Following our highly successful Open Innovation Leadership Summit in October 2008, NineSigma will again convene a summit of our clients and other leading practitioners of open innovation from the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia.
The conference will take place May 2nd-4th, 2011 in Arlington, VA and will bring together proponents of open innovation from diverse industries, including consumer packaged goods, chemical, automotive, manufacturing, apparel, energy, biopharma, agricultural, food and beverage, medical device, and many others to discuss the best practices of 2010 and topics related to the future of open innovation. Topics include:
Innovating Open Innovation: What’s next?
Using crowd-sourcing to ignite the innovation process
Creating leaders and high-performing teams in Collaborative Innovation
Global Perspectives on OI: A view from every continent
Stakeholders of Innovation: What you haven’t considered
Accelerating your path to commercialization: Learn new game-changing approaches
Sustainability Case Studies
How Government entities are leveraging OI for maximum value
The format will be highly interactive with a focus on working with visionary thought leaders from industry and academia. Headlining our keynote speakers is Prof. Frank Piller, co-director of the Smart Customization Group at M.I.T. and a professor of innovation management at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Our previous Summit was widely ranked by participants as "the most inspiring innovation leadership event of the year." The conference is small, limited to 125 participants, so that OI practitioners have the opportunity to build relationships and share actionable knowledge, new approaches, and proven best practices for driving value through open innovation, in an intimate setting.
To receive more information, visit our 2011 OI Leadership Summit webpage.