May 18, 2020
Welcome to Week 2 of IRI's VIRTUAL 2020 Annual Conference Campbell Soup’s Vice President of R&D, Craig Slavtcheff, will be kicking off the second week with how Campbell Soup has hardwired #Agile...
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Thursday November 10, 2016 5:00pm – 8:00pm
The Industrial Research Institute 2016 Regional Meetings will explore “ Commercializing New Technology ” in a series of networking and working sessions across the U.S. Participants will have the...
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.
Reporting to: Vice President Direct Reports: R&D Managers Accountability and Objectives: The Department R&D Director oversees the activities of the research and development group, ensuring...
October 18, 2016
ROR stage: organization This project is seeking to identify (a) the specific best practices that IRI member companies use to identify whitespace opportunities and (b) actions successful organizations...
April 20, 2020
A message from both Eds: IRI Members helping in the COVID-19 response PPG to Donate 80,000 Masks to Hospitals in Pittsburgh, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Huntsville Xerox plans to mass produce...
July 13, 2020
IRI Chair wins prestigious American Statistical Association Hahn Achievement Award In May, Dr. Martha M. Gardner was awarded the Gerald J. Hahn Quality & Productivity (Q&P) Achievement Award...
April 06, 2017
This multisociety letter regarding Fiscal Year 2017-2018 R&D budget was sent on behalf of 286 organizations to both House and Senate leadership and Appropriation Chairs and Subcommittee chairs on April 6, 2017.
2012 - Fall 2014 This ROR group seeks to identify how to increase effectiveness of R&D by delighting customers. Participants explore: What is customer delight, really? How do different activities...
How do you spark creativity with limited resources? I am trying to establish a feeling of creativity and curiosity on what's going on outside of the narrow world of our own products. We have a sub...
Do you have a career ladder for administrative assistants? We are one of the largest consumer products companies with dual ladders for our technical professionals. Our administrative assistants are...
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...
Monday April 04, 2016 – Tuesday April 05, 2016
Two days of lively roundtable discussions on the latest topics and trends in the HR aspect of innovation. Special tour of Lubrizol's mechanical and R&D labs scheduled.
November 08, 2011
Early Identification of Disruptive Technologies Is disruptive technology a “black swan” event? Can you spot it or define it? Our team is actively seeking insights into identifying leading indicators...
May 2014 - 2015 Managing Remotely will examine the current knowledge and practices centered on the management and sponsorship of virtual teams. Remote management is both a growing trend and a growing...
1. Purpose and Basis for these Principles The Innovation Research Interchange (hereinafter IRI) has adopted and implemented Participation Principles to govern the use of its intellectual property...