May 22, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Panel: Evolution of Innovation Thought - 75 Years of Innovation Nicholas M. Donofrio, former Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology, IBM Corporation Dr. Mostafa...
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November 09, 2011
R&D Trends Forecast for 2012 Richard Antcliff, PhD, Director, OSACB, NASA Langley Research Center Rich Antcliff, NASA Langley, shares results from the recent R&D Trends Forecast for 2012 (to...
Watch an overview of IRI's new SPRING (Sourcing PRedictive Insights for New Growth) program, in collaboration with RTI International. https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/1095/...
May 18, 2020
R&D organizations often find themselves operating as internationally scattered siloes and undertake the globalization journey. This journey goes through four distinct phases with processes,...
How do you spot the BIG opportunities? What operating rhythm, processes, & metrics do you employ to preferentially identify, generate, AND screen BIG new opportunities in the early stages of the...
November 19, 2013
Expansion of Life into the Universe Dr. Simon "Pete" Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center In this century we will leave our planet to begin an expansion into the universe and technology will...
June 03, 2011
Join Dr. Erika Wagner, Senior Director, Exploration Prize Development, X PRIZE Foundation , to discuss “The Big Win-Win: Putting Prizes to Work for Your Organization. ” Dr. Wagner’s session is based...
October 10, 2017
Member Summit participants were treated to sneak peek of changes coming soon! IRI Chairman, Lou Gritzo, and other IRI leaders revealed IRI's new name and new value proposition. Watch this video to...
May 18, 2020
This 50-minute session, co-delivered by The University of Akron Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center (BRIC) and Great Lakes Biomimicry will introduce biomimicry (learning from nature), present...
May 01, 2015
OVERVIEW: This paper describes a new business model for advancing NASA human health and performance innovations and demonstrates how open innovation, including the use of crowdsourcing and technology...
July 12, 2018
Express Session Join us to examine a few cross- industry examples of AI technologies being applied in ‘traditional’ (non-web) enterprises. In particular, applications of deep learning and deep...
September 10, 2015
As part of IRI’s 75th Anniversary Celebration (2013) IRI commissioned the IRI2038 project, a futures initiative designed to answer the following two questions: • How will possible future developments...
May 01, 2019
With the globally rising electrification & digitization of platform-level technologies, many R&D teams struggle with the overwhelming need to remain current – and keep their stakeholders...
May 13, 2020
Listen to this case study about Crown's (the original maker of the bottle cap) funding for global operations, from former IRI Board Chair, Dan Abramowicz, CTO. The speaker has worked in Industrial R...
September 14, 2020
Does your digital journey include your customers, collaborators and trusted partners? It should. Digitalization is not limited to the people, systems and data within the four walls of your company...
May 01, 2019
As big data, the Internet of Things, blockchain, and increased integration create a digital transformation in many businesses, this transition will impact the strategy, development and launch of...