2017 Member Summit Preliminary Agenda
Thursday May 04, 2017 5:00pm
Updated August 16, 2017
Monday, October 2
Committee Meetings
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Portfolio Management Masterclass - (separate registration fee required)
6:00 pm Welcome Reception
Tuesday, October 3
7:00 am Optional: Running Club/Yoga/Sunrise Photography
8:00 am Networking Breakfast/ Early Risers Roundtable
9:00 am Opening Keynote: Heather Whiteman, Head of People Strategy, Analytics & Operations, GE Digital
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Talent Management Initiative Report-Outs. Round 1
- Tools to Embrace a More Fluid Workforce
- Career Paths for Innovation
- Recruiting and Retaining Early Career Technical Talent
11:00 am Networking Break
11:30 am Talent Management Initiative Report-Outs. Round 2
- Tools to Embrace a More Fluid Workforce
- Career Paths for Innovation
- Recruiting and Retaining Early Career Technical Talent
12:15 pm Business Lunch
1:45 pm John Deere's Campus Party Experience Case Study
2:15 pm MITRE Corp.'s Career Agility: A New Paradigm
2:45 pm Networking Break
3:15 pm IRI Research Reports. Round 1
- Product Design for Mass Customization
- Lean Start-up in Large Organizations
- Adding Sustainability to the NPD Toolbox
4:00 pm Break
4:15 pm IRI Research Reports. Round 2
- Product Design for Mass Customization
- Lean Start-up in Large Organizations
- Adding Sustainability to the NPD Toolbox
5:30 pm Networking Reception
6:45 pm Optional: Trip to Fort Worth Stockyards
Wednesday, October 4
7:00 am Optional: Running Club/Yoga/Sunrise Photography
8:00 am Networking Breakfast/ Early Risers Roundtable
9:00 am Choose your own Adventure
- Frito-Lay R&D Field Trip (bus departs at 8:00 am)
- Research Working Group Sessions
- Brilliant Failures
- Developing & Monetizing a Long-Term Vision for R&D Phase II
- Growth Outside the Core
- Talent Management Deep Dive
- HR Hot Topic Roundtable
- Organizational & Leadership Practices of a Networked Corp
- Roundtable: Managing the “Dual Career Ladder” in R&D
- Biologically-Inspired Design Deep Dive
- BID Roundtable
- Case Study: University of Akron’s PhD Student Partnerships
- Case Study: Kimberly-Clark and Georgia Tech
- Next Steps in BID
- Growth Outside the Core Roundtable (invitation only). Contact Lee Green for details
12:15 pm Holland Award Luncheon
1:15 pm The ROI of Trend Tracking
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm Trends Whiteboard Sessions
3:30 pm Networking Break
4:00 pm Holland Award Keynote
5:30 pm Networking Reception
6:30 pm Optional: Fort Worth Ale Trail
Thursday, October 5
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Opportunity Thinking Workshop (separate registration fee required)
Schedule subject to change.
Make sure to select the optional activities of your choice on the online registration form.