Conference Agenda

Thank you for joining us for the 2022 Annual Conference!

You can view and access the full list of available slide decks and session recordings by clicking ‘View All Content’ button below. Or, use the agenda to navigate to individual session pages to view resources, slides, and speaker information.

Please note that not all conference sessions have a slide deck or recording. These resources will be available to the public until July 8. After July 8, only IRI members will be able to access the session files.

Tuesday, June 7Type Session
8:30am – 12:00pm TRACK WorkshopDigital Business Models for Industrial Companies
1:00pm – 4:30pm TRACK WorkshopAfter the Pandemic: Foresight for Innovating in an Uncertain World

Wednesday, June 8TypeSession
8:45am – 10:00amKeynote SessionHumanity-Centric Innovation: Redefining Purpose to Build a Better Future
10:30am – 11:45amBreakout SessionSuccessful Roadmapping: Critical Insights for the Effective Executive
10:30am – 11:45amBreakout SessionNurturing a Culture of Innovation
10:30am – 11:45amBreakout SessionInnovation ROI Best Practices
10:30am – 11:45amVirtual Breakout SessionProtecting the World and Building the Future
1:15pm – 2:30pm Breakout SessionBuilding Future-Ready Leaders: Developing Future Skills Across Enterprise to Identify and Embrace New Growth Opportunities
1:15pm – 2:30pm Breakout SessionAccelerating Innovation and Growth
1:15pm – 2:30pm Breakout SessionThe Only Digital Constant is Transformational Change
1:15pm – 2:30pmVirtual Breakout SessionTransformational Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship
3:00pm – 4:15pmKeynote SessionEncouraging Autonomy and Empowering R&D Teams


Thursday, June 9TypeSession
7:30am – 8:30amBreakfast
8:45am – 9:45amKeynote Session – 2022 Maurice Holland Award WinnerProtecting Intellectual Property and Appropriating Value from Innovations in Weak Appropriability Regimes
10:15am – 11:30amBreakout SessionSupporting Terrestrial Life Through Space-based R&D
10:15am – 11:30amBreakout SessionThe Stories We Tell: Understanding How Innovators Solicit, Share, Collect, and Circulate Innovation Stories
10:15am – 11:30amBreakout SessionRoundtable: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in R&D and Innovation
10:15am – 11:30amVirtual Breakout SessionOrganizing Time for Innovation
12:45pm – 1:45pmBreakout SessionLeveraging Existing Resources to Implement Domestic Supply Chain Resilience, Digitalization, and Sustainability Initiatives
12:45pm – 1:45pmBreakout SessionR&D in the New Normal
12:45pm – 1:45pmVirtual Breakout SessionU.S and Global Economic Outlook – Manufacturing and R&D
2:00pm – 3:00pmKeynote SessionLooking Backwards from the Future

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