April 02, 2021
The innovation management tools market offers technologies that help organizations streamline operations for their innovation programs. Most products offer similar core capabilities around ideation,...
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September 01, 2013
Two types of scenarios are commonly used to explore the future in a structured fashion: deductive and inductive. Deductive scenarios take a top-down approach, producing scenarios that allow leaders...
April 28, 2015
Accelerate an Open Community Movement Jonathan Kuniholm, President, Open Prosthetics Project How could we help the Open Prosthetics Project better encourage innovation in prosthetic arms or in orphan...
How do you forecast disruptive technologies? We are looking to learn how companies distinguish between disruptive and breakthrough technologies. How do you define and identify disruptive technology?...
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...
Tuesday April 17, 2018
Join local IRI colleagues at the Argonne National Lab and tour the Advanced Photon Source (APS) . The APS is one of the most technologically complex machines in the world.
January 11, 2021
The guiding principle for IRI in 2021, we will be operating as a virtual organization. We will deliver exceptional value, including networking, research, and content development and distribution...
Looking forward to next year (and who isn’t), the guiding principle for IRI in 2021 will be that we are a virtual organization. We will deliver exceptional value, including networking, research, and...
January 11, 2016
@RTM_Journal ARLINGTON, VA (January 11, 2016 )— The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announced at the start of January that its journal, Research-Technology Management (RTM) , has entered into a...
Thursday May 21, 2020 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Join IRI’s Lee Green as she interviews Eric Chaniot, Chief Digital Officer & Senior Vice President of Michelin, to learn how digital transformation has advanced since their case study was...
December 07, 2012
The IRI2038 Futures Audit and Environmental Scan identified over 30 potential future drivers of change in R&D management. Futures Wheels for a few of these were completed at the IRI Member Summit...
How do you report technical information? We would like to improve upon our existing methods of reporting technical information. To help with this aim, we would like to know current thinking and best...
April 29, 2015
Additive Manufacturing Robert Kirschbaum, Innovation & Strategy Consultant, Sakuragi Consult Additive Manufacturing (commonly known as 3D Printing) was invented several decades ago. With the cost...
Keynote Presenters Opening Keynote: Adaptive Innovation - The Fabric of Effective R&D Keoki Jackson, ScD, CTO, Lockheed Martin Tuesday, May 9 from 8:00 to 9:15 am Dr. Jackson shares his...
May 23, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Innovation Frontiers Ira Flatow, NPR Science Correspondent, Host of Science Friday ®, TV Journalist and Author Dr. Xiangli Chen, CTO and VP, GE China; President, GE China...
June 23, 2015
Industrial Research Institute Joins 252 Industry and Academic Leaders in Call to Action for American “Innovation Imperative” Action follows American Academy of Arts & Sciences report on the role...