-- Fostering and commercializing innovation repeatedly
-- Empowering engineers to design innovative products
-- Coordinating product development across as well as outside the
enterprise
-- Manage successful design efforts through outsourced design and
supply chain partners
The Product Innovation Summit is part of the acclaimed Aberdeen Summit
Series. The seminars bring corporate executives and industry thought
leaders together to share information and provide actionable
recommendations for organizational advances. Summit participation is
limited to 250 executive level participants seeking to hear from and
network with industry thought leaders and select technology vendors.
Product Innovation Executive Summit participants will range from the
manager to the executive level in manufacturing companies, as well as
"brand owners." Multiple vertical industries will be represented at the
summit, with the bulk of the attendees stemming from the Engineering and
R&D organizations of discrete manufacturing companies.
Participants attend to discuss the critical components of product
innovation including breakthroughs in developing profitable products. They
also have the opportunity to collect actionable recommendations from
Best-in-Class product innovation practitioners, which can be put into
action immediately to improve your own company's product development and
engineering performance. Additionally, the networking opportunities with
their peers and counterparts in related industries are outstanding.
Participants will witness firsthand how companies manage the complexity of
global design and global supply chains, increase speed to market, and
improve product reliability.
Summit presenters include:
-- Karl Ulrich, CIBC Professor and Chair at the Wharton School of the
Univ of Penn
-- Chris Weiss, Vice President of Engineering at The Knapheide
Manufacturing Company
-- Gary Yezbick, Vice President, Operational and Technological Services
at Masco Corp.
-- Jeff Weedman, VP of External Development at Procter & Gamble
-- Nan Mattai, SVP Engineering and Technology at Rockwell Collins
-- Captain Dennis O'Donoghue, VP of Test & Validation at Boeing
Commercial Airplanes
-- Kiho Sohn, Chief Knowledge Officer at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
-- Fred Bellio, Director of Global Product Development at Mercury Marine
-- Jeff Richlin, President of Richlin Machinery
-- David Prawel, Founder of Longview Advisors
-- Dr. Terence Barnhart, Director of Strategic Management at Pfizer
-- David Maltz, Director of Device Technology at Nektar Therapeutics
-- Julianne Claybaugh, Program Director of Operational Excellence at
Intel Corporation
-- Gary DeGregario, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at
Motorola
-- Dr. Michael Menke, Former Chief Portfolio Advocate and Business
Strategist Strategic Planning and Modeling (SPaM) at Hewlett Packard
-- Matt E. Brown, Director, Brand Management & Product Marketing at
Eclipse Aviation Corp.
-- Mark S. Edmondson, Sr. Director Enterprise Lean Strategy at Raytheon
Company
"We are excited about bringing together industry executives and
Best-in-Class product innovation practitioners, to share success stories
and provide actionable recommendations for improving product development
and engineering performance," said Jim Brown, Senior Vice President of
Product Innovation Research at Aberdeen. "We are looking forward to sharing
our research findings to aid in transformation of product innovation
processes."
For additional information on the summit, visit:
http://www.aberdeen.com/events/live/pie08. For more information on
sponsorship, visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/events/live/pie08/sponsors.asp.
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