrough products in six global markets. We employ more than 200 staff and have offices in six locations worldwide.http://www.sagentia.com
SmartOrg is a business consulting and software provider specializing in Value-Based Management Systems. Value-Based Management Systems are comprised of decision processes, analytic tools, and software that help companies drive growth and profitability by managing the impact of risk and uncertainty on business value. SmartOrg focuses on new business strategies with emphasis on optimizing the economic value created by R&D, New Product Development, and new business ventures. Customers include Chevron, Boeing, Medtronic, Bayer, Dow and other Fortune 500 companies. SmartOrg also serves the needs of small companies like KV Pharmaceuticals and Andersen Corp. SmartOrg founders are recognized leaders in decision analysis and strategic decision making, and their processes and systems derive from their experience over more than 30 years at SRI International, Strategic Decisions Group, and Stanford University. SmartOrg headquarters are in Menlo Park, California with regional offices in the eastern and western United States, the United Kingdom, and Asia.http://www.smartorg.com
http://www.utekcorp.comUTEK® is a leading Open Innovation services company. UTEK's services enable clients to become stronger innovators, rapidly source externally developed technologies and create value from their intellectual property. UTEK is a business development company with operations in the United States, United Kingdom and Israel. For more information about UTEK, please visit its website at www.utekcorp.com.
http://www.waggeneredstrom.comWaggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE) is a full-service, multinational PR agency that focuses on companies, campaigns and products that bring innovation, discovery or invention to the marketplace. WE's strategic counsel has enabled leading brands, midsized organizations and change-inspired startups to activate, motivate and engage stakeholders around the world. Incorporated in 1983, the company is privately held and has a presence in all major U.S., European and Asia Pacific markets. With over 800 employees worldwide, our independence allows us to answer only to clients and employees. The agency has 16 offices and six global practices - Consumer Marketing, Corporate Communications, Environment, Healthcare, Public Affairs and Technology. More information can be found at http://www.WaggenerEdstrom.com
http://www.winovations.comWinOvationsSM, Inc.: A Nine-Fold Improvement in Speed and Profitability in the Front-End of Innovation
Exhibitors
Accept Software helps companies create tomorrow's winning products and drive sustained competitive advantage. We provide the industry's first innovation management solution that enables companies to know their market, align market needs with corporate strategy, product strategy and plans, and drive efficient and effective execution of those strategies and plans. www.acceptsoftware.comhttp://www.acceptsoftware.com
http://www.battelle.org
Cambridge-Design Partnership Ltd.
Cambridge Design Partnership Ltd is a leading research and development consultancy focused on creating value for our clients by transforming ideas and technology into commercial success. Our clients operate in consumer, medical and industrial markets and have one thing in common; they see investment in innovation as fundamental to growth and gaining competitive advantage. Our team of engineers, scientists and designers has grown rapidly to establish a world leading reputation for technical excellence, astute project management and, above all, thinking differently.http://www.cambridge-design.co.uk
Communispace Corporation, a pioneer in creating vibrant online communities, enables businesses to directly connect the voice of the customer to business growth and innovation. The company's turnkey solution, including building, managing, and facilitating privately, branded online communities, deeply engages customers in a rich and multi-dimensional dialogue, 24/7. By delivering rapid access to unprecedented insights, companies secure real-time results that drive faster product development cycles, improve marketing efficacy, solidify customer loyalty and overall, lower marketing expenditures. Communispace is headquartered in Watertown, MA, with additional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. For more information, visit: www.communispace.comhttp://www.communispace.com
http://www.qinetiq.com
Ideas To Go is a creative process consulting firm that specializes in helping cross-functional teams generate concepts and claims for qualitative testing. They accelerate concept development and refinement time by engaging Creative Consumers® associates in idea generation to help dimensionalize thinking, and employing e-deation® services, a web-based ideation technology, to capture, sort and prioritize hundreds of ideas easier. Ideas To Go has three location in the United States – Minneapolis, MN, Morristown, NJ and Orlando, FL.
http://www.ideastogo.com
Innosight is a boutique consulting, training, and investment firm that works with Fortune 500 companies, startups, non-profits, and national governments to improve their ability to create innovation-driven growth. Our unique methodologies and proprietary tools facilitate the discovery of new, high-growth markets and the rapid creation of breakthrough products and services that maximize resonance with customers while minimizing competitive threats. Our end-to-end, highly differentiated approach converts the quest for innovation and growth into a predictable and reliable process.http://www.innosight.com
http://www.LaunchForce.comLaunchForce® is a leading Insight & Innovation Consultancy. We discover compelling insights and then transform those insights into game-changing innovations that drive brand growth.
The LaunchForce® point of difference is our zealous commitment to discover Inspirational Insights that lead to Insightful Innovations. An inspirational insight has the power to reveal new ways of thinking, which unlock insightful innovations to transform businesses.
We have partnered with brand leaders across many industries, categories and consumer segments. Visit www.launchforce.com or contact Tom Custer at 513-386-6890.
Kalypso is a consulting firm helping clients to deliver on the promise of innovation. Service offerings encompass all aspects of innovation including product strategy, development, introduction, commercialization, lifecycle management, and PLM systems selection and implementation. In addition to the firm's deep industry, technology, operational, and training expertise, Kalypso provides a flexible, collaborative approach to deliver unparalleled client satisfaction.
http://www.kalypso.com
MindMatters helps organizations inspire, capture, validate, protect and profit from innovative ideas. The front-end to your Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process, MindMatters patent pending software, Innovator, is the only enterprise system that helps business managers effectively determine which ideas are most likely to become profitable products. Combined with our seasoned business process design expertise, we help not only with the adoption of innovation best practices, but also industryleading next practices so that you maintain long-term innovation. And, MindMatters is the only solution specifically designed to protect ideas by aligning with intellectual property processes, including invention disclosures and legal reviews.http://www.us-mindmatters.com
NineSigma's proprietary process, based on the principles of Open Innovation, enables Global 1000 clients to locate, connect and facilitate real business partnerships for bringing inventive new technologies and concepts to market. NineSigma's open network of innovators spans industries, geographies, and technical disciplines. It is the largest of its kind, and includes universities, industry leaders, trade organizations, research labs and inventors from around the world.http://www.ninesigma.com
Improve your idea flow, reduce the cycle time from idea to new product or service and build a sustainable, repeatable innovation process. Our collaborative software applications help your team Innovate on Purpose, to generate, evaluate and manage ideas, launch new products and services, and support the entire innovation process.http://www.ovoinnovation.com/
http://www.planisware.comPlanisware is one of the major Project Management software vendors worldwide. With a wide track record in aerospace & defense, IT services, pharmaceutical R&D, and automotive industries, Planisware solutions have already been implemented worldwide by over 150 companies as their corporate Project Portfolio Management solution. More than 120 000 users rely on Planisware to organize their tasks.
Founded in 1996, Planisware has been constantly profitable demonstrating between 30% - 50% average annual growth. Today, Planisware is an international company with multiple offices, subsidiaries and resellers in the United States of America and in most European countries (Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland).
http://www.platinum-db.com
Psyma International is a global market research firm with offices in North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe. Our mission is to provide strategic market research for clients across the automotive, consumer package goods, finance, medical and pharmaceutical industries. We strive to customize our projects to fulfill our client's objectives.http://www.psyma-usa.com
Qmarkets provides companies with enterprise grade innovation software. We provide software for the entire innovation cycle, starting from the collection of innovative ideas, and ending with tools that will enable your management to make the right choice - which of these ideas should be your next product. Our software & methodology relies on collective intelligence tools, effectively aggregating the information and knowledge of your employees to provide you with a successful innovation process. Our unique Prediction Markets engine helps product management to make the right decisions, and identify the next "killer" products. http://innovation.qmarkets.nethttp://www.innovation.qmarkets.net
http://www.sap.comSAP offers the industry�s only Innovation Management solution supporting Front End, Stage Gate, and Portfolio Management that is pre-integrated with existing HR, financial, and project management systems. This open integration enables robust portfolio monitoring -- highlighting cost, schedule, and other KPI overruns without reliance on re-keying or custom-building costly integration. It streamlines the complete product development process ensuring effective concept due diligence, capturing of cross-organization input with integrated market information, presenting optimal portfolio options, and allocating resources only to the most promising items in your portfolio. The SAP Innovation Management offering is a packaged composite solution, powered by SAP NetWeaver, and part of SAP New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI).
Sopheon provides software and services that enable organizations to get greater returns on product innovation. Sopheon's Accolade® and Vision Strategist™ solutions help companies to visualize and execute on strategic product plans and then bring winning ideas to market – faster. Used by industry leaders such as SABMiller, Corning, BASF, Electrolux, Campina, Honeywell, and Reckitt Benckiser, Sopheon's products provide the industry's first end-to-end strategic PLM planning system.
http://www.sopheon.com
Synectics, has been a pioneer in the field of creativity and innovation since their seminal article in the Harvard Business Review in 1956. Operating out of 9 offices worldwide they help clients generate and develop fresh, innovative solutions and to enhance organizational capability for greater creativity.
http://www.synecticsworld.com