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31 July 2010
marketing/sales sector

2nd Annual Open Innovation
Ehancing the Scope of Your Creative Enterprise

Event Date: 25-27 Feb 2008
Location: The Venetian Las Vegas, USA

key conference speakers

Tom Cripe
Associate Director, External Business Development, Procter & Gamble
Victor Welch
Director, Corporate Marketing Initiatives Group, GE
Jeff Bellairs
Director, External Innovation, General Mills
Andy Shafer
Executive Vice President, Sales and Market Development, Renewable Chemical Corporation (Formerly Cargill)
Verna Chao
Program Director, Corporate Innovation Projects, IBM Corporation

key conference topics

  • Identify open innovation models that streamline the strategic decisions process
  • Analyze cultures that foster open innovation
  • Discover hidden sources of technology and expertise to fuel your internal innovation engine
  • Ascertain the rolemetrics, reward/recognition programs, and standardized agreements should have in an open innovation
  • Learn why business model and operational innovations are the true P&L drivers
  • conference focus

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    Oval Ideas

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    who should attend the conference

    marcus evans invites C-Level Executives, EVPs, SVPs, VPs, Directors, Heads and other senior executives from all cross industry sectors. It will include a mix of manufacturing organizations and service-based companies.
    • Innovation
    • Research & Development
    • Insights and Planning
    • Strategic Alliances
    • Technology
    • Discovery
    • Exploration
    • Product Development
    • Technology Transfer
    • Knowledge Management
    • Creative Enterprises
    • Marketing
    • New Business Development

    the conference organisers

    marcus evans specialises in the research and development of strategic events for senior business executives. From our international network of 63 offices, marcus evans produces over 1000 event days a year on strategic issues in corporate finance, telecommunications, technology, health, transportation, capital markets, human resources and business improvement.

    Above all, marcus evans provides clients with business information and knowledge which enables them to sustain a valuable competitive advantage and makes a positive contribution to their success.



    conference speakers

    Tom Cripe
    Associate Director, External Business Development
    Procter & Gamble

    Dave Edwards
    CTO & Vice President, Reseach and Development
    Avery Dennison

    Victor Welch
    Director, Corporate Marketing Initiatives Group
    GE

    Jeff Bellairs
    Director, External Innovation
    General Mills

    Andy Shafer
    Executive Vice President, Sales and Market Development
    Renewable Chemical Corporation (Formerly Cargill)

    Chris Schenken
    Vice President, Global Innovation
    United Parcel Service

    Nanako Mura
    Associate Program Director, Open Innovation
    Kraft Foods

    Verna Chao
    Program Director, Corporate Innovation Projects
    IBM Corporation

    Brenda Tollett
    Vice President, Innovation
    Ashland, Inc

    Martin Roy
    Associate Director
    Johnson & Johnson

    Stuart Benzal
    Director, Innovation
    Circuit City Stores, Inc

    Andy Gilicinski
    Director, Technology Brokerage & Innovation
    The Clorox Company

    Philippe Barbarat
    Director, Advanced Scientific Research and Development
    L'Oreal, Inc

    Bob Withrow
    Consulting Engineer, Office of the Chief Technology Officer
    Nortel Networks Corporation

    John Smith
    Senior Principal Scientist
    PepsiCo, Inc

    Mike Baker
    Director, Product Technologies, iLevel
    Weyerhaeuser

    Mark Turrell
    Chief Executive Officer
    Imaginatik

    Skip Davis
    Vice President
    NineSigma

    Greg Narog
    Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales
    Oval Ideas, Inc

    Gary Oosta
    Chief Scientific Officer
    Oval Ideas, Inc

    Ray Wodar
    Director, Consumer and Life Sciences Solutions
    DS Enovia

    Paul Stupay
    Vice President
    NineSigma

    general enquiries

    Natakii David - Manufacturing

    3rd Floor, CGI Tower
    Warrens, St. Michael
    Barbados, BB12001

    Telephone:
    246 417 5420
    Fax: 888 844 4901
    Email: manufacture@marcusevansbb.com


    sponsorship opportunities

    Natakii David - Manufacturing

    CGI Tower, 3rd Floor
    Warrens, St. Michael
    Barbados, BB12001

    Telephone: 888 844 4901
    Fax: 246 417 5420
    Email: manufacture@marcusevansbb.com

    conference quote

    "Advance Innovative Ideas through Partner Collaboration & Co-Development"

    Harnessing Innovative Voices to Fuel Your Innovation Pipeline