The 2nd ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Stimulating Recovery - The Role of Innovation Management - will be held in New York City, USA on 6-9 December 2009. Organised by ISPIM and hosted by The Fashion Institute of Technology 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 New York culture.

Symposium Sub-themes:

Submissions from academics, consultants and managers on innovation-related topics are strongly encouraged and should focus on the following:

Collaboration and open innovation Commercialising and financing innovation Entrepreneurship & intrapreneurship Innovating business models Innovation and IP Innovation policy for economic recovery Integrating innovation practice into education

Lean innovation Managing innovation to stimulate recovery Measuring and managing innovation Methods and tools for innovation Networks and regions of innovation Organisational creativity & idea generation Training and leadership for innovation

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Invited Speakers (more to follow):

Debra M. Amidon
Founder and CEO, ENTOVATION International Ltd
Author of The Innovation SuperHighway and Knowledge Economics: Emerging Principles, Practices and Policies

Dr. Alan G. Robinson
Professor, Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts
Author of Ideas Are Free and Corporate Creativity: How Innovation & Improvement Actually Happen

James D. Thompson
Associate Director of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs; Director of Societal Wealth Program
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Rita Gunther McGrath*
Associate Professor, Columbia Business School
Co-Author of The Entrepreneurial Mindset and MarketBusters: 40 Strategic Moves that Drive Exceptional Business Growth
* to be confirmed

PLUS a visit to Google’s New York Headquarters for a tour and speaker on Google’s innovative
products/services management (limited to 80 people on a first come first served basis)

Workshop Leaders:

To be announced

Important Submission Deadlines:

13 September 2009: Outlines Only (All Academic and Practitioner Submissions)
27 September 2009: Acceptance Notification
8 November 2009: Final Submissions (including papers, slides, profiles & photos) together with registration and payment

Symposium Fees:

ISPIM Member Non-Member Membership Offer: Symposium plus ISPIM Membership for 2010* Delegate US$ 770 (approx. € 599) US$ 895 (approx. € 696) add US$ 190 (approx. € 149) Student US$ 770 (approx. € 599) US$ 835 (approx. € 649) add US$ 65 (approx. € 50) Accompanying Guest Accompanying guests (husbands, wives, partners, etc.) are invited to the social events but may not attend Symposium sessions US$ 300 (approx. € 233) US$ 300 (approx. € 233)

*Invoice item: "2nd ISPIM Innovation Symposium including membership for 2010"

Symposium fee includes:
Entry to the ISPIM Innovation Symposium, Delegate Pack and Badge, Symposium Proceedings CD, Book of Abstracts, Welcome (Sunday), Dinner Cruise around Lower Manhattan and The Statue of Liberty (Monday), New York Evening at The Empire State Building - Visit to the Observatory (86th floor) and Dinner at The Heartland Brewery (Tuesday), Lunch x 3 & Refreshments during the Symposium.

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Marketing Opportunities:

Exhibition Area:

There will be a dedicated exhibition hall situated just off the main foyer with space available for 10 exhibition stands. The area is really for people wanting to promote an organisation, a project or a particular product or service in the field of innovation. Delegates will have to pass by this area during the coffee breaks and during the buffet lunch.

Two options are available for the exhibition area:

1. Roll-up bannerstand (we will provide a table, chairs, electricity point and wireless Internet access)

2. Pop-up lightweight stand with dimensions of about height 2m x depth 0.5m x width 2m (we will provide a table, chairs, electricity point and wireless Internet access)

The cost to book a space in the exhibition hall is US$ 1275 (approx. €1000) and all exhibitors will be entitled to register one delegate at the ISPIM members rate - a saving of US$ 125 (approx. €98) - please note that additional delegates will have to register at the full delegate rate unless they are already members of ISPIM. In addition, all exhibitors will be entitled to one free insert in the delegate packs and free use of the main display table. Additional inserts will be charged at the rates below.

Exhibitors should contact symposium@ispim.org requesting an exhibition space.

Delegate Pack Inserts:
The cost to have an insert in every delegate pack is US$ 1.50 (approx. €1.18) per insert. All inserts should be sent directly to New York. If local printing is required this can be arranged at an additional cost. Contact symposium@ispim.org if you wish to take up this offer.

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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.

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Contact Information

To contact the symposium secretariat, please email symposium@ispim.org.