On February 26-27, the 2nd annual Open Innovation Conference was held at The Venetian in Las Vegas. Darin Eich was there for Open Innovators and blogged about the conference. To roundup, a list of Darin’s posts:

• Attending the Open Innovation Conference
• Live from the Open Innovation Conference
• Great day at the conference
• Insights And Themes From Presentations
• Sources of Innovation: Where do ideas & innovation come from?
• How Really Big Companies Open Innovate
• The Need for Innovation Teams and Internal Consultants within Organizations
• Becoming an Open Innovation Partner with Large Companies

Thanks Darin! I hope to be there too next year.

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I’m pleased to announce that Open Innovators is partnering with the Open innovation Conference 2008. The 2nd edition of this conference will take place in Las Vegas on February 26-27, 2008. Key speakers include:

• Mark Peterson
  Director, External Business Development, Procter & Gamble
• Victor Welch
  Director, Corporate Marketing Initiatives Group, General Electric
• Kathryn T. Bundy
  Vice President, Technical Product Knowledge, Cadbury-Schwepps
• Jeff Bellairs
  Director, External Innovation, General Mills
• Kristopher Lichter
  Director, Corporate Innovation Projects, IBM Corporation

By bringing together executives charged with navigating all stages of the innovation process, the conference will bring a very practical view on how to implement open innovation in your organization. You can request the brochure for more information, or register right away (Early Registration Discount of 10% until December 21, 2007). Anand Chhatpar will be there for us, and report on the conference.

The Global Innovation Exchange 2007 (Nov 7-9) is a virtual, online conference focused on sharing and diffusing innovation insights, strategies and next practices from around the world. It is a 100% virtual conference, which is one of the many reasons why I’m really looking forward to taking part in this event.

Speakers and hosts include:

• Deborah Arcoleo: Director, Global Innovation, Johnson & Johnson
• Soren Kaplan, Ph.D.: Managing Principal, InnovationPoint
• Marianne Toftegaard Poulsen: Executive Director, Innovation Center Denmark
• Anil K. Rathi: President & Founder, Idea Crossing, Inc.
• Cheryl Perkins: Former CIO, Kimberly Clark; Founder, InnovationEdge

I especially look forward to Anil Rathi’s presentation on crowdcasting and crowdsourcing, as well as to have a chat with Soren Kaplan, who has been involved in several Open Innovation consulting projects during the past years. FYI: you can still register (199 USD). Let me know if you’re attending… I hope to see you there!