DAY ONE: Wednesday May 10th, 2006
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8:00 AM
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REGISTRATION & SPONSOR EXHIBITS OPEN – CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
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8:45 AM
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Opening Remarks from the Chair
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Chuck Frey, Founder, INNOVATION TOOLS
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Keynote Address
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9:00 AM
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The Idea Organization: Creating Sustainable Excellence
from Employee Ideas
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Dean Schroeder, Co-Author, “Ideas are Free”
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10.00 AM
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Create an Innovative Operating Model to Enhance
Your Company's On-Going Performance by Delivering Innovative Ideas
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Pamela Rogers, Corporate Director, Global Customer Excellence
& Innovation, WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
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10:45 AM
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NETWORKING BREAK
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Special Interactive Presentation
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11:15 AM
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Know Your Brain™ Game (Interactive Team Innovation
Experience)
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Gerald “Solutionman” Haman, Founder, SolutionPeople
& The Chicago Thinkubator and Adj. Professor of Innovation,
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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12:15 PM
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Networking Luncheon
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Case Study
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1:45 PM
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Sing Kumbaya in the Innovation Chamber: How to
Get Cross-Functional Buy-in From the Start
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John Andrews, Vice-President of Marketing , IMPLUS FOOTCARE,
LLC.
Ellen Karp, ELLEN KARP RESEARCH + CONSULTING
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Case Study
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2:30 PM
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Embed Consumers in Your Product Development Process:
How to Develop an Experiential Innovation Strategy
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Clive Roux, Senior Director, New Business USA, PHILIPS
DESIGN
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3:15 PM
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Networking Break
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Case Study
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3:45 PM
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The True Measure of a Good Idea: Analyzing New
Ideas to Determine Their Merit and Invest Your Innovation Dollars Wisely
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Becky Walter, Director of Innovation Design and Testing,
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
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Industry Expert
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4:30 PM
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Identify New Areas for Consumer Growth: Breakthrough
Strategies to Recognize the Gap in Product Offerings and How Your Company
can Fill it
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Robert Kincaide, Managing Director, THE HAZELTON GROUP
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5:15 PM
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Conference Adjourns to Day Two
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DAY TWO: Thursday May 11th, 2006
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8:00 AM
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REGISTRATION OPENS
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8:30 AM
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Recap of Day One by Chair
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Corinne Miller, Director, Global Functional Learning, MOTOROLA,
INC.
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Case Study
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9:00 AM
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The Spanx Story: New Solutions to Differentiate
your Product and Maximize Its Draw to Consumers
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Laurie Ann Goldman, CEO, SPANX, INC.
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Industry Expert
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10:00 AM
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Your Profit, Their Ideas! How Companies Are Becoming
More Profitable by Harnessing the Brainpower of Their Customers
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Scott Robinson, VP Business Development, HOTSPEX INC.
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10:45 AM
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NETWORKING BREAK
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Case Study
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11:15 AM
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Take a Risk: Moving Beyond the Fear of Failure
to Create a Safe Zone for Ideas and Encourage Non-Traditional Thinking
Throughout Your Organization
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Tom Malloy, Senior Vice President and Chief Software Architect, Advance Technology Labs, ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
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12:00 PM
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Networking Luncheon
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Industry Expert
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1:30 PM
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Identifying your Innovators: Harnessing the Creative
Capability of Your Employees to Deliver New Ideas that will Fill Your
Idea Pipeline
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Mark Turrell, CEO, IMAGINATIK
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Case Study
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2:15 PM
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Collaboration as a Driver of Innovation: Transforming
the Space Where you and Your Customer Engage into an Innovation Engine
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Ron Volpe, Director, Customer Supply Chain, KRAFT FOODS
INC.
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3:00 PM
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Networking Break
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Case Study
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3:30 PM
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Innovations in Design: Increase Brand Recognition
by Using New and Unique Packaging
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Peter Hewitt, Owner and Founder, TEA FORTE
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Case Study
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4:15 PM
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Champion Innovation within the Company to Capitalize
on Unlimited Potential and Accelerate the Growth of Your Firm
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Carol Pletcher, Vice-President and Cargill Innovation Officer,
CARGILL
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5:00 PM
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Conference Adjourns
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