Front end of innovation May 8, 2007

In addition to robust topics that are considered to be core competencies of the front end such as Building & Managing an Innovative Rich Culture, Leadership, Identifying the "White Space" & Opportunity Identification, Idea Generation & Management in the Discovery Portfolio, Latest Tools & Techniques, and Continuous Improvement in the Front End…we will also put a special focus on new content to include:

* Open Innovation
* Design
* Service Innovation
* Partnering for Innovation & Forming R&D Alliances
* BIG Innovation in small Companies
* Global Innovation Networks
* Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Spirit
* Early Stage Venture Capital & Intellectual Property
* Operational Innovation
* Fact-Based Decision-Making in the Front End

Official Website: http://www.iirusa.com/frontend/14544.xml