July 13, 2018
Breakout Session This session will explore Westinghouse Electric Company’s unique approach to radical innovation. It will focus on the value of documenting, empowering, and adjusting a core...
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April 28, 2015
Innovation Culture ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data This ROR is examining how culture within an organization can impact the level of innovation coming from it. This working group hypothesizes...
What tools do you use to make scientists better project managers? We are interested in learning what tools other organizations use to make their scientists better project managers. We would prefer to...
May 24, 2016
ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data This project aims to overcome the gap between a high level view on the importance of sustainability to a “how to do it” approach to integrating sustainability...
May 26, 2011
Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing, Collective Commons Networks Tim Bernstein, Chief Operating Officer, Yet2.com Where is this field of Open Innovation networks and social networking evolving? What are...
Keynote Presenters Opening Keynote: Adaptive Innovation - The Fabric of Effective R&D Keoki Jackson, ScD, CTO, Lockheed Martin Tuesday, May 9 from 8:00 to 9:15 am Dr. Jackson shares his...
Globalization Transformed--the Next Practices to Revolutionize Global Innovation Corporations, universities, and federal labs alike must take proactive measures to manage their innovation in the...
May 25, 2011
Institutionalizing Innovation Competencies This working group identifies firms that are investing in building a capability for breakthrough innovation and who are concerned with developing innovation...
May 24, 2011
What is the new normal of innovation? Has the economy truly changed and do we need to change with it? Explore these questions with the world’s top innovation practitioners and thought leaders...
Monday May 08, 2017 – Thursday May 11, 2017
"R&D Beyond Four Walls" explores how organizations are pushing beyond the traditional value chain to adopt a more dynamic and integrated collaboration culture across the business enterprise.
May 24, 2011
Business Ecology: Going Beyond the Metaphor John Elter, PhD, Empire Innovation Professor of Nanoengineering, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Nanotechnologies, University Of...
May 24, 2011
Building an Innovation Culture: The Discovery of Rynaxypyr® George P. Lahm, PhD, Distinguished Scientists, DuPont At DuPont Crop Protection, research and development is constantly evolving as we...
May 21, 2014
Pragmatic Analytics for Managing Project Risks ROR Stage: finalizing research approach, gathering and analyzing data As a body of practice within the R&D community, we aim to significantly expand...
May 07, 2012
Sustainability Maturity Models Until recently the bottom line of financial reports was the overriding measure of a company’s success. Now it is the triple bottom line: People, Planet, and Profits...
A maturity model for assessing and guiding companies in creating innovative sustainable products and services that drive growth and contribute to the triple bottom line (people, planet, profits).
How do you choose which conferences to attend? We receive many invitations to conferences and meetings that offer value, but attending all of them would be impossible. Do you have any mechanisms for...