Conferences

The Alliance sponsors annual Conferences on technology management topics chosen by sponsor organizations. These are one-day events attended by 50-100 people, with formal presentations followed by panel discussion.

The list of past Conference topics provides a good indication of the broad range of issues that the Alliance has grappled with:

Past Conference topics have been:

1992 Metrics for Measuring R&D Effectiveness
1993 Project Selection
1994 The New Paradigm in R&D
1995 New Product Team Performance
1996 Processes for Product Conception
1997 Project Management: The State of the Art
1998 Achieving Radical Innovation
1999 Intellectual Property Management
2000 Knowledge Management
2001 Applications of E-Commerce/Business: The State of the Art
2002 Portfolio Management: State of the Art Methodologies and Practices
2003 Business Process Improvement
2004 Retaining and Motivating Key Technical Personnel
2005 Innovation as On-going Strategy
2006 The Creativity - Innovation Connection
2007 Commercializing New Ideas: Crossing the Bridge from Idea to Innovation
2008 Managing Risk and Uncertainty in Pursuit of Innovation
2009 Leading in a Changing Environment

Click here for a detailed overview of our past events