The
Future of
Biomedical Devices
This
event was jointly hosted Oct. 26,
2006
by
the Mack Center for Technological Innovation and the Biomedical Research and
Education Foundation (BREF)
More than 60 industry decision
makers and experts from several fields attended this workshop on "The Future of
Biomedical Devices" This was the first step in a scenario building
research project being conducted by the Mack Center in collaboration with the
Biomedical Research and Education
Foundation (BREF)
and Decision
Strategies International. Terry Fadem, president of
BREF, welcomed the participants and described the goals of the
workshop and research project that is being launched.
Prof. Paul Schoemaker, Jim Austin, Scott Snyder and Michael
Mavaddat facilitated the scenario planning exercises. This workshop
brought together a
industry experts from pharma/biotech/medical devices, management
researchers from the Wharton School, and medical
researchers and practitioners from the University of
Pennsylvania Medical School. The extremely animated and valuable
discussions included breakout scenario planning sessions by the
group who considered the future of biomedical devices and
implants in Cardiology, Orthopedics and Neurology.
Click here to view the
AGENDA.
"Innovation
and Organic Growth:
Balancing Risk and Reward"
- June 2006
Professor George Day welcomes industry partners and guests at
the June 2 event
Prof. Paul Schoemaker, co-organizer of the event with Donald Kalff, author
of :An
UnAmerican Business: Rise of the New European Enterprise";
Prof. Day framed the issues, including research-based concerns that organic
growth is not being managed and achieved as effectively as possible; Prof.
Karl Ulrich (Chair of the OPIM Dept. at Wharton) presented an intriguing
case of the Segway people mover, whose founders and investors wildly
overestimated the market potential and placed huge bets that fell far short
of expectations.
Our spring industry partner event
addressed how firms integrate innovation into
their internal growth strategies and manage the
uncertainties and risks associated with emerging technologies.
In this event, organized by Profs. George Day and Paul Schoemaker,
a group of distinguished presenters and panelists looked
at how firms grow "organically" and what is required to select and invest
wisely in high risk emerging technologies and rapidly changing markets.
In addition to academic research and studies of firms
presented by Wharton faculty, we heard from such best practice firms as IBM
and Infosys Technologies, as well as several prominent venture capital
firms. This was an extremely popular topic and we will expedite the
conference report summarizing insights for those partners who could not
attend in person.
CLICK HERE TO SEE
THE AGENDA AND MORE PHOTOS.
*Profs. Day and Schoemaker are the
authors of a new book, "Peripheral
Vision: Detecting and Acting on the Weak Signals That Will Make or Break
Your Company" (Harvard Business
Scshool Press, 2006)
APR 21-22-2006
- A Special
Event for Academic Mgt. Researchers
6th
ANNUAL TECH MINI-CONFERENCE
The Mack Center was delighted to once again co-host
(with the Management Department) this unique annual event, designed
to help encourage, cultivate and showcase the next generation of
management researchers studying technology-based industries and firms.
This
year's conference was especially insightful and energetic.
Faculty presenters discussed their research and working papers with a
group of peers and senior faculty who provided valuable input to their
projects in progress.
NOTE: Click here to see the
working papers online and more photos from this event.
8th Annual -
Emerging Technologies Update Day - Feb. 2006
Left to right:
Conf. organizer Michael Tomczyk, keynote speaker Tommy Thompson;
Gov. Thompson; Dr. Christine
Côté
(J&J); Govi Rao
(Philips) 2nd Row: Terry Fadem moderates the lunch panel; Christine
Peterson (Foresight Nanotech Inst.) and Jim Benson (SpaceDev). MORE
PHOTOS>>
This Year's "ET
Update Day" Was Our Best Ever...
By all accounts, this
year's ET Update Day featured some of the best presentations in recent
memory, and our industry partners indicated that they liked the
combination of an "overview" of a specific technology, followed by a
"spotlight" technology on a specific company. Of course, we
included our typical "eclectic" mix of topics. In addition to our
focus presentations on Personalized Medicine and Nanotechnology, the day
included a lunch panel on the Future of Medical Technology, and
presentations on solid state lighting (which may replace incandescent
lighting in the next decade) and cost-effective approaches to space
travel being pioneered by SpaceDev.
To See More Photos, the Summary
and Agenda CLICK HERE>>