October 05, 2018
Innovation in today’s world requires a different approach because more often than not the solutions are much less obvious. Xinova partners to share the risk of ideas, capital, prototyping and...
Learning Center
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.
Alliances/Collaborations
October 05, 2018
As representatives of federal research laboratories, we are frequently asked how businesses can benefit from the research and development that takes place in our organizations. In this presentation...
July 13, 2018
Breakout Session Corporate research collaboration with major academic centers has called for rethinking the balance between academic and corporate roles in these relationships. Discover how a leading...
July 13, 2018
Breakout Session The Institute for Advanced Composite Manufacturing Innovation is a DOE-sponsored consortium focused on accelerating the commercialization of carbon fiber composites. In 2017, Ashland...
July 13, 2018
Breakout Session Georgia Tech Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) has had a long standing relationship with The Boeing Company. Bringing academia and industry together to form a collaborative...
July 12, 2018
Breakout Session The current administration has re-affirmed that American science/technology leadership is critical and has prioritized fostering strong partnerships between national laboratories and...
July 12, 2018
Pleanary https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/1171/video_presentatio...
July 12, 2018
Express Session Learn the top 10 takeaways from the commercialization trenches--how the BridgeCommunity program (a consortium of corporations and a select group of startups)--enables commercial...
June 05, 2018
There is an inevitable gap in culture, processes, speed, and motivation between startups and corporations, so setting the right foundations for a partnership is critical to its success. This session...
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 /...
September 15, 2017
Has your organization hosted a supplier innovation fair with success? If yes, what learnings, approaches, logistical issues, pitfalls have you experienced and could share? 1. Keep it focused. Assign...
November 01, 2017
Lockheed Martin is fostering a resilient innovation culture that embraces and addresses the wide range of relevant technologies available in the broader science and technology universe. The company’s...
November 01, 2017
The future of open innovation will be more extensive, more collaborative, and more engaged with a wider variety of participants. It will extend beyond technology to business models, and it will...
November 01, 2017
The Internet, machine learning, advances in manufacturing, and biotechnology have shifted substantial portions of our research and development to startups and labs that do not fit neatly within...
October 05, 2017
The presentation will cover a brief history of how NASA’s use of crowdsourcing, in the form of competitions, became an accepted method of conducting an innovative acquisition model. NASA started...
October 05, 2017
Deere had an interest in creating a system to more easily identify and work with technology partners. Recognizing that others in industry had solutions and capabilities that could directly address...