Workshops, Seminars and Conferences

January 14-16, 2009, The Innovation Workforce of the Future, A Product Development and Management Association by invitation only event held in San Diego, CA. 

This workshop will look at how organizations can maintain and build innovation competencies in this changing world.  More about the event at http://www.pdma.org/events_detail.cfm?pk_event=201

Past Events

November 7, 2007, Kohler Company, Appley Theater, Kohler, Wisconsin
Leveraging Outsourced Partners in Manufacturing, Engineering and Services:  A panel delivering successes and challenges with onshore and offshore resources.
More information at www.pdma.org/wisconsin

September 19, 2007.  Madison, Wisconsin
The Intersection of Product Development and Competitive Intelligence
Archived information at http://www.productinnovators.com/wisconsin/events/pastEvents/09192007.htm

October 1-2, 2007.  Orlando, Florida
Innovation Connection 2007.  PDMA International Conference
More information at www.globalexec.com/pdma2007/welcome.php

Some of the questions we are working on addressing through seminars.    

How to leverage internal resources while developing an outsourced relationship?

What is Open Innovation, can we sell products not invented by us?  Who is doing this?

How do I effectively partner with university based research organizations?

India is growing at an annual growth rate of 9%.  What are major barriers for doing business in India and How do we make our India business strategy work?

How can we effectively deal with talent acquisition and retention challenges in India? 

How do we deal with the salary inflation in India ?

How do we take full advantage of the tax incentives in India and the special economic zones?

US Dollar is declining against major foreign currencies - where are the opportunities, how do we take advantage?

How do we get strated in Export/Import?