HIGHLIGHTS

·         Understanding the need for an inclusive, organization-wide innovation strategy in order to survive and grow

·         Innovation as a means to creating new offerings, but also as a means to developing new internal processes and business models

·         Creating an innovation marketplace; internal strategies and processes for innovation

·         Understanding the innovation ‘gap’: how the portfolio management process can expose strategic drivers that are light on innovation projects

·         Resource management and aligning  people to innovation, ensuring that there is the capacity to innovate

·         The ability to identify investment areas and ROI for innovation

·         Tools and technology solutions for an innovation management ‘system’

 SPEAKERS

Hans van Eck-Casteels helps Pcubed’s customers with their innovation and  optimization strategies. In his earlier career, Hans managed Canada 3000, and by 1997 grew it from Canada’s smallest charter airline into Canada’s second biggest commercial airline, with $ 1.1 Billion in revenue and destinations across the globe. For France Telecom, he managed the Strategy and Consulting lines of business, as well as the Innovation Strategy with SITA for their Air Traffic line of business. Prior to France Telecom, he was a Principal with A.T. Kearney, focusing on IT strategy.  Hans is a graduate of the University of Oxford, holding a Master of Economics. He is also a serious amateur Chef.

Don Richardson is the director of global Innovation Management and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) industry strategy at Microsoft. He is directly responsible for defining Microsoft's business strategy to address these vital markets. Don led the strategy, definition and business development of Microsoft’s Innovation Process Management solution which enables organizations to effectively manage the ideation lifecycle. Don has also worked with customers and partners to drive industry standards efforts such as OLE for Process Control (OPC), a de facto standard for exchanging platform data, and the adoption of Microsoft technologies such as Windows, .NET and SQL Server as mission critical and secure enterprise development platforms for the major manufacturing and PLM applications vendors.  

Simon Floyd is the Director of Industry Technology Strategy for Innovation and Product Lifecycle Management at Microsoft.  Simon is responsible for the overall industry value strategy, vision and solutions-based architecture to address current and future trends, customer pains and opportunities.  Prior to joining Microsoft, Simon held leadership roles in product strategy at Actify, Cadence Design Systems and Alventive.  Before a career in the software industry Simon provided product design services to manufacturers of automotive, consumer and industrial products.  He is additionally responsible for innovations in residential solar electric power generation and handheld electronic point-of-sale devices. In addition, Simon has held several lecturing positions at Universities in Australia, teaching enclosure design for electronic products, and advanced 3D CAD and animation techniques.

PROPOSED AGENDA

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Registration Opens

8:00

a.m.

Breakfast & Networking

8:00

a.m.

-

8:45

a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

Don Richardson & Richard Evans

8:45

a.m.

-

9:00

a.m.

Opening Keynote: The Business of Innovation

Todd Warren

9:00

a.m.

-

10:00

a.m.

Microsoft Innovation Management Solution Overview

Don Richardson & Simon Floyd

10:00

a.m.

-

11:15

a.m.

Break

11:15

a.m.

-

11:30

a.m.

Keynote Presentation: Transformation Strategies

Hans Casteels

11:30

a.m.

-

12:30

p.m.

Lunch

12:30

p.m.

-

1:30

p.m.

Facilitated Group Workshops

1:30

p.m.

-

3:00

p.m.

Meeting Adjourns