The fifth Business Innovation Conference will be held at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Rice Campus in Wheaton, IL on October 15 – 17, 2012.
Keynote speakers include;
- Kevin Willer, President and CEO, Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Center
- Tony Salvador, Director of Experience Insights Research, Intel
- Moises Norena, Global Director of Innovation, Whirlpool
- Kris Petersen | CEO and Founder, DealsGoRound
- Neil Ducoff, Author, Wake Up!
In addition to keynotes, the conference brings excellent speakers to discuss innovation. The speakers include the following:
- Laura Sarff of Hallmark
- Jeremy Alexis, Institute of Design
- Edward Coates, Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
- Moni Singh, STEM for Kids
- Eduardo Saavedra, Offshore International, Inc.
- Ramon Garcia, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Larry Carlson, Vangtel
- Ann Reeves, Nextions, LLC
- Joel Goldblatt, Williams, Bax & Saltzman, P.C.
- Jorge Zavala, TechBA Silicon Valley
- Eric Waltmire, Erickson Law Group
- Aaron Ferber, IDEO
- Dan Reid, Director, AIAG
- Jose Ignacio Sordo Galarza, CEO of CIOEureka!
In addition to the featured speakers, workshops will be conducted by Irena Suznjevic of SimBex, Croatia, Peter Balbus of Pragmaxis, and Ken Westray of PDMA on. These workshops dig deeper in the selected aspects of innovation. The conference offers a two-part workshop presented by Product Development Management Association (PDMA).
According to the conference co-chair Praveen Gupta, “Every year the Business Innovation Conference becomes more exciting with new features. Closing of the conference is an “Unconference” where attendees become speakers sharing their innovation experiences, successes and challenges.”
The fifth Business Innovation Conference is sponsored by Vangtel, a member company of the Offshore Group, headquartered in Tucson, AZ, Center for Innovation Science and Applications at IIT School of Applied Technology, Accelper Consulting, Gantec Corporation, PDMA, CIOEureka! and eBooks2Go.
To register for the conference please visit www.businessinnovationconference.com. Do not miss out the offer First 100 for $100 per person, instead of $695 per person.
To contact for sponsorship or exhibiting opportunities please contact Scott Pfeiffer, [email protected], or Praveen Gupta, [email protected].
About Center for Innovation Science and Applications
The Center for Innovation Science and Applications (CISA) has been established at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) as collaboration between industry and academia to further develop the science of innovation with global participation.
The CISA offers organizational assessment of innovation practices in an organization, offers training and certification in innovation, and facilitates new product development for profitable growth.
The CISA’s key initiatives include advances in innovation science, global collaboration, and standardization for improving efficiency and success rate of innovations. For more information, please visit http://www.iit.edu/cisa or contact Scott Pfeiffer, Director at [email protected].
About Accelper Consulting
Accelper Consulting offers education in innovation for industrializing and institutionalizing innovation, and making innovation profitable for organizations.
In collaboration with Illinois Institute of Technology, Accelper offers the Certified Business Innovator programs along with other training programs for executives and managers to develop in-house competency and improve return on investment in innovation.
For more information, please visit www.accelper.com or contact us at [email protected]
