The 1st ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Managing Innovation in a Connected World - will be held in Singapore on 14-17 December 2008. Organised by ISPIM together with Singapore Management University and supported by The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), this symposium will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The aim of this symposium is to stimulate discussion and connect people from different backgrounds and cultures. The format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with interactive workshops and discussion panels. As with all ISPIM events, this symposium will provide excellent networking opportunities together with a taste of local culture.

Symposium Subareas:

 

Academics and Practitioners are encouraged to submit papers/outlines and workshop/discussion topics related to the symposium theme including but not limited to the subareas listed below:
 

  • Borderless innovation

  • Collaborative R&D for innovation

  • Idea generation and creativity

  • Innovation policy

  • Measuring and managing innovation

  • Methods and tools for innovation

  • Networks and clusters of innovation

  • Open innovation

Selected papers will be considered for publication in the following journals, subject to the usual referee processes applicable to the journals:


Download Call for Papers
Download Symposium Flyer

Keynote Speakers:

 

Mr. Bruce Burton

CEO
Strategyn Asia Pacific
 Successful Growth through Innovation

  

Mr. Robert Yap Min Choy
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Shared Services, Trading Division and Information Technology Division
DFS Group Limited (Duty Free Shops in Singapore)
Service Innovations in a Global Retail Firm

 

Prof. Mark Dodgson

Director of the Technology and Innovation Management Centre

University of Queensland Business School
 The innovation process: past, present and future

 
 Mr. Erik Goedhart
 Vice President Global Business Development Aerospace
Kuehne+Nagel
 Managing Logistic Innovation: Outside - In!

   
 Dr. Johan de Heer
Director of The T-Xchange Cell

Thales Group
Technology eXchange: Providing Effects Based Solutions
  

Mrs. Teng Soon Lang
Executive Vice President and Head of the Group Quality & Process Innovation Division

OCBC Bank Group
 Quality and Innovations in a Service Organization

Important Deadlines:

10 September 2008: Academic Paper Outline or Practitioner Presentation Outlines or Workshop Topics
24 September 2008: Acceptance notification
10 November 2008: Final Submissions (including slides, profiles & photos) together with registration and payment

The deadline for submissions has now passed. If you have just been notified about the event and still wish to submit then please contact the symposium secretariat at symposium@ispim.org.

Please note that there is no deadline for non-presenting delegates to register. However, we would prefer it if all delegates wishing to attend could register by 5 December 2008 at the latest.

Symposium Fees
 

  ISPIM or PDMA Member in 2008 ASEAN Rate*  
Non-Member
 
Delegate SG$ 995
(approx. € 460)		 SG$ 695
(approx. € 322)		 SG$ 1295
(approx. € 599)
Student SG$ 995
(approx. € 460)		 SG$ 695
(approx. € 322)		 SG$ 1075
(approx. € 497)
Accompanying Guest
Accompanying guests (husbands, wives, partners, etc.) are invited to the social events but may not attend symposium sessions		 SG$ 295
(approx. € 136)		 SG$ 295
(approx. € 136)		 SG$ 295
(approx. € 136)
Membership Offer:
Symposium plus ISPIM
Membership for 2009**
add SG$ 325
(approx. € 150)
add SG$ 108
(approx. € 50)

*ASEAN (The Association of South East Asian Nations) includes the following countries:
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

**Invoice item: "ISPIM Innovation Symposium 2008 including membership for 2009"

Symposium fee includes:
Entry to the Symposium, Delegate Pack and Badge, Symposium Proceedings CD, Book of Abstracts, Welcome Reception (Sunday), Dinner Cruise (Monday), Conference Banquet (Tuesday), Lunch & Refreshments during the Symposium. An optional post symposium tour to the famous Tiger Brewery is available for an additional fee of SG$ 70 (approx € 35) - click here to book online.

Exhibition Area:

There will be a dedicated exhibition hall situated just off the main foyer with space available for 10 exhibition stands. Delegates will have to pass by this area during the coffee breaks and during the buffet lunch.

Two options are available for the exhibition area:

  1. Roll-up bannerstand (we will provide a table, chairs, electricity point and wireless Internet access)

  2. Pop-up lightweight stand with dimensions of about height 2m x depth 0.5m x width 2m (we will provide a table, chairs, electricity point and wireless Internet access)

The cost to book a space in the exhibition hall is SG$ 2160 (approx € 1000) and all exhibitors will be entitled to register one delegate at the ISPIM members rate (a saving of SG$ 300 approx € 139) - please note that additional delegates will have to register at the full delegate rate unless they are already members of ISPIM. In addition, all exhibitors will be entitled to one free insert in the delegate packs and free use of the main display table. Additional inserts will be charged at the rates below.

Exhibitors should contact symposium@ispim.org requesting an exhibition space.

Delegate Pack Inserts:

The cost to have an insert in every delegate pack is SG$ 2.16 (approx € 1) per insert. All inserts should be sent directly to Singapore. If local printing is required this can be arranged at an additional cost. Contact symposium@ispim.org if you wish to take up this offer.

Download Exhibition and Marketing Information

Download Call for Papers
Download Symposium Flyer

 Contact Information

To contact the symposium secretariat, please email symposium@ispim.org.		  
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