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PRELIMINARY AGENDA
(Subject to Change)


Monday, November 6

Pre-Conference Workshops
7:00-8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00-12:00 WORKSHOP A - AM HALF-DAY
Metrics for Launching Innovation

Instructors: Mike Docherty, Venture2
8:00-5:00  WORKSHOP B - FULL-DAY
Proactive and Predictive R&D Metrics
Instructor: Bradford L. Goldense, GGI
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-5:00 WORKSHOP C - PM HALF-DAY
Metrics 101: Best Practices and a Basic Framework for Success
Instructor: Wayne Mackey, Product Development Consulting, Inc.

Tuesday, November 7

Conference Day One
7:00-8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 Welcoming Remarks
Management Roundtable
8:15-9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Metrics for Driving Future Performance: The Innovation Diamond
Dr. Scott Edgett, Product Development Institute
Metrics for Predicting the Winners—
Determining Portfolio Value
9:30-10:30 CASE STUDY
Identification of R&D Metrics to Measure Organizational Efficiency, Effectiveness and Value Contribution
Patrice M. Gausselin,
Access Business Group
10:30-11:00 Refreshment Break
11:00-12:00 CASE STUDY
Rapid Commercialization at Praxair: Achieving Business Results Through a Well Executed Stage-Gate Process
Matthew L. Wagner, Ph.D.,
Praxair
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Metrics for Innovation: Building Corporate-Wide and Future-Focused Capability
Dr. Liisa Valikangas,
Woodside Institute
Metrics to Manage and Measure
the Innovation Pipeline
2:15-3:15 CASE STUDY
The 20 Keys to Robust Product Design
Chris B. Bardeggia,
Whirlpool Corporation
3:15-3:45 Refreshment Break
3:45-5:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Impact of Innovation on Strategy, Tactics and Metrics
Bradford L. Goldense,
Goldense Group, Inc.
5:00-5:15 Day One Closing Remarks
5:30-6:45 MVP Awards Reception

Wednesday, November 8

Conference Day Two
7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast
Metrics for Managing
Internal and External Partners
8:00-9:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Design Partnership and Outsourcing Metrics
Wayne Mackey, Product Development Consulting, Inc.
9:15-10:15 Metrics Experts Panel
10:15-10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45-11:45 FEATURE PRESENTATION
How Product Lifecycle Management Enables Next Practices in Distributed Product Development
Raj Khoshoo, 
UGS Corporation
11:45-12:45 Lunch
Strategic and Financial Metrics
12:45-1:45 Calculating ROI for Open Innovation
Kathleen Deviaene,
Cisco Systems
1:45-2:45 Portfolio Metrics Used in a Tactical Environment
Guy M. Merritt,
Tellabs
2:45-3:45 Simple Frameworks and Metrics for New Product and New Business Development
Larry Micek,
Cargill, Inc.
3:45-4:00 Conference Wrap-Up