2008 Innovation Immersion Conference

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Monday, October 20th, 2008: Pre-Conference Workshops (click to view)

9:30-12:30: Morning Workshop

Are We Innovating to Create Competitive Advantage and Growth?
Carol Pletcher, President, PLETCHER, INC.

2:00-5:00: Afternoon Workshop

Finding Innovation Breakthroughs (An Outside-In Approach)
Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President of Innovationedge & Soren Kaplan, Managing Principal, InnovationPoint LLC

OR... Full Day Summit: Innovating in the New Economy & New Environment (click to view)

8:45	Opening Remarks from the Summit Chairperson
9:00	How Can I Innovate My Entire Business Model to Cut Costs and Surpass Customer Expectations? Richard Braddock, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, FreshDirect
9:40	Session TBA- Check Back Soon for Updates!
10:20	Morning Networking & Refreshment Break
10:40	Where Can I Find the “Green, Growing Edge” of Innovation? Rolf Skyberg, Disruptive Innovator, Innovation Team Lead, eBay, Inc.
11:20	Translate Sparking Ideas into a Currency of the New Economy Joseph Batista, Director & Chief Creatologist, Hewlett-Packard
12:00	Move From Incremental Change to Revolutionary Sustainable Design Lorrie Vogel, General Manager, Considered Products, Nike

12:40	Luncheon for Pre-Conference Day Attendees
2:00	Maximize Product Output While Contributing to a Less Polluted World Sally Ramsey, Founder and Vice President, New Product Development at Ecology Coatings, Inc.
2:40	Tell Us What We Missed! Interested in presenting? Contact Susan Cook at scook@iirusa.com.
3:20	Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
3:40	How Can I Innovate in an Economic Downturn? Chris Heatherly, VP Technology and Innovation, Disney Toys
4:20	What Can I Do To Overcome the Tyranny of Incremtalism? Peter Thum, Founder, Ethos Water, Vice President, Starbucks
5:00	YOU TALK! No Powerpoint. No Lectures. No Limits!

Tuesday, October 21st: Main Conference Day One (click to view)

8:00	Welcome from your Innovation Immersion Chairperson: Joyce Wycoff, Founder, Innovation Network
8:15	Opening Remarks from the Innovation Immersion Emcee: Jonathan Vehar, Sr. Partner, New & Improved, LLC, Sr. Associate, Innovation Resources, Inc.
8:30	How Can Firms Drive Growth Through Innovation? Robert B. Tucker, President, The Innovation Resource Consulting Group, Author, Driving Growth Through Innovation
9:15	How Can I Become A “Champion of Innovation”? Tina Zinter-Chahin, Sr Vice President, Research & Development, Fisher-Price (Mattell) Mary Jo Cook, Vice President, Innovation, The Clorox Company Dr. Nancy Tennant Snyder, Corporate Vice President for Leadership and Strategic Competencies reporting to the Chairman and CEO, Whirlpool Corporation

10:15	Morning Networking & Refreshment Break in the Innovation Plaza Featured “Experience”: Book Signings with Morning Keynotes
10:45	How Can I Predict the Future to Plan for the Present? Eric Haseltine, Former “CTO” of the US National Intelligence Community
11:30	How Can I Reveal My Inner Genius? Brownell Landrum, CEO, DrawSuccess
12:30	Luncheon in the Innovation Plaza

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TRACK 1: Collaboration & Open Innovation	TRACK 2: Culture & Rewards	TRACK 3: Strategy & Leadership	TRACK 4: Thought Leaders
1:20: Connect Information and Trends to Spark Innovative Thinking Mary Ellyn Vicksta, Creative Innovation Pioneer, & Jamie Woolf, Learning and Development Specialist, Kimberly-Clark Corporation Double-Length Session 2:40: Create an Open Atmosphere Like Google Ellen Konar, Director, Google Customer Labs, Google 4:00: Utilize Open Innovation Approaches to Drive Growth Steven Goers, Vice President Open Innovation and Investments, Kraft Foods 4:40: Leverage Collaboration & Co-Creation for Sustainable Value Creation in a Global Ecosystem Mehmood Khan, Global Leader, Innovation Process Development, Unilever	1:20: How Can I Use Innovation and Creativity to Sustain Leadership Growth? Keith Wilmot, Global Director, Insights, Ideas, & Creativity, Coca-Cola 2:00: Make Innovation an Integral Part of My Organizational Culture Mike Hatrick and David Wootton, Innovation Transformation, Bombardier Aerospace 2:40: How Do I Govern Innovation Without Stifling Creativity? Michael Botos, Vice President, Strategy & Innovation, Cardinal Health 4:00: Use Culture as a Tool for Innovation, Breakthrough Thinking Kevin O’Sullivan, Vice President, Research & Development, Protein Snacks, Frito-Lay North America, Soren Kaplan, Managing Principal, InnovationPoint LLC, & Cheryl Perkins, President, InnovationEdge Experience it Yourself! Interactive Double Length Session.	1:20: Develop Leaders of Innovation Jonathan Vehar, Sr. Partner, New & Improved, LLC, Sr. Associate, Innovation Resources, Inc. Experience it Yourself! Interactive Double Length Session. 2:40: Tell Us What We Missed! Interested in presenting? Contact Susan Cook at scook@iirusa.com. 4:00: How Can Large Companies Innovate More Like Small Start-Ups? Jeffrey Severts, Vice President, Geek Squad, Best Buy 4:40: How Can I Take Something Ordinary and Make it Extraordinary? Tom Pellizzetti, Senior Innovation Manager, Tyson Foodservice	1:20: Your Innovation Challenge: How Can I Innovate the Customer Experience with Innovative New Offerings? Lisa Marchese, Senior Director of Brand Development, HARRAH’S ENTERTAINMENT, INC. Kevin O’Donnell, Senior Partner, PROPHET 2:00: Your Innovation Challenge: How Do I Navigate the Assessment and Acquisition of Open Innovation Technologies? Denys Resnick, Engagement Manager, NINESIGMA, INC. 2:40: Your Innovation Challenge: How Can I Infuse Outside Industry Experts into the New Product Development Process? Mike Maddock, CEO, Founding Partner, 3-2-1LAUNCH! 4:00: Your Innovation Challenge: Where Can I Creative Solutions to My Innovation Challenges? (Hint: The Answer IS in Left Field) Tom Venable, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, INNOCENTIVE 4:40: Your Innovation Challenge: How Can I Communicate My Company’s Innovation to Stand Out and Succeed? Marianne Allison, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, WAGGENER EDSTROM WORLDWIDE

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008: Main Conference Day Two (click to view)

8:15	Opening Remarks from the Innovation Immersion Emcee Jonathan Vehar, Sr. Partner, New & Improved, LLC, Sr. Associate, Innovation Resources, Inc.
8:30	How Can I Rattle Old Industries and Create New Ones? Dan Olschwang, Chief Executive Officer, JumpTap Hjalmar Windbladh, Chief Executive Officer, Rebtel
9:30	How Can I Re-Imagine What My Product Can Mean? New Speaker TBA!

10:10	Morning Networking & Refreshment Break in the Innovation Plaza Featured “Experience”: Nintendo Wii!
10:40	How Can I Expand My Horizons and Find Innovations in New Places? Joel Salatin, Author & President, Polyface, Inc.
11:20	How Can I Catalyze and Sustain an Innovation Culture? Surinder Kumar, Ph.D., MBA, Chief Innovation Officer, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

12:30: Luncheon in the Innovation Plaza

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TRACK 1: Collaboration & Open Innovation	TRACK 2: Culture & Rewards	TRACK 3: Strategy & Leadership	TRACK 4: Thought Leaders
1:00: What Can I Learn from Bruce Springsteen (and other artists) About Sustained Innovation Success? Larry Dykstra, Consumer Product Innovation Leader at Pizza Hut 1:40: Tell Us What We Missed! Interested in presenting? Contact Susan Cook at scook@iirusa.com. 2:20: Effectively Use Innovation to Penetrate International Markets Already Crowded With Established Global Competitors? Daniel Ayala, Senior VP, Wells Fargo	1:00: “Ignite” Cross-Functional Teams to Create Breakthrough Innovation Rob Huber, Vice President Marketing, Design & Innovation, Faurecia Experience it Yourself! Interactive Double Length Session. 2:20: How Can I Make Room for Innovation (And Fun) at My Company? Todd Wise, Senior Vice President, Toy Design & Development, Hasbro	1:00: How Can I Get “GameChanging” Ideas Started? Russell J Conser, GameChanger, Shell 1:40: How Can I Achieve Sustainable Customer Driven Innovation? Shahira Raineri, Global Imagination Breakthrough Leader, GE 2:20: How Do I Translate the Theory of Innovation Into Practice? Julie Koch, Director of Operations, Center for Innovation & Health Care Transformation, Mayo Clinic	1:00: Tell Us What We Missed! Interested in presenting? Contact Susan Cook at scook@iirusa.com. 1:40: How Can I Increase Sales by Leveraging the Science of Emotion that Hollywood Uses? David Freeman, Author, Creating Emotion in Games, Shaun Courbat, Chief Customer Officer, Martin Brothers Distributing Co. Experience it Yourself! Interactive Double Length Session.
3:30: Return to Your Company Ready to Innovate and Transform!