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Monday, December 4

Pre-Conference Workshops
7:00 – 8:00 Workshop Registration
and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 12:00 Workshop A
Balancing Speed, Flexibility, Quality and Cost
Instructor: Preston G. Smith,
New Product Dynamics

Workshop B
Accelerating Innovation with the Right Strategic Choices and Practices
Instructor:
Instructors: Mitch Beaumont & Richard Meyer, PRTM

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 Workshop C
The Right Toolbox for High-Speed Innovation and NPD
Instructor: Greg Githens,
Catalyst Management Consulting

Workshop D
Accelerating Global Teams and Alliances
Instructor:
Dr. Scott S. Elliott, TechZecs LLC

Tuesday, December 5

Conference Day One
7:00 - 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 Welcoming Remarks
Management Roundtable
8:15 9:30 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Speeding Past Today's Successes

Christopher Meyer
, PhD, Chairman, Stra
tegic Alignment Group

Achieving High Speed with Fast,
Data-Driven Decision Making

9:30-10:15 CASE STUDY
WD-40 No Mess Pen: A Quick Draw to Success Stephanie Barry
, WD-40 Company
10:15-10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45-11:30 CASE STUDY
Balancing Unrestrained Creativity with ROI and Time-to-Market
 Pragnesh Shah
, Sprint Nextel
11:30-12:15 CASE STUDY
Speed to Market and Project Success in 14 Weeks
Melissa Dykema
, Cargill
12:15-1:30 Lunch
 

— TRACK A —
Creating the Culture & Capability for Speed

— TRACK B —
Tools and Techniques to Reduce NPD Lead Times

1:30-2:15 CASE STUDY
JDSU's Improvement Map for Speeding Product Development
Jeff Tucker,
JDSU & Greg Githens, Catalyst Management Consulting
TOOLS PRESENTATION
Execution: The Missing Link
Taher Khorakiwala, Realization
2:15-3:00 CASE STUDY
The Magic of Execution: How We Became a Market Leader
Randy Hergett, Hewlett-Packard
TOOLS PRESENTATION
Transforming the Process of Innovation: Power New Product Development and Introduction Success
Keith Perrin
, UGS
3:00-3:30 Refreshment Break
3:30-4:15 CASE STUDY
Enabling Faster, More Predictable Software Development
Kathryn Liburdi,
Pratt & Whitney
TOOLS PRESENTATION
VAXinate Your Portfolio for Maximum Health and Performance
Gene Kania, MC2
4:15-5:15

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Achieving and Sustaining High Speed in NPD
K.L. Seshu Seshasai
, PhD,  Group Vice President, R&D Sanford Brands, Newell Rubbermaid

5:15-5:30

Day One Closing Remarks

5:30-7:00

Networking Reception

Wednesday, December 6

Conference Day Two
8:00 - 8:45 Continental Breakfast
8:4510:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Lean, Rapid & Profitable Product Development: Accelerating the Process from Idea-to-Launch
Dr.Robert G.Cooper,
Professor, McMaster University & President, Product Development Institute, Inc.
10:00-10:15 Refreshment Break

Balancing Speed, Quality & Cost

10:15-11:00

CASE STUDY
Ideation for Compressed Time-to-Market
Seth Burgett
, Bausch & Lomb

11:0011:45

CASE STUDY
An Integrated Process for Speeding Innovation
David Musil
, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

11:45-1:00

Lunch

Organizing for Speed

1:00-1:45 CASE STUDY
Leveraging Co-Development for Increased Speed to Innovation
Peter Balyta
, Texas Instrument
1:45-2:30 CASE STUDY
Speeding Product Development By Changing The Project Management Mindset Doug Brandt
, Abbott
2:30-3:15 CASE STUDY
Zero Tolerance: A Paradigm for Predictable, On-Time Product Delivery  Laura Elan
, Shure
3:00-3:15

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