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IRI 2012 Annual Meeting - Agenda*

Pre-Meeting Activities

 

*Registered attendees are encouraged to participate in ROR Working Group meetings.

Download a PDF of the Preliminary Agenda 

Monday 5/7

 

 

 

8:00 am - 8:45 am  Newcomers Breakfast   

8:00 am – 9:00 am

General Networking Breakfast

 

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Research-on-Research Morning Plenary

 

10:15 am – 12:15 pm

IRI Opportunity Cartography working session

 

10:15 am – 12:15 pm

Shortage of Strategic Metals - New ROR group

 

10:15 am – 12:15 pm

Accelerating Conventional Innovation

 

 

10:15 am – 12:15 pm

Accessing Internal Knowledge

 

10:15 am – 12:15 pm

Global R&D Networks

 

 

10:15 am – 12:15 pm Sustainability Maturity Models   

11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Boxed Lunches Available

 

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Member Summit Program Committee Meeting

 

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm  Achieving Sustainable Innovation  
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm  Business Model Innovation Challenges   

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Social Networking Issues in Business Today

 

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Early Identification of Disruptive Technologies

 

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Opportunity Insight to Customer Delight - NEW

 

 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Technology Scouting - NEW ROR Group  

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Voice of the Member Committee Meeting

 

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Science and Technology Policy Committee Meeting

 

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

ROR Plenary

 

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Membership Committee Meeting

 

3:45 pm – 5:45 pm

Federal Lab Activity Group (FLAG) Meeting

 

3:45 pm – 5:45 pm

RTM Board of Editors

 

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  Advisory Group Steering Team   

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Awards Committee Meeting

 

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm ROR Leadership Team   
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm  EAG Committee Meeting   
     

IRI Annual Meeting

 
   

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Newcomers Reception

 

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Welcome Reception

 

     
   

Tuesday 5/8

 

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast

 

8:00 am

Introduction & Welcome

 

8:15 am – 9:00 am

Opening Keynote

 

 

Mr. John W. McDonald, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Chevron Corporation

 

 

9:00 am – Noon

Front End Innovation in Global Ecosystem Plenary Session

 

9:00 am – 9:45 am 

“Learning from Innovation Adventures Beyond the Core”
Dr. Dave Edwards, CTO, Avery Dennison

 

9:45 am - 10:30 am     Extended Networking Break  

 

10:30 am - 11:15 am    

 “Innovating Globally via Open Innovation Partnerships”
Ashish Chatterjee, Director, Connect+Develop, Global Business Development, P&G

 

 

11:15 am - Noon

Panel Session: “Innovating for Under-Served Segments in Emerging Markets: Technology, Go-to-Market and Organizational Challenges
Venkatesh Valluri, Chairman & President, Ingersoll Rand India
Paparao Kodali, General Manager, Ingersoll Rand India
Dr. MB Sarkar, Professor of Strategy & Innovation, Temple University

 

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Networking Lunch

 

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

 

   
“Gaining Innovation Leadership through Market & User Insights”
Russ Martinelli, Intel & Irene Petrick, Penn State University
 
 

 

 “New Product Blueprinting at DuPont: New Digital Tools for Global Customer Engagement”
Dan Adams, Advanced Industrial Marketing & Dan Edgar, DuPont

 
 

 

 “Reducing Waste in Front End Innovation with an Iterative Process”
John Farnback, Silver Streak Partners & Carla Kuesten, Amway

 
 

 

 “Success Factors and Failure Modes in Portfolio Management”
Dr. Rich Sonnenblick, Enrich Consulting

 
 

 “Technology Scouting Best Practices”
Dr. Michael Holman, Lux Research

 
 

 "CREAX-Turbo for Innovation"

Mathieu Mottrie, CREAX

 

 
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm  Extended Networking Break   

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions Repeated

 

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Tech Fair & Reception

 

 

 

Wednesday 5/9

 

 

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Networking Breakfast

 

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Keynote, "Strategy is Innovation"

 

 

Dr. Vijay Govindarajan, Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business, Dartmouth College

 

 

9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Plenary Session: Innovation Execution

 

 9:00 am - 9:45 am

 “Innovation and R&D in China: A Current Perspective on How to be Successful”
Langdon Morris, Partner, Innovation Labs

 

 
9:45 - 10:30      Extended Networking Break  
10:30 am - 11:15 am

 “Managing Global Innovation in the Midst of Corporate Transformation”
Gunjan Bagla, Managing Director, Amritt
Dr. Navin Kunde, Global Partnerships Leader, Clorox

 

 
 11:15 am - Noon    

 “IP and Innovation in China: Ironies, Puzzles, and Macro Disruption as a New Renaissance Unfolds “
Dr. Jeff Lindsay, Head of Global IP, Asia Pulp & Paper

 

 

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Networking Lunch

 

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

 

 

 “Adding Value to the Intellectual Property Inherent in Core Products by Co-creating in Remote Markets
Dr. Peter Lee & Will Charles, UniServices Limited

 
 

 

“Globalization of Innovation:  Opportunities and Challenges”
Dr. Sharon Feng, Bayer MaterialScience

 

 
 

 “Laboratory Outsourcing: An Innovative Approach to Accelerate Product Development and Growth of your Business” - Panel Session
Dr. Martha Collins, Air Products
Max Lewis, Sherwin Williams
Dr. Scott Smith, Allergan
Dr. Andrew Swift, Intertek

 
 

 “Lessons Learned from Selection and Execution of Emerging Business Areas”
Rob Kirshbaum, DSM

 
 

 “Opportunities (and Challenges) in Building Research and Innovation Capacity within Saudi Arabia”
Dr. Atieh Abu Raqabah, SABIC
Dr. Fadi Trabzuni, Cristal Global
Daniel Winfield, RTI

 
 

 “Organize to Accelerate Innovation & New Product Introduction to Drive Profitable Growth across the Globe”
Hari Harikumar, Ingersoll Rand

 

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Concurrent Breakouts repeated

 

5:00 pm

Meeting Ends for the Day

 

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Award Reception

 

7:30 PM

Award Dinner

 

 

 

 

Thursday 5/10

 

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast

 

8:00 am – 9:30 am

Award Winner Presentations

 

 

Dr. F. Emil Jacobs, Vice President, Research and Development, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (2012 IRI Medalist)

 

 

 

Dr. John J. Curro, Victor Mills Fellow, Procter and Gamble Company (2012 IRI Achievement Award Recipient)

 

10:15 am – Noon

Closing Plenary: "What's Next in R&D Leadership?"

 

10:15 - 11:00 am

 “Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms”
Dr. Bruce Vojak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Raymond Price, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

 
 11:00 - 12:00 pm

 “Integrating Design and R+D”
Paul Stead, Co-CEO, NewEdge

 

 

12:00 pm

Meeting adjourns

 

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Keynotes

Award Recipients

  • John J. Curro, PhD, Victor Mills Fellow, Procter and Gamble Company (2012 IRI Achievement Award Recipient)
  • F. Emil Jacobs, PhD, Vice President, Research and Development, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (2012 IRI Medalist)

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