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...
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“R&D Beyond Four Walls” in Boston, May 8 – 11, 2017 Below is a template of information you can use to make your case to attend the 2017 IRI Annual Meeting Cost of attending the event: Airfare:...
November 14, 2005
Arlington, VA – November 14, 2005 - The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announces today that it presented the 2005 IRI Achievement Award to Dennis M. Ritchie, co-inventor of the UNIX® operating...
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...
Definition of a stage gate model and efficiency metrics.
1.0 Definition of the Innovation Process The term "innovation process" refers to the overall process in a company for conceiving and developing ideas and concepts into profitable products and...
November 01, 2013
The articles in this special issue offer a diverse collection of views on the future of innovation, but they agree on one point: the future will be different. New technologies—and old problems—are...
June 29, 2017
The international context in which U.S. scientists and engineers create new knowledge and ideas is changing. Nations typically track such things by watching trends in the output of scientific papers...
Does your organization do flex time? Has anyone implemented flex time in an R&D environment? What has worked best for your organization? - Deb Dihel, Director of R&D, ConAgra Foods Community...
January 01, 2007
“Tom Evers,” XYZ’s R&D vp, had called a special staff meeting to discuss an urgent request from the company’s overseas subsidiary in “Freedonia.” He explained that the subsidiary needed to...
1991 - 1999 Deliverables Description Objective: Establish a database on industrial R&D inputs and outputs In cooperation with CIMS and with financial support from NSF, an R&D Database...
May 21, 2013
IRI Brings Together International Associations to Launch Historic Partnership WASHINGTON (May 21, 2013) — Leaders from the world’s premier industrial research associations gathered today at the...
January 15, 2021
Our organization is seeking to update and improve our existing technical career system and advancement process. We would appreciate any insights or feedback from the IRI community regarding dual...
1998 - 2000 Deliverables RTM article 2001 " Knowledge Management in R&D ", Volume 44, issue 4, p 28-48 Description Objective: develop information to better understand knowledge management and its...
1995 - 1997 Deliverables Two RTM articles: “ Determining a Project’s Probability of Success ,” John Davis, Alan R. Fusfeld, Eric F.V. Scriven, and Gary L. Tritle, May-June 2001 " Resolving...
May 17, 2005
Leader of Research Division is 60th Recipient of Prestigious Industry Award Arlington, VA – May 17, 2005 - The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announces today that it awarded the 2005 Industrial...