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Supporting Innovation in R&D at SMEs

Douglas Connect, Switzerland is pleased to announce its support of SMEs working in innovative R&D and product development to take advantage of innovation and knowledge management best practices being pursued at larger companies. We are running a workshop at Oxford University in Oxford, UK on 5-7 July on the topic of Innovation & Knowledge Management in Research & Product Development.

5 July 2006 - 7 July 2006
Austria
Managers working at small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) interested in attending this workshop will be offered subsidised support - i.e. a generous 50% discount on registration fees will be provided to members of such companies who are developing innovative products for the marketplace.

The workshop will be held at the Chemistry Research Laboratory, Oxford University and will be led by leading industry experts and practitioners including Victor Newman, Paul Lefrere, David Gurteen, David Snowden, Jeff Spitzner, John Trigg, Iain Bitran and Barry Hardy

These workshops are aimed to bring leading best practice and issue discussion to industry researchers and managers striving to use the latest innovation and knowledge management techniques and tools to maximise productivity and return in investment from R&D activities. Workshop groups will work through and discuss complex issues highlighted by detailed case studies presented by instructors. The following topics will be discussed:

Strategic Knowledge Management in R&D
Intellectual Property, Licensing & Valuation
Effective Deployment Strategies for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks
Knowledge Assessment & Auditing
Ontologies & Knowledge Discovery
Integrating Innovation Management & Research Activities
Communication & Collaboration between Research Teams & Partners
Organisational Development & Culture in R&D
Decision Support for Research Project & Portfolio Management
Integration of Tools & Data in R&D
Complex Systems Approaches to Product Development


A Program Brochure can be downloaded from:
http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/files/innovationwellrd_oxford_web1.PDF(opens in new window)

Further information is available from the InnovationWell website http://innovationwell.net/COMTY_rpdtraining/(opens in new window)
and the Ferryman Blog at http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/2006/05/program_for_adv.html(opens in new window)

If interested in this activity area or workshop please contact Barry Hardy, Community of Practice Manager,
Douglas Connect, Switzerland, +41 61 851 0170, email: barry.hardy@douglasconnect.com

Please use the following Registration Code for SME Support: SMEOxfordRandDIf interested in discussing this activity area or workshop please contact Barry Hardy, Community of Practice Manager,
Douglas Connect, Switzerland, +41 61 851 0170, email: barry.hardy@douglasconnect.com
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