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Innovation Stimulus! Create a powerful pipeline with Stimulus Package funding and external innovation principles

Submitted by: Claire-Juliette Beale on Apr 08, 2009 at 3:01 pm Tagged with: business strategy, external research, Funding, government stimulus, Innovation, innovation strategy, ITECS, Mead Westvaco, New Product Development, North Carolina, Open Innovation, Product Development and Management Association, RTP, stimulus package Source: Product Development and Management Association - Carolinas chapter

Some opportunities truly only occur once in a lifetime. The Stimulus Package, regardless of an individual's politics, will create opportunities for R&D funding, capital projects, and technology investment at levels never seen before.

In addition, external sourcing of innovation has found increasing value as companies expand their portfolios of ideas and bring new perspectives to the innovation pipeline. With an uncertain economy, creativity is more necessary than ever to uncover new, stable R&D growth opportunities.

For those who are prepared to take advantage of them, these forces have converged to create a unique opportunity - to create a foundational portfolio poised for the future with lower risk than one would expect.

The Carolinas Chapter of the Product Development and Management Association invites you to join Susan K. Ward, President of ITECS, and David E. Knox, Director of Business Development at MeadWestvaco Corporation, to hear first-hand about the opportunities created by federal government policies and programs and stimulus packages, as well as a practitioner's approach to expanding their innovation pipeline with external sourcing.

Can't make it to Durham? Join via Livemeeting.

Details and registration at www.pdma.org/carolinas