January 05, 2015
News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene NIH Startup Challenge Offers Model for Commercializing Federal Technology; Fusing Europe’s Energy Research; Postdocs in Limbo; Li-Fi Lighting the Way...
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June 05, 2018
The country is undergoing a rapid generational change in our workforce. Baby boomers are starting to retire, and 35% of the labor force in America is currently made up of Millennials. That number is...
July 12, 2018
The country is undergoing a rapid generational change in our workforce. Baby boomers are starting to retire, and 35% of the labor force in America is currently made up of Millennials. That number is...
November 01, 2015
Digital technologies are rapidly changing the basis of competitive advantage. In this interview, author and consultant Joe Weinman discusses the digital disciplines necessary for future success and...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session Is it possible to remain competitive in a technology company when Moore’s Law makes everything obsolete before it ships? How should innovation teams think about technology strategy...
October 17, 2016
Track the history of simulation and analysis at Deere & Co. and hear about Deere’s vision for the near and far futures. Current analysis activities at John Deere are focused on verification and...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session "Jill Watson" was initially developed to respond to student questions posted to class forums, though the possibilities extend far beyond the classroom. Ashok Goel, creator of Jill...
September 01, 2010
OVERVIEW: The Industry-Defined Fundamental Research program is designed to bring together industrial and academic researchers to develop basic science in areas important for the success of American...
March 07, 2017
As the creator and webmaster of enablingthefuture.org, Jennifer Owen has built a community around the creation of 3D-printable, open-source design files for prosthetic hands. Step 1: Logged in IRI...
September 01, 2015
Neil Gershenfeld talks with Jim Euchner about the Internet of Things and the coming revolution in manufacturing. Neil Gershenfeld is a pioneer in understanding the boundary between the digital and...
November 01, 2015
This talk is an engineer’s view of the third industrial revolution. There are many views about what that revolution is, if it is a revolution at all. A lot of these views come from philosophy or from...
April 29, 2015
2015 Achievement Award Address: An Engineer's View of the Third Industrial Revolution Charles Hull, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, 3D Systems This talk is an engineer’s view of the third...
December 02, 2016
As emerging markets continue to grow in both size and economic influence, innovation managers at companies around the glove increasingly turn to those markets for new ideas that could catalyze their...
July 12, 2018
Plenary As access to the internet grows globally, the number of information sources are growing exponentially. In addition, innovations driven by technology platforms such as IoT, AI, MEMS, etc. are...
October 17, 2016
As the demand for web-based analytics increases, more and more software and web applications are appearing on the market every day. This begs the question of when is it better to buy and when is it...
May 24, 2016
The Virtual Experimentation and Simulation project is part of IRI’s strategic research platform on Digitalization and its Implications for R&D Management. They are working to answer the following...