2017 Annual Meeting Preliminary Agenda
Monday, May 8
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Board of Directors Meeting*
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Portfolio Management Master Class**
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM IRI Growth Council*
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Knowledge Leadership Team*
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Awards Committee*
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Program Committee*
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Growth Outside the Core*
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Federal Lab Activity Group*
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM RTM Board of Editors*
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Emeritus Activity Group*
Annual Meeting Kick-Off
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception & Ignite Presentations
Sponsored by FM Global
Tuesday, May 9
7:00 - 8:00 AM Concurrent Breakfast Sympmosia sponsored by Questel & Kalypso
8:00 - 9:15 AM Opening Keynote: Keoki Jackson, PhD, CTO, Lockheed Martin
9:15 - 9:45 AM Networking Break
Concurrent Interactive Breakouts:
9:45 - 11:15 AM Mass Customization
9:45 - 11:15 AM Innovation Career Paths
9:45 - 11:15 AM Growth Outside the Core
9:45 - 11:15 AM Custom Discovery: The Key to Unlocking Commercial Success
Jim Hornthal, Launchpad Central
9:45 - 11:15 AM Growth Outside the Core
Concurrent Express Sessions:
9:45 - 10:25 AM Embracing Public & Open-Source Collaboration Tools
William Rippon, IBM
10:35 - 11:15 AM Technology Incubation - A New Model for Corporate R&D
Semyon Kogan & Howard Soriano, Gen 5 Group
11:15 - 1:45 PM Innovation Showcase & Lunch
Concurrent Interactive Breakouts:
1:45 - 3:15 PM Liquid Talent
1:45 - 3:15 PM Monetizing Long Term Vision
1:45 - 3:15 PM Challenges of Technologies Brokering for Diverse Program Strategies
Alicia Hong & Rob Williams, Boeing
Concurrent Express Sessions:
1:45 - 2:25 PM An Open Innovation Strategy for Leveraging Federal R&D
Nadia Carlsten, Department of Homeland Security
2:35 - 3:15 PM Implementing Open Innovation
Gene Slowinksi, Rutgers University
3:15 - 3:45 PM Networking Break
3:45 - 4:15 PM Plenary Session: Idea Application Discussion & Synthesis
4:15 - 5:00 PM Panel Discussion
5:00 - 6:00 PM Innovation Showcase & Reception
6:00 - 7:00 PM Young Professionals Happy Hour (Sponsored by Cargill & J.M. Smucker)
Westin Boston Waterfront Birch Bar
Wednesday, May 10
7:00 - 8:00 AM Networking Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 AM Opening Keynote: Henry Chesbrough, PhD, Adjunct Prof, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
9:00 - 9:30 AM Networking Break
Concurrent Express Learning Sessions:
9:30 - 10:10 AM Co-Innovation With Strategic Customers to Drive Collaboration
Alex Foessel, John Deere
9:30 - 10:10 AM Assessing the Value of User Experience Design in Industrial R&D
Antonietta Grasso, Xerox
9:30 - 10:10 AM What is Technology Transition? Why Is It Important?
Vicki Barbur & Barry Costa, MITRE
9:30 - 10:10 AM Which Boundary Spanning Strategies Work and Which Don't?
Anne Marie Knott, Washington University
9:30 - 10:10 AM Driving Innovation
9:30 - 10:10 AM Lean Start-Up
10:10 - 10:55 AM Extended Networking Break
Concurrent Interactive Breakouts:
10:55 AM - 12:25 PM Business Model Innovation: Conducting Business Experiments
James Euchner & Abhijit Ganguly, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
10:55 AM - 12:25 PM Recruit and Retain Early Career
10:55 AM - 12:25 PM Using Experts to Support the Global Flow of Knowledge
12:25 - 1:50 PM Networking Lunch
Concurrent Express Learning Sessions:
1:50 - 2:30 PM Creating Shareholder Value Through Open Innovation
John Evans, Florida Street Group
1:50 - 2:30 PM From Emerging Technology To Business Opportunity
Anne Berthereau, Owens Corning & Irene Spitsberg, InnoVentures
1:50 - 2:30 PM Igniting Disruption With TCS; Co-Innovation Network (COIN)
Raju Goteti, TATA Consultancy Services
1:50 - 2:30 PM R&D in the Innovation Ecosystem
Mike Blackburn, Cargill
2:30 - 3:00 PM Networking Break
3:00 - 3:15 PM Plenary Session: Idea Synthesis: Where Do I Go From Here?
3:15 - 4:10 PM Medalist Keynote Address: Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab
4:10 - 5:00 PM Keynote: Michael L. Tushman, PhD, Prof of Business Admin., Harvard Business School
5:00 - 6:00 PM Speed Networking for Young Professionals
6:30 - 7:30 PM Award Reception
7:30 - 8:30 PM Award Dinner
Thursday, May 11
7:00 AM Breakfast
7:30 AM - 2:30 PM Member Facility Tour: FM Global Research Campus
9:30 - 11:30 AM Sam Adams Brewery Tour**
*Board and Committee Meetings by Invitation Only
**Additional Fee & Pre-Registration Required