Hack-a-thons are single live meetings held to tackle one particular, discreet challenge facing R&D practitioners, typically lasting two hours to one full day. The goal is to create a deliverable...
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December 08, 2016
IRI 2017 Annual Meeting Guest Registration
What small things do you do to reward innovation? How does your company recognize innovation for teams and individual employees on a small scale (as opposed to big one time awards)? I know cash is...
Globalization Transformed--the Next Practices to Revolutionize Global Innovation Corporations, universities, and federal labs alike must take proactive measures to manage their innovation in the...
March 02, 2018
P&G recently staffed a Diversity & Inclusion role leading a STEM Coalition. The intent of this work is to step change P&G’s internal & external presence supporting STEM engagement /...
What should IRI tell the President about the barriers to advanced manufacturing? With a focus on new approaches and options that could be added to the President's platform, what might the government...
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.
2005 Deliverables Report out, May 2005 Description This group was formed to study development of Intellectual Property (IP) Strategies in Changing Business and Legal Environments. The customer of the...
2006 - 2007 Deliverables RTM article , "Effective Practices for Sourcing Innovation", Jan/Feb 2009 Description This Working Group #06-3 sought to identify best practices for accessing and leveraging...
April 27, 2020
IRI is mourning the loss of former Director of R&D at GE Research, Walter Robb. Dr. Robb was 91 when he died from complications of COVID-19. A chemical engineer by training, he was tasked with...
(Study influence of organizational, operational,and process variables on innovation) This subcommittee obtained financial support from NSF for a proposal from the University of Cincinnati to identify...
July 20, 2020
Network with other IRI members at our Virtual Fall Networks Conference For the first time ever IRI is turning its Fall Networks Conference into an online event! IRI’s Networks bring practitioners...
Wednesday June 01, 2016 3:00pm – 7:00pm
IRI’s 2016 Regional Meetings will focus on “Commercializing New Technology”. Five member organizations across the US will host a meeting where R&D professionals will sit down in with local peers...
Tuesday June 21, 2016 3:00pm – 7:00pm
IRI’s 2016 Regional Meetings will focus on “Commercializing New Technology”. Five member organizations across the US will host a meeting where R&D professionals will sit down in with local peers...
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...
RTM Seeks Freelance Reporters Research-Technology Management, the flagship journal of the Industrial Research Institute, needs freelance reporters to provide compelling, timely stories for its...