European Conference about New Product Development (Mantova-Italy 17-18 October 2002)

The conference will concentrate on the fundamental processes and models of new product development and the applications, tools and ICTs that may facilitate the creation, design, and manufacturing of new products.,

The aim of the conference is to discuss the fundamental processes and models of new product development and the applications, tools and ICTs that may facilitate the creation, design, and manufacturing of new products. The conference will concentrate also on the role of regional environment, small innovative companies, strategic alliances and regional networks in the creation and marketing of new products. The conference will include four plenary sessions and about 20 papers will be presented by experts working in the field of innovation, new product development and ICTs., ,The main themes of the conference, on which the papers will focus, are:
1. Regions and new product development : ,Regional performance in NPD; Company internal and external environment for NPD; Regional and international networks for NPD; Product innovation in the industrial districts; NPD and outsourcing.
2. Generation of Ideas for NPD, Exploitation of R&D results: ,Technology watch for NPD; Market intelligence and search for market niches; Use of patents and research results for NPD; NPD and intellectual property rights management.,3. NPD tools and methodologies: Creativity; NPD modeling and CAD; Virtual and rapid prototyping; NPD evaluation; Product life cycle management; Product cannibalization.
4. Virtual Environments for NPD: ,Virtual roadmaps for product innovation; NPD IT platforms; Creativity software tools; e-commerce and NPD databases.
More information: http://www.e-innovation.org/ or http://www.provincia.mantova.it/seuropa/sei_conference/frameset_sei.htm
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