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Koen to chair Annual PDMA/IIR Innovation Event, Boston

By: Heidi Bertels

Front End of Innovation Conference expecting record attendance

HOBOKEN , N.J. ó Peter A. Koen, Associate Professor in the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, will chair the Fourth Annual Front End of Innovation Conference in Boston , Mass. , May 22-24, 2006 , organized by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) and The Institute for International Research (IIR).

The keynote speaker line-up includes Clayton Christensen, Professor and Author of ìThe Innovator's Dilemmaî and ìThe Innovator's Solutionî; Terry Jones, Founder and Former CEO of Travelocity; Tom Kelley, Author of ìThe Art of Innovation: Lessons Learned from IDEOî and ìTen Faces of Innovationî; Claudia Kotchka, Vice President of Design Innovation and Strategy at Procter & Gamble; Renee Mauborgne, Professor and Author of ìBlue Ocean Strategyî; and many more.

A new front end of innovation blog has also been developed. To participate, please visit frontendofinnovation.blogspot.com.

This event is open for registration and space is limited. Group discounts and special rates are available until April 21. For more information and to register, call (888) 670-8200, e-mail register@iirusa.com or visit www.frontendofinnovation.com. Please mention your priority code when registering: XM1804PR2

About the event organizers
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is the premier worldwide resource for professional development, information, collaboration and promotion of product development and product lifecycle management. Founded in 1976, the PDMA membership is more than 2,200 product development professionals and academics from all sectors of the economy in more than 39 countries worldwide. www.pdma.org

The Institute for International Research (IIR) is the worldís largest conference company and has been the leader in the provision of business information for more than 20 years. IIR produces over 5,000 events annually through our network of offices in over 35 countries. For further details please visit us online at www.iirusa.com

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