A two-day conference focused on how companies can expand their technology scouting efforts and integrate multiple open business models to achieve greater returns on their open innovation investments

Open Innovation Online Discussion Forum: click here.

Featuring Keynote Presentations by:

Program Features

	Loria Yeadon Vice President & General Manager Honeywell Intellectual Property International Honeywell International Inc. ...on key strategies for selecting the right innovation partners to achieve your open innovation objectives
	Dr. Kobus Neethling President South African Creativity Foundation on how organizations can empower creative people who can ignite the creative process and foster an environment where open innovation can thrive.
	Beth Springer Executive Vice President, Strategy & Growth Clorox ...on effective models for open innovation networks including organizational and governance structures for your open innovation efforts.
	Max von Zedtwitz Professor of Strategy & Innovation Peking University and Vice President, PRTM Shanghai ...on how Chinese firms internationalize innovation—whom they choose as partners and how you can position your company as a partner of choice.
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Conference Chairperson:

Cheryl Perkins,
President and Founder of Innovationedge™ LLC
former Sr. Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer for Kimberly-Clark and leading innovation thought leader.

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"Cheryl is an excellent facilitator, good at motivating [the] audience...Provided a good take-home message. She is a highly experienced person in open innovation."
Ravi Mulukutla
Meadwestvaco

Special Conference Kick off!

Candid Interview with Henry Chesbrough, Executive Director of the Center for Open Innovation at the Haas School of Business, at UC Berkeley and author of best-selling books, Open Innovation and Open Business Models

CoDev ’09 will kick-off this year with our Conference Chairperson, Cheryl Perkins, interviewing Henry Chesbrough to find out what his latest insights are on the future of open innovation as well as how early adopters of open innovation are going beyond low-hanging fruit opportunities to reap more value from their OI investments.

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Open Business Models Clinic with Henry Chesbrough:
This session offers an excellent opportunity to find out how to experiment with alternative business models, determine which are right for your company and manage multiple business models simultaneously. Limited to just 25 participants. [MORE]

Case Studies and Practitioner Insights from Industry Leaders at:

• Procter &Gamble

• Kraft Foods

• WD-40 Company

• Kimberly-Clark Corporation

• HP Labs

• Frito-Lay

• Cadbury

• JohnsonDiversey

• Burrill & Company

• Booz & Company

• UBS Investment Research

• Colgate

• Weyerhaeuser

• R.J. Reynolds

• Sara Lee and more

Conference Info:

Early Bird Discount!
Register by Nov. 21 and SAVE $200

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