Plan now to attend.... IRI 2010 Member Summit
October 26-28 Hotel Sax Chicago, IL

Early Registration and Hotel Reservation Deadline:  September 25

The IRI Member Summit is an exceptional forum for networking of R&D executives. The friendly, and semi-formal atmosphere of the Summit makes communication highly effective.  

Vice President, Innovation & Technology, Creata

Mark your calendars for the 2010 Member Summit:  October 26-28, Chicago, IL

The Best Conversations Start Here

From private-sector companies to federal labs, from aerospace to wholesale. Meet with the innovation thought leaders in the R&D community representing a diverse section of industry – all under one roof!  Find out what your organization should be doing to drive your innovation and technology management capabilities for future success.  The answer to your biggest challenge may be with a completely different industry.  Meet your counterparts and discover common ground.

Learn, Share, Create

IRI provides the environment where the best innovators, practitioners, thought leaders and R&D professionals network to learn, share and create.   The 2010 Member Summit is a special “member only” event designed for optimal dialogue and knowledge exchange and new knowledge generation. The best way to benefit from the conversation is by attending in person. Organizations typically send two or more individuals from their R&D teams to gain maximum impact and benefits from the Member Summit. Make sure your team is registered. You’ll be in great company. Take a look at organizations in attendance at last year’s Member Summit.

Bring Actionable Learning Back to Your Organization

You'll come away with solutions to your challenges shaped by industry practitioners:

• Techniques to improve R&D performance
• Benchmarking solutions
• Strategies for future growth from leading organizations
• Innovation management advice
• New ideas on how diversity impacts innovation
• New connections and relationships

Member Summit 2009 Quick Facts

• Attendance: 207 individuals & 132 companies

• 96.4% of attendees surveyed agreed that the Member Summit facilitated knowledge sharing among participants

• 98.8% of survey respondents agreed that they found new contacts and opportunities for future collaboration

• 88% agreed that the session topics addressed timely issues in R&D

• 95.2% agreed that the Member Summit provided them with valuable networking opportunities
  
  

Testimonials - Here's what attendees told us they liked best about the 2009 Member Summit:

This event is highly participative in nature, unlike most conferences where communication is largely one way. 
Bitumen Processing Research Team Leader, Syncrude

Networking, group working sessions.
GM WW New Product Development, Armstrong World Industries

Excellent cross section of attendance from various industry sectors.
Executive Director, Sustainability, Sealed Air

Content was well aligned to current issues. Networking is far better than traditional lectures. Diversity of industries struggling with the same issues.
Vice President Business Leader, Advanced Products, AstenJohnson

To understand that other companies are struggling with the same things we are.
Senior Engineer, Estimator,  Kiewit Corporation

Since the topics of innovation and sustainability are at the forefront of our (my) efforts within Momentive, I found all of the information and discussions very valuable in better benchmarking.
Technology Operations Leader, Momentive Performance Materials

The broad group of people; more opportunity for positive networking…
Manager, Cans Development, Crown Packaging Technologies

Interactive sessions.
Director of Continuous Improvement, Kiewit Corporation

View Attendance from the 2009 Member Summit