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Renaissance Esmeralda, Indian Wells, CA

May 7-10, 2012

 

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    Monday, May 7

    Research-on-Research Opening Plenary Session

     

    Session I - Morning Sessions  Read about each group

    ROR Working Groups meeting today include:

    Accelerating Conventional Innovation - Good to go!

    Accessing Internal Knowledge - Whatup?

    Global R&D Networks - Big Innovation in a Small World

    Shortage of Strategic Metals  (New!) - got rock?

    Sustainability Maturity Models - What's  your P3 score?

    IRI Opportunity Cartography  (Special Project) - Compass Points

     

    Session II: Afternoon Sessions  Read about each group

    Achieving Sustainable Innovation - Keeping the Drive Alive!

    Business Model Innovation Challenges - Outside the Core

    Social Networking Issues in Business Today -   Do U Tweet?

    Early ID of Disruptive Technologies - Radar

    Opportunity Insight to Customer Delight  (New) - Don't worry be happy

    Technology Scouting  (New!) - Scout's Honor

    Research-on-Research Closing Plenary Session

    Tuesday, May 8

    Opening Keynote:

         John McDonald, Chevron Corporation,  Human Energy: How Chevron is Differentiating Performance through Technology

    Plenary Sessions: Front End Innovation in a Global Ecosystem

         Dr. David Edwards, Avery Dennison,  Learnings from Innovation Adventures Beyond the Core

         Ashish Chatterjee, Procter & Gamble,   Innovating Globally via Open Innovation Partnerships (Slides will not be available)

         Venkatesh Valluri & Paparao Kodali, Ingersoll Rand India, MB Sarkar, Temple University   Panel Session: Innovating for Under-Served Segments in Emerging Markets

    Concurrent Breakout Sessions

         Success Factors & Failure Modes in Portfolio Management

         CREAX - Turbo for Innovation

         Gaining Innovation Leadership Through Market & User Insights

         Reducing Waste in Front End Innovation with an Iterative Proces

        New Product Blueprinting at DuPont: New Digital Tools for Global Customer Engagement

        Technology Scouting Today

     

  • Wednesday, May 9

    Opening Keynote:

         Dr. Vijay Govindarajan, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth Colledge  Strategy is Innovation

    Plenary Sessions: Innovation Execution

         Langdon Morris,  PwC, Innnovation and R&D in China: A Current Perspective on How to be Successful

         Gunjan Bagla, Amritt & Dr. Navin Kunde, Clorox   Managing Global Innovation in the Midst of Corporate Transformation

         Dr. Jeffrey Lindsay, Asia Pulp & Paper    IP and Innovation in China: Puzzles and Marcro Disruption as New Renaisssance Unfolds

    Concurrent Breakout Sessions

         Panel Session: Building Research & Innovation Capacity within Saudi Arabia   Atieh Abu Raqabah, The Sabic Story   Daniel Winfield, RTI

        Panel Session: Can Outsourcing of Non-core Activities Really Help in Driving Innovation and Growth?

        Lessons Learned from Selection and Execution of Emerging Buisness Areas (EBAs)

        Globalization of Innovation: Opportunities and Challenges

        Organize to Accelerate Innovation & New Product Introduction to Drive Profitable Growth across the Globe

        Adding Value to the Intellectual Property Inherent in Core Prodcuts by Co-creating in Remote Markets

    Thursday, May 12

    Plenary Session: IRI 2012 Medalist

         Dr. F. Emil Jacobs, ExxonMobil    Meeting Tomorrow's Energy Demands through Innovation and Collaboration

    Plenary Session: IRI 2012 Achievement Award

        Dr. John Curro, Procter & Gamble     Builidng a Global Technology Platform, One Millimeter at a Time

    Pleanary Session:  What's Next in R&D Leadership?

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

        Dr. Pam Henderson,  NewEdge    Integrating Design and R&D: Insights, Thoughts and Opportunities for Delivering Growth

     

        

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    Mark your calendars now so you don't miss these events:

     

    Member Summit 2012
    October 15-18
    Indianapolis, IN

    IRI's Diamond Jubilee Celebration
     IRI 75 Years
    May 21-23, 2013
    Omni Shoreham Hotel
    Washington DC

    Annual Meeting Presentations

    Audio/video of plenary sessions will be available shortly after the meeting concludes. Bookmark this page.  You are encouraged to share key learnings with your team members, especially the Member Summit Summary PowerPoint providing key take-aways from each session.

    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)

    Additional Presenters

     

    Special Thanks to our 2012 Annual Meeting Sponsors:

    Platinum Sponsor

    Enrich

    Gold Sponsor

    Exxon Mobil

    The Inovo Group

    NineSigma

    Sopheon

    Silver Sponsors


    Chevron

    Illumin8

    Intellectual Ventures

    In kind Sponsor

     

    Thanks to our 2012 Annual Meeting Tech Fair Exhibitors:

    Brookhaven


    Ceramatec


    Gen3 Partners


    Intertek


    Invetech


    Mindjet


    NewEdge


    Perception Partners



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