Thursday, June 26

08:00 am to 8:45 am

Coffee, Juice, Fresh Fruit and Bagels

08:45 am to 9:30 am

DeFillippi Conference Welcome And
Keynote Speaker: Lee Green, IBM

09:30 am to 10:00 am

Wipro Technologies
Speaker: Theo Forbath
Title:  Innovation through Global  Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage

10:00 am to 10:30 pm

Coffee Break

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Stefan Winkler, British Council, 
UK vs. USA innovation policies and trends

11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Synectics  First Session
Collaborative Innovation Approaches &
The Role of Catalysts

12:30 pm to 13:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Synectics Second and Third Sessions
Building Innovation Networks
Speculation on What’s Next

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Coffee Break

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Collaborative Innovation and Change in the Biotechnology Arena
The Challenges of Translation
Convenor: Sue Newell,
Bentley College, Boston, MA and
University of Warwick, UK

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Track Sessions  for Track Six

• Introduction to Track by David Faulkner
• Learning while Innovating in a Strategic Alliance: Learning Strategies for Public-Private Alliances
  Monique Cikaliuk
  Lancaster University, United Kingdom
• A Different Story - Innovation and Change Through Alliances in Higher Education
  David Faulkner and Xiaoqing Li
  Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
• Utilizing Coopetition to Reduce Take-off Time of Resistant Innovations
  Pilsik Choi
  Clark University, Worcester, MA

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Gala Dinner at Hyatt Harborside Hotel