The 3rd ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Managing the Art of Innovation: Turning Concepts into Reality - will be held in Quebec City, Canada on 12-15 December 2010. Organised by ISPIM in collaboration with local partner INO, a leading non-profit R&D center in Optics/Photonics in Canada, this symposium will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The symposium format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with interactive workshops and discussion panels. Additionally, the symposium will provide excellent networking opportunities together with a taste of local French Canadian culture.

Symposium Themes:

Collaboration for innovation Culture and team management in innovation Entrepreneurship and venturing Innovation in SMEs Innovation training & education

Methods and tools for innovation Networks and clusters of innovation Organisational creativity & idea generation Public sector innovation and policy Venture capital & financing innovation

Confirmed Speakers:

• John R McDougall, President, National Research Council Canada
• Roger Gaudreault, Director General, R&D, Cascades

More speakers to follow shortly!

Symposium Fees:

ISPIM Member Non-Member Membership Offer: Symposium plus ISPIM Membership until 30 June 2011** Delegate C$795 (approx. €598) C$925 (approx. €696) add C$199 (approx. €150) Student C$795 (approx. €598) C$845 (approx. €636) add C$66.50 (approx. €50) Accompanying Guest* C$295 (approx. €222) C$295 (approx. €222)

All prices are in Canadian Dollars (C$).
*Accompanying guests (husbands, wives, partners, etc.) are invited to the social events but may not attend symposium sessions.
**Invoice item: "3rd ISPIM Innovation Symposium including membership until 30 June 2011". This makes you eligible for the member rate for this symposium.

Symposium fee includes:
Symposium Entry (all 3 days), Delegate Pack and Badge, Symposium Proceedings CD, Book of Abstracts, Welcome Reception (Sunday), Symposium Gala Dinner at the Parliament Building of Quebec (Monday), Traditional Evening (Tuesday), Lunch x 3 & Refreshments during the Symposium.

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Symposium Special Issue:

A Special Issue containing selected papers from this symposium will be published in ISPIM's official journal, The International Journal of Innovation Management.