Implementing Technology Scouting to Increase Innovation

2 - 3 October 2008
Sheraton Hotel, Heathrow, London

TWO DAY EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP from one of the foremost expert on how to identify, structure and implement effective technology partnerships.

Setting up programmes to accelerate innovation through external sourcing

One of the world's most experienced and respected expert on TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING, CORPORATE VENTURING, and other OPEN INNOVATION models delivers this groundbreaking seminar based on 35 years of experience with major global firms.

His article "Anticipating Disruptive Innovation" won the prestigious IRI Maurice Holland award

Seminar Instructor: Dr. Jay Paap

This comprehensive seminar uses a workshop or hands-on approach. It includes, lecture and discussion sessions, question-and-answer periods, and illustrations by way of experiences and examples in other companies. It provides you with the knowledge and examples needed to return to your own business and begin implementation by extensively covering on how to:

1. Assess your sourcing culture and when it makes sense to look outside
   
2. Find new technologies and how to select the right matches  
   
3. Structure external sourcing relationships and create effective IP frameworks
   
4. Set up a scouting program that works for you

Event Sponsors:

Hype Softwaretechnik creates idea management software for new product development. Our flagship solution, HypeIMT, supports global leaders such as BASF, DaimlerChrysler, and Siemens in managing the innovation process. HypeIMT's flexibility enables quick and cost-effective implementation, controlled change management, and customizable functionality that allows information sharing. Hype's unique pricing makes HypeIMT an attractive choice for clients of all sizes.

Bubble is a management consultancy specialising in New Product Development. The company helps its clients achieve enduring growth through improved new product strategies and product development processes. A comprehensive approach leads to world class performance in identifying the right products, developing them right first time, and establishing the right supply chains to maximize product profitability.

Strategyn UK helps product and service companies in B2B and B2C sectors create corporate innovation programs that drive product, service, operational, and business model innovation. We enable companies to create a culture of innovation and a systematic, rigorous engine for risk-mitigated organic growth. At the heart of our approach is Outcome-Driven Innovation^TM.

Yet2.com is a global technology transfer marketplace and licensing consulting company. Yet2.com works with companies small and large supporting their innovation activities through technology acquisition and exploitation consulting services and their unique technology transfer marketplace and global network.