Date

Time

Activity

Location

12th November 2006

 4:00 PM –

 8:00 PM

Arrival at Boston International Airport

Introduction and Orientation. Get to know the group better, prepare yourself for the week ahead and understand various logistical details.

Welcome Dinner with welcome address from organizers and intro. by other members

HILTON BOSTON FINANCIAL DISTRICT,

BOSTON

13th November 2006

 7:30 AM –

 8:00 AM

 8:15 AM –

 9:00 AM

 9:00 AM –

 9:15 AM

   9:15AM - 10:45 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

  1:00 AM

  1:00 PM –

  1:30 PM

  1:30 PM –

  2:30 PM

  3:15 PM –

  3:45 PM

   3:45 PM –

   4:45 PM

   4:45 PM –

   5:00 PM

   5:00 PM –

   6:30 PM

   6:30 PM –

   8:00 PM

Workshop by Innosight at Batterymarch Conference Center

  ( By Senior Innosight Staff )

Vertical Networking Breakfast

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Introduction & Objectives

Presentation

·         Introductory remarks

·         Workshop objectives and road map for the day ahead

·         Individual introductions

Principles for Achieving Innovation-Driven Growth

Presentation & Discussion

·         Disruptive innovation theory (sustaining versus disruptive innovation)

·         Aligning organizational capabilities for growth

·         Strategies for disruptive growth

·         Classifying innovations

Case Study Discussion

Connecting Solutions to the Job-to-be-Done

Lunch

Presentation

·         Creating differentiated solutions

·         Identifying customers who will hire your product

Case Study Discussion

Participants read a brief case study and assess the case study’s subject’s strategy given the disruptive innovation principles, and discuss the lessons learned.

Building an Innovation Dynasty

Presentation

·         Pillars for success

·         Allocating resources

·         Next steps

Case Study Discussion

Wrap-up of the Day

Presentation and discussion

Time to shop and do pre-work required for next day's workshop

Dinner at SkipJack's

HILTON BOSTON FINANCIAL DISTRICT,

BOSTON

14th November 2006

  7:30 AM –

  8:00 AM

  8:15 AM –

  8:30 AM

  8:30 AM –

 12:00 PM

12:00 PM –

  1:00 PM

  1:00 PM –

  2:30 PM

   4:00 PM –

   5:30 PM

   6:00 PM –

   7:00 PM

   7:00 PM –

   8:00 PM

Workshop by Icnivad at Batterymarch Conference Center

   (By Jonathan Wolfman and Howard Citron from Icnivad Inc.)

Vertical Networking Breakfast

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Customer Centered Innovation Workshop by Icnivad Corporation

      Topics :

       o Managing the innovator / management / worker relationship

       o Establishing a baseline

       o Participative design methods and techniques

          o Competitive analysis

Lunch

       Topics Continued :

       o Ethnographic research techniques

       o Rapid prototyping

       o User feedback

       o The business case

Guided Tour of Harvard Campus

Guided tour of MIT (Starting 77 Massachusetts Avenue)

Dinner at Legal Seafood

HILTON BOSTON FINANCIAL DISTRICT,

BOSTON

15th November 2006

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   8:00 AM –

 12:00 PM

  12:00 PM –

   1:00 PM

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   3:00 PM –

   8:00 PM

   8:30 PM

   8:00 PM –

  8:30 PM

Guided tour of Boston by Bus

Lunch in catered lunch boxes

INNOVATION TRIP IN BOSTON ENDS

Flying to Silicon Valley

Participants arrive in Silicon Valley

INNOVATION TRIP IN SILICON VALLEY BEGINS

Arrival at the Hotel

SHERATON PALO ALTO,

PALO ALTO

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16th November 2006

   7:30 AM –

   8:00 AM

   8:15 AM –

   8:30 AM

   8:30 AM –

   12:00 PM

 12:00  PM –

   1:00 PM

   1:00 PM –

   2:15 PM

  3:00 PM –

   6:00 PM

   6:30 PM -               

   8:30 PM

Workshop on Culture of Innovation at Quadrus Conference Center, Palo Alto

(By Sue Baechler, Neal Sofian and Dan Newton fromOriginaliti Media Inc. )

Vertical Networking Breakfast

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Workshop on Creating a culture of Innovation by Originaliti Media Inc.

Topics :

The New Tools of Participation and Innovation

o Game : A  simulated Face to face game that takes players inside an organization

Networking Lunch

Topics Continued

o  Tools : The Love it Club online community that is demonstrated in the context of   two companies

Visit to IDEO Labs, Palo Alto

(IDEO is the biggest Innovation Generation and Consulting Firm in US)

Keynote Speech : Phil McKinney, Senior VP and CTO, Hewlett Packard Co.

Networking Dinner at McArthur Park, Palo Alto

SHERATON PALO ALTO,

PALO ALTO

17th November 2006

   7:30 AM –

   8:00 AM

   8:15 AM –

   8:30 AM

   8:30 PM –

  12:00 PM