The Annual R&D Process Excellence Summit USA 2017 is dedicated to provide business opportunities to a target audience of executives, investors, leaders and thinkers.
Topics
- Design Thinking, Creativity and Innovation Culture
- Mega trends, Big Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Voice of Customer- aligning the decisions on Front End Innovation achievement with customer’s needs
- R&D effectiveness in a changing and highly demanding world
- Management of R&D teams in terms of retaining talents, career evolution and recruitment
- Opting for relevant KPIs and how they impact company’s performance
- Effective product creation process and product lifecycle management, Lean Product Development
- Knowledge Management ( generation, use, dissemination, store...)
- How to achieve competitive advantage through systematic market analysis?
- Integrating R&D with business departments to generate innovations
- Open and Outsourced Innovation Frameworks
- How to use analytics and big data to develop products and drive innovation?
- Partnerships between large companies and start-ups
- R&D portfolio optimisation and its alignment with your company business strategy
- Examining success stories in R&D efficiency: sharing your company experience
Who should Attend
Senior attendees with responsibilities in:
- R&D Controlling
- R&D
- R&D Technology Innovation Innovation Management Innovation Excellence
- R&D Cooperation
- Research Centre
- Strategic Innovation Management Open Innovation
- Master Black Belt
- Knowledge Management Portfolio Management
- Project Controlling
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Product Development Corporate Development Operations
- Project Management Performance Measurement Quality Management Business Planning
- Business Development Finance
- Accounting
- Marketing / Strategic Marketing Investment and Financial Planning
