IRI's 2008 Annual Meeting

Macro Trends Creating Opportunities

May 12-15, 2008
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Boca Raton, Florida

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Plan now to join IRI in Boca Raton for our exciting 2008 Annual Meeting: Macro Trends Creating Opportunities.

Explore major emerging trends with far reaching economic and social impact and identify future trends.

Exciting line up of Speakers!

Keynote Speakers:

• Michael J. Critelli, Executive Chairman, Pitney Bowes, Inc.
• David Speer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Illinois Tool Works
• 2008 IRI Achievement Award Winner Dean Kamen, Founder, DEKA Research and Founder of FIRST
• 2008 IRI Medalist Ralph Snyderman, MD

Session focus includes:

• Sustainability: Energy and Climate Change
  • Probe key issues and learn how some innovation leaders are creating opportunities and better positioning their firms.
• Globalization
  • Examine current trends and learn best practices from firms who have successfully managed in a global environment.
• Limited Basic Resources: Water and Food
  • Investigate technological innovations central to meeting the needs for improving quality of life and continuing to drive robust economic growth.
• A Networked World
  • Explore how our “networked world” changes the nature of the innovation process, creates the need for new classes of products, and impacts how we develop, demonstrate and market our products.
• Scenario Planning
  • Bring your knowledge home! Learn how to use scenario planning and understand the potential impact of macro trends and other influences on your own organization.
• IRI's Innovation Management Laboratory
  • IRI's Research-on-Research Working Groups- comprised of innovation leaders from member firms and augmented by academicians and professional staff - operate in a highly collaborative, interactive, often virtual environment to perform research in two primary areas: improving R&D leadership and enhancing industrial innovation. ROR Working Groups tentatively scheduled to convene on Monday, May 12 include:
    
    1:30 – 3:30 pm:
    Leveraging Diversity of Thought
    IP in Open Innovation
    Measuring R&D Effectiveness
    R&D Lab of the Future
    Women in Technology Leadership NEW
    
    3:45 – 5:45 pm
    Leadership Skills/Styles NEW
    Level 5 Innovation
    Managing Tech Transfer
    Innovation Portfolio Management
    Sourcing Innovation
    Sustainability in R&D NEW
    
• IRI Evening of Awards
  • Join us in a celebratory dinner as two prestigious IRI awards are presented, The IRI Medal and the IRI Achievement Award.

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Here's what people said about IRI's 2007 Annual Meeting:

Great event. The speakers were outstanding. The networking and knowledge sharing opportunities were exceptional. I would not have received the same information and knowledge from any other forum.
Senior Manager, Innovation

Very nicely done all around. The entire meeting agenda and venue were excellent. Great list of speakers.
VP Research & Technology

Outstanding caliber of attendees. Some stellar presenters. Relevant topics.
Director, Technology Programs

The complete focus on innovation was an excellent addition to the IRI palate. The program was well developed to answer this theme.
Senior Manager, Innovation

Excellent learnings from several speakers and the typically outstanding networking opportunities.
Vice President, Research & Development

Best speakers I’ve ever heard at an IRI Meeting.
Facility Manager

Great event. The information that was presented at the meeting was invaluable and the personal contact opportunities were phenomenal.
Senior Manager, Innovation

This was my first meeting and I was quite impressed.
Group Head, Industrial Applications

...this is one meeting that just had a little of everything for everyone!
Sr. Manager R&D Planning and Information Analysis