How does your company reward people who are granted patents? We are trying to harmonize the various practices across our company for rewarding people who receive patents and would like to benchmark...
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Completed October 2017 Deliverables Today's Innovation Leaders (RTM article) 2017 Member Summit Final Report Out Project Charter Statement of Opportunity ‘R&D’ and ‘innovation’ are often used...
Who manages your IP? How is the leadership role defined for your IP management function? What are the distinct job responsibilities for this role? How does this role fit within your organization – is...
The Maurice Holland Award recognizes the best papers published in Research-Technology Management and honors IRI’s founder, Maurice Holland.
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...
October 09, 2019
Our organization conducts an Innovation and Creativity Workshop to foster an innovative culture and entrepreneurial spirit for the entire R&D leadership team every other year. We are looking for...
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...
February 25, 2015
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 that there is not...
Thursday October 05, 2017 – Friday October 06, 2017
Keynote on The Future and Impact of AI on R&D features panelists from IBM Watson Research, Pepsico, John Deere, and more.
1995 - Deliverables Description Subcommittee Objectives: • To understand how information technology can support innovators and the innovation process • To identify what IT tools exist to facilitate...
October 15, 2014
Pragmatic Analytics for Managing Project Risk ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data The objective of this project is to help companies improve decision quality around projects and business...
January 23, 2018
Innovation Leaders Network Spring 2018 Networks Conference March 5-6, 2017 Brown Palace Hotel & Spa 321 17 th Street, Denver, CO 80202 Monday, March 5 7:30 am – 8:00 am Brown Palace Club...
January 23, 2018
New Business Development Network Spring 2018 Networks Conference March 5-7, 2017 Brown Palace Hotel & Spa 321 17 th Street, Denver, CO 80202 Monday, March 5 7:30 am – 8:00 am Brown Palace Club...
How many projects should R&D people have at a time? what is the "average" number of projects that are being worked on at any one time by the average R&D person? I've heard it said that...
The Forum is designed to increase member networking opportunities and help members quickly find solutions that can be implemented in their organizations.
January 23, 2018
External Technology Network Spring 2018 Networks Conference March 5-7, 2017 Brown Palace Hotel & Spa 321 17 th Street, Denver, CO 80202 Monday, March 5 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Highlands Introductions...