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Presenting the 12th Annual MRT Conference:

Agenda
(subject to change)

Monday, November 5

Pre-Conference Workshops
7:00-8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00-12:00 WORKSHOP A - AM HALF-DAY
Metrics 101: Best Practices and a Framework for Success
Instructor: Wayne Mackey, Conference Chairman,
Product Development Consulting, Inc.
8:00-5:00  WORKSHOP B - FULL-DAY
Linked Portfolio MetricsTM
Instructors: Bradford L. Goldense & Timothy P. Kirby, Goldense Group, Inc.
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-5:00 WORKSHOP C - PM HALF-DAY
Building the High Performance R&D Team
Instructor: Wayne Mackey, Conference Chairman
, Product Development Consulting, Inc.
5:30-6:30 Networking Reception / Exhibits

Tuesday, November 6

Conference - Day One
7:00 – 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10 Opening Remarks
Management Roundtable
8:10 – 8:30 Chairman's Welcome
Wayne Mackey, Conference Chairman, Product Development Consulting, Inc.
8:30-10:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Sometimes Things Change...Driving Effective Innovation with Curiosity, Confidence and Courage
Larry Keeley
, President, Doblin, Inc.
10:00-10:15 Refreshment Break

Measuring Business Impact for
New to the World Innovations

10:15-11:00 Case Study
Metrics for Technology Enabled Growth, Dr. Raj Aggarwal, Rockwell Collins
11:00-11:45 Case Study
The Evolution of Metrics to Guide and Assess New Business Investments
Rich Wykoff
, General Manager, New Business Initiatives Group, Intel
11:45-1:00 Lunch

Shifting Your Metrics Mindset

1: 00 - 2:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Beyond Metrics and Numbers: Rethinking How You and Your Organization Measures Innovation
Dean R. Spitzer, PhD, Performance Measurement Thought Leader, IBM Almaden Services Research
2:00-2:45 Case Study
Integrating and Measuring Innovation In The Product Development Process
,

Guy Merritt
, Tellabs
2:45-3:00 Refreshment Break
3:00-3:45 Case Study
DJO’s Metrics Journey:
Shifting from Traditional to Non-traditional NPD Metrics
,

Rich Gildersleeve
, DJO, LLC
3:45 -5:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Forget Conformance: Seek FLOW
Don Reinertsen,
President, Reinertsen & Associates
5:00-5:15

Day One Take-Aways
Wayne Mackey, Conference Chairman, Product Development Consulting, Inc.

5:30-7:00 Networking Reception

Wednesday, November 7

Conference - Day Two
7:00 – 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:00-7:45 SPECIAL BREAKFAST SESSION
A Question of Context- The Promise and Peril of Applying Manufacturing Concepts to Product Development Effort

Randall C. Illiff, Bit7
8:15-9:15 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Payback: What it is, How to Measure It, and How to Get More

James Andrew,
Senior Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
9:15-9:30 Refreshment Break
9:30-10:45 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Innovation Practices & Measures for Organic Productivity
Bradford L. Goldense
, Founder & CEO, Goldense Group, Inc.
10:45 -11:45

Extended Keynote Discussion Sessions

11:45 -12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:30 Case Study
Metrics for Managing the Innovation Portfolio
, Don DeLauder, MEDRAD
1:30-2:15 Case Study
Measuring & Managing Your
Intellectual Asset Portfolio
,
Amy M. Achter
, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
2:15-2:30

Refreshment Break

2:30-3:30

Application Session/Conference Summation—
Wayne Mackey, Conference Chairman, Product Development Consulting, Inc.

3:30

Close of Conference

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BONUS!
All conference participants will receive c
omplimentary copies
of the following books:

James Andrew’s Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation

Dr. Dean Spitzer's Transforming Performance Measurement

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