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Roundtables

Purpose

Besides the annual Conference, a major Alliance mechanism for disseminating knowledge and facilitating the informal exchange of information among partner organizations is the Roundtable meeting. These are held at approximately bimonthly intervals, on topics selected by Partners and relevant to their current needs. The meetings rotate among partner locations.

Roundtables

Roundtable meetings typically begin with a brief survey of the current state of the field, usually presented by an authority such as a Howe School faculty member. This is followed by a discussion of current issues, progress, and problem areas at sponsor organizations, facilitated by one or more sponsor representatives. Following the meeting, the presentation charts, along with brief "takeaway" summaries of the main points, are distributed to attendees electronically for further dissemination in their organizations.


The attendance level is controlled -- typically 15-20 -- to ensure an intimate forum that encourages effective interaction. Participants at these meetings typically include R&D directors and business unit managers responsible for technology development.


See below for a list of the topics that have been addressed at the Roundtable meetings. As will be seen, many of the conference topics have also been addressed in the more informal venue of the roundtable meetings, to allow for more in-depth discussion and information sharing.


Thus, the conference dealing with project management was bracketed, before and after, by a year of bi-monthly Roundtable meetings and a workshop, through which the Alliance "peeled back the onion" on project management and delved into various avenues of sponsor interest. Specific sub-topics discussed under the general theme of project management were the use of the stage-gate process in new product development, the application of the theory of constraints to project management (in turn followed by an intensive two day workshop on this subject), the identification and sharing of exemplary partner practices, best methods for killing a project, and the identification and discussion of critical factors for success in project management.


Click here for a detailed overview of our past conferences and roundtables since 2003

All Past Roundtables

Date

Host

Topic

Leaders

9-23-2009

AT&T

Leading Multi-Generational Teams: Practical Solution’s for Today’s Leaders

Steve Jacobs, Global Pharmaceutical Solutions

7-23-2009

Alcatel-Lucent

Leading in a Changing Environment: Leading Multi-Generational Teams

Steve Jacobs, Global BioPharm Solutions

4-29-2009

ARDEC

Working in the Virtual Environment: Practical Experiences

Pat Holahan, Bobbi Bailey, Wayne Robertson, Katherine Bakeev, Don Gulliksen

2-11-2009

ISO

Managing the Complexities of the Virtual Work Environment: Use of Social Networking and Communication Technologies

Don Gulliksen, JTSi

11-19-2008

Stevens

Selected Howe School Research presentations

Pat Holahon, Ann Mooney, Richard Reilly, Carol Brown, Heidi Bertels

9-23-2008

Infineum

Change Strategies in Pursuit of Innovation: Open Innovation

Tony Le Storti, IDEATECTS
Roy Nicolosi, ISO
Don Gulliksen, JTSI

7-22-2008

Alcatel-Lucent

The Challenge of Change in Pursuit of Innovation: Practical Applications

Roy Nicolosi, ISO
Anthony Le Storti, Ideatects

4-30-2008 morning

Stryker

The Challenge of Organizational Change in Pursuit of Innovation II

Jack Emert, Infineum
Anthony Le Storti, Ideatects
Roy Nicolosi, ISO

4-30-2008 afternoon

Stryker

The Challenge of Organizational Change in Pursuit of Innovation III

Jack Emert, Infineum
Anthony Le Storti, Ideatects
Roy Nicolosi, ISO

2-13-2008

ISO

The Challenge of Organizational Change in Pursuit of Innovation

Jack Emert, Infineum
Anthony Le Storti, Ideatects
Roy Nicolosi, ISO

11-14-2007

Stevens

Selected Howe School Research presentations

Ann Mooney, Zvi Aronson, and Michael Ryan

9-18-2007

Stryker

Transforming Mindsets for Collaborative Innovation

Christopher Barlow, The Co-Creativity Institute

5-2-2007

ARDEC

Mindsets for Innovation

Geza Pap, ARDEC, Christopher Barlow, The Co-Creativity Institute

2-8-2007

ISO

Creative Problem-Solving: Lessons and Guidelines

Tony Le Storti, Ideatects

11-15-2006

Stevens Institute

Selected Howe School Faculty Research Presentations

Pat Holahan, Peter Koen, Joca Stefanovic

9-20-2006

Infineum

Creative Problem Solving: Application of Models II

Tony Le Storti, Ideatects
Jack Emert, Infineum
Nick Pera, US Navy Strategic Systems

7-12-2006

Lucent

Creative Problem Solving: Application of Models

Tony Le Storti, Ideatects
Ray Chiu, ISO
Maryellen Cox, Teknor Apex

4-26-2006

ISO

Understanding Creativity to Enhance Innovation II

Tony Le Storti, Ideatects

4-26-06

ISO

Creativity: Application and Models/Methods

Ray Chiu, ISO Jim Caiazzo, ARDEC, Tony Le Storti

2-15-06

ARDEC

Understanding Creativity to Enhance Innovation

Toni LeStorti

11-15-05

Stevens Institute

 

Selected Howe School Faculty Research Presentations

Pat Holahan, Richard Reilly,

Zvi Aronson, Karen Sobel Lojeski

9-20-05

DRS

 

Turning Innovation into a Powerful Business Strategy

4) Overcoming the Obstacles to Innovation, continued

Lem Tarshis, SATM

Ron Eilertson, Teknor Apex

Jason Brito, ISO

7-12-05

Infineum

 

Turning Innovation into a Powerful Business Strategy

3) Overcoming the Obstacles to Innovation

Larry Gastwirt, SATM

Ron Eilertson, Teknor Apex

4-19-05

ISO

 

Turning Innovation into a Powerful Business Strategy

2) Leadership for Innovation

Tony Le Storti, Ideatects

Geza Pap, ARDEC

2-8-05

ARDEC

 

Turning Innovation into a Powerful Business Strategy

1) Mapping Innovation: An Exploration of Principles and Processes

Larry Gastwirt, SATM

Tony Le Storti, Ideatects

11-15-04

Stevens

Review of Selected Research by Howe School Faculty

Michael zur Muehlen
Hosein Fallah
Pat Holahan/Ann Mooney

9-21-04

Unilever Bestfoods

Strategic Alignment of Information Technology and the Business Enterprise

Jerry Luftman, Stevens

Patricia Sterling and

Michael Caruso, ISO

7-12-04

Lucent Technologies

Working Virtually: What does it mean? How does it function?

Mahoud Daneshmand, AT&T

Robert Elliott, Infineum

4-20-04

ISO

Sustaining Innovation While Outsourcing Technology Development

Karen Lojeski, Stevens

2-3-04

ARDEC

Issues in Managing the Outsourcing of Technology Development and Support

Geza Pap, ARDEC

Doug Ogino, Lucent Technologies

11-17-03

Lucent Technologies

Workplace Transformation for the Knowledge Economy

 

Brad Allenby, AT&T

9-15-03

ISO

Application of Learnings from June Symposium on Creativity Under Time Pressure

Peter Koen, Stevens

Tony Le Storti, Ideatects

7-17-03

Unilever Bestfoods

 

Keys to Developing Blockbuster New Products

 

Gary Lynn, Stevens

Brad Allenby, AT&T

3-10-03

Stevens Institute

 

Review of Selected Research by Howe School Faculty

Richard Reilly, leader

Jeff Nickerson

Zvi Aronson/Thomas Lechler

Ann Mooney/Pat Holahan

1-13-03

ARDEC

Tools and Techniques for Achieving Breakthroughs

 

Peter Koen, Stevens

 

11-4-02

Lucent Technologies

 

Increasing Shareholder Value

Boaz Ronen, Tel Aviv University

10-7-02

ISO

Achieving Breakthroughs: Organizational Structure and Knowledge Creation

 

Peter Koen, Stevens

8-8-02

AT&T

Discussion of Learnings from Portfolio Management Conference ( 6/20/02)

Ron Eilertson, Teknor Apex

Keith Saunders, Teknor Apex

Audrey Curtis, Stevens

4-30-02

ARDEC

Portfolio Management: Techniques/Methodologies to Determine Attractiveness of Projects

Peter Oˇ¦Neill, ARDEC

Robert Boylan, AT&T

Aaron Shenhar, Stevens

2-11-02

Unilever-Bestfoods

Portfolio Management

William Ausura, Lucent (ret.)

Aaron Shenhar, Stevens

11-29-01

 

Lucent

Further Discussion of Critical Chain Methodology

Richard Zultner, Stevens

Lemuel Tarshis, Stevens

7-11-01

ISO

The Application of Theory of Constraints to Product Development

 

 

Richard Zultner, Stevens

Roy Pool, Lucent Technologies

4-5-01

Pershing

Project Management: Sharing of Exemplary Practices

Michael Poli, Stevens

Bill Jacobs, Pershing

 

1-4-01

AT&T

Stage-Gate Processes: What Works and What Doesnˇ¦t

Larry Gastwirt, Stevens

Ron Eilertson, Teknor Apex

10-16-00

Lucent

Critical Factors for Success in Project Management

Aaron Shenhar, Stevens

Prem Pungaliya, Lucent

Houssam Halabi, AT&T

7-31-00

ARDEC

Motivation for Innovation II

Lem Tarshis, Stevens

Don McIver, ISO

Clark Ensley, ARDEC

3-27-00

Bestfoods

Motivation for Superior Innovation Performance

Leonid Bazilevich, Stevens

Joan McManus-Massey, AT&T

Ned Jarmas , Bestfoods

1-31-00

Pershing

Quantitative Metrics for Retention and Motivation

Richard Reilly, Stevens

Don Gulliksen/John Sanker, ARDEC

Karen Smith/Jim Peters, Pershing

11-22-99

AT&T

Employee Motivation and Retention

Richard Reilly, Stevens

Linda Villa, AT&T

09-13-99

ARDEC

Knowledge Management

Joe Morabito, Stevens

Jim Biscardi, ARDEC

Leo Strecker, Best Foods

06-14-99

Pershing

Training to Enhance and Maintain Critical Competencies

Ann Gorewitz, Pershing

Tim McGovern, ISO

Richard Reilly, Stevens

03-29-99

AT&T

Deciding on When/How to Outsource Projects

Moe Maghami, Lucent

Tim Koeller, Stevens

Dario Mazurek, AT&T

01-25-99

Best Foods

Beyond Financial Measures: Defining Organizational Success

Aaron Shenhar, Stevens

Leo Strecker, Best Foods

Lou Laucirica, Stevens

11-16-98

Lucent

Portfolio Management: How to Kill a Project

Peter Koen, Stevens

Phyllis Romalodor, AT&T

Holly Newman, Lucent

09-28-98

ARDEC

Quality Management of Vendors (Suppliers)

Don Merino, Stevens

Geza Pap, ARDEC

06-29-98

Best Foods

Trend Assessment as an Input for Strategic Planning

Larry Ostuni, ARDEC

Pat Aussem AT&T

Gary Lynn, Stevens

04-27-98

Pershing

Portfolio Management

Peter Koen, Stevens

Mike McPheters, Lucent

Joe Lehman, ARDEC

Pat Aussem, AT&T

Larry Morillo, Pershing

Leo Strecker, Best Foods

02-18-98

AT&T

Managing Customer/Contractor Teams for Product Development

 

Al Stanbury, ARDEC

Mike Hutton, GTECH

09-24-97

ARDEC

Software Product Development Processes

Wayne Sherer, ARDEC

Steve Beason, GTECH

07-23-97

Lucent

Factors for Project Success

Leo Stecker, Best Foods

Aaron Shenhar, Stevens

05-07-97

Best Foods

Post Mortem Project Reviews: How to Influence Processes

 

Steven McLaughlin, GTECH

Tim Phelan, Merck

02-26-97

Stevens

Research Activities of Stevensˇ¦ Technology Management Faculty

 

Chaired by Aaron Shenhar, Stevens MTM Faculty

12-18-96

ARDEC

Experiences with Unraveling the Fuzzy Front End

 

All (general discussion)

09-12-96

AT&T

Quality Processes in R & D

Thomas Abele, AT&T

Ned Jarmas, Best Foods

George Cherenack, ARDEC

Steve Zinkgraf, Allied Signal

06-27-96

Exxon

Metrics in the New R & D Paradigm

Barry Peiffer, AT&T

Carl Beaulieu, ARDEC

04-18-96

Best Foods

Outsourcing R & D

Bill Edmunds, Best Foods

Lou Furlong, Exxon

02-29-96

ARDEC

Optimizing R & D in the midst of Massive Strategic Change

 

Roy Weber, AT&T

11-30-95

AT&T

Internal Factors Affecting Innovation

MS MTM Innovation Course (MS741) - Student Teams

07-06-95

Best Foods

Performance Evaluations Based on Intra-Company Feedback

 

Gregory Ferdinand, ARDEC

Fred Kurasiewicz, Best Foods

05-24-95

Exxon

Providing the Right Organizational Environment for Multi-Disciplinary Teams to Succeed

 

Don Bloechle, AT&T

Charles Rebick, Exxon

03-08-95

AT&T

Creative Methods for R & D Cost Reduction

Krishna Murti, AT&T

Barbara Machak, ARDEC

11-16-94

ARDEC

Doing More with Less in R, D & E - II

William Blazowski, Exxon

Joseph Shiposh, ARDEC

09-21-94

Allied Signal

Doing More with Less in R, D & E - I

Alastair Glass, AT&T

Richard Schroeder, Allied Signal

07-27-94

Exxon

Leveraging Technology with Universities, Government or Other Companies

Ramon Espino, Exxon

Alice White, AT&T

Greg Smith, Allied Signal

05-25-94

AT&T

Intellectual Property Management

Bob Kerwin, AT&T

Harvey Cohen, Exxon

03-24-94

Engelhard

Getting R, D & E People to Work in a Direct Customer Contact Mode

 

John Gilmore, AT&T

11-17-93

ARDEC

Non-Traditional Team-Based Rewards

Keith Douglas, Engelhard

Bob Helmstetter, AT&T

09-23-93

AT&T

Non-Traditional R & D Rewards

Jack McGourty, Stevens

John Leibold, Exxon

07-01-93

Exxon

Concurrent R & D Practices (Teaming)

Ron Corn, ARDEC

Howard Helms, AT&T

03-31-93

Allied Signal

R & D Portfolio Balancing

Larry Kravitz, Allied Signal

Lou Furlong, Exxon

01-20-93

ARDEC

Technology Strategic Planning

Harvey Garver, ARDEC

Mike Quick, Engelhard

11-18-92

Engelhard

Metrics in R, D & E

Jack McGourty, Stevens

Archie McKellar, IBM