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

Instructor

Dr. Jay Paap

Dr Jay Paap is one of the world’s most experienced and respected experts on innovation and new product development and brings over four decades of experience in managing technology and 35 years of consulting experience with major firms globally on innovation, new product and business development, technology strategy, competitive intelligence and corporate venturing.

Jay has helped dozens of firms set up and manage programmes to access external technology to stimulate innovation. A highly regarded and much-in-demand speaker he regularly presents executive-level courses including previous seminars for Pure Insight, MIT, Caltech, and numerous other universities and professional associations across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific regions. His article, “Anticipating Disruptive Innovation” won the prestigious IRI Maurice Holland award as the best article published in 2004 in Research Technology Management.

His clients have included 3M, Apple, Astra-Zeneca, BP, British Telecom, Dow Corning, DuPont, Ford, Gillette, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Lockheed-Martin, IBM, Mars, Motorola, Procter & Gamble, Sandia Labs, SC Johnson, Shell, Steelcase, Unilever, and Xerox.

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.