May 2012 - November 2013 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...
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IRI resources assist your day-to-day R&D functions and help in problem solving. Search by keyword, topic, or your R&D role to find tools to help you manage your organization's R&D and innovation process more effectively.
Monday March 07, 2016 – Wednesday March 09, 2016
Six networks meet for two days of interactive discussions. Highlights include Research working sessions and guest speaker, John Bacon, on lean startup principles.
Opening Keynote: Driving Motorola Solutions’ Digital Transformation with Innovation through Data Eduardo Conrado, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Innovation Office Paul Steinberg, Senior...
May 14, 2018
Artificial intelligence, or AI—computers that can analyze data, make predictions, and draw conclusions in ways only humans could a few years ago—may be the most important technological development...
1999 - 2001 Deliverables Description Objective: Develop metrics to drive practices and behaviors within the New Concept Development Model This work was conducted in cooperation with IRI's Process...
October 15, 2014
Effective Implementation of R&D Strategy by Using a Change Management Lens Michael (Mike) Blackburn, MS, ThD, Portfolio/Program Leader, Cargill Global Research Management Kimberly Miller, Food R...
May 08, 2012
Human Energy: How Chevron Differentiates Performance Through Technology John McDonald, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Chevron Technology plays a pivotal role in providing growing...
Tuesday April 05, 2016 – Saturday April 30, 2016
Join fellow new IRI members as we show you how to access the materials and events of most value to you and your team. Need a refresher on IRI value? All members welcome to participate.
May 01, 2013
We generally think of business success or failure in human terms: management is brilliant or flawed, rises to opportunities or overlooks them, takes risks or plays it safe. The sky’s the limit, and if...
Monday May 23, 2016 – Thursday May 26, 2016
Join 350+ of your industry colleagues to explore recent science and technology trends and discuss case studies of how companies have turned trends into new growth areas.
January 01, 2015
R&D carried out by Oshkosh Corporation, a company that designs and builds specialty trucks and truck bodies, provides more bang for the buck than that performed by Google, Netflix, and other...
May 30, 2011
The Big Win-Win: Putting Prizes to Work for Your Organization Erika Wagner, PhD, Senior Director, Exploration Prize Development, X PRIZE Foundation From the early European Longitude Prizes to modern...
October 16, 2007
National Award Honors Washington, Virginia and Ohio Research and Development Executives Lincolnshire, IL - For their paper in Industrial Research Institute's (IRI) award winning bi-monthly journal...
Do you have recommendations for designing an 'innovation room'? Don Eadie, Vice President, Technology, Kelsan Technologies Corp. We are moving into a new facility that will incorporate various...
(Develop guidelines to assist the R&D manager in effectively integrating computers into their operations) Computers were beginning to play an important role for industrial R&D in the early...
April 28, 2015
Turning Big Data into Opportunity Data How true customer Insights should direct product development Corrine Sandler, CEO, Fresh Intelligence Research Corrine will get you close to your customers with...