Business and Innovation conference 2007

Arnold Wasserman, chairman of IDEA Factory (US/Singapore) at Norwegian Design Councils' Business and Innovation Conference 2007.

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Which instruments can companies deploy in order to contribute to innovation, increased competitive power and improved profitability? A growing number of companies are discovering that investing in design is the most effective means of providing good results.

Program

Kl 09.00   Welcome
                Jan R. Stavik, Managing Director
                Norwegian Design Council

Kl 09.10   Introduction
                Dag Terje Andersen, Minister
                Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway

Kl 09.30  Human Centered Innovation 4.0           
               Deep Design & The Next Industrial Revolution
               Arnold Wasserman, Chairman
               IDEA Factory, USA/Singapore

Kl 10.15   Break

Kl 10.45   Understanding the Innovation Landscape
                Jeffrey L. Sampler, Fellow in Management  
                of Strategy and Technology,
                Oxford University, UK

Kl 11.45   Lunch

Kl 12.45   From technology to design as the driving force
                Håkon Dahle, Chief Technologist
                TANDBERG, Norway 

Kl 13.15   From product desire to service envy
                – Service innovation by design
                Lavrans Løvli, Partner
                LIVEWORK, England/Norway

Kl 13.45   Realize the Future
                Ton Borsboom, Senior Director New Business
                Philips Design, Netherlands

Kl 14.15   Break

Kl 14.45   Mergers, acquisitions and corporate
                restructuring: Whats design got to do with it?
                Stein Leikanger, Brand Conceptualizer
                Art of Wealth, Norway

Kl 15.30   Summary – design as a business tool for
                innovation
                Judith Gloppen, Business Consultant, MBA Design
                Management
                Norwegian Design Council

Kl 16.00   Concluding gathering with food and drinks

Kl 18.00   The Business and Innovation Conference 2007
                comes to an end

The presentations will be in Norwegian, except for foreign speakers.

Do you have any questions regarding Business and Innovation Conference 2007? Please contact Jannicke Hølen, Manager Design Conferences