This one-day event brings together leaders in innovation and industry to provide the strategies you need to accelerate your innovation

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The Summit featured:

• Top innovation experts—Henry Chesbrough and John Kao.
  
  
• Insider perspectives from industry leaders from SunPower, GE, NIST, PARC, Spectros, Philips, and more.
  
  
• Networking with registered attendees from leading companies including Edmund Optics, CVI Melles Griot, Canon, PARC, Phillips, SunPower, and GE. 
  
  
• Two free books: Open Innovation, by keynote speaker Henry Chesbrough, and Innovation Nation, by keynote speaker John Kao.
  
  
• A program packed with sessions and speakers you cannot afford to miss.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:

Henry Chesbrough Bestselling Author Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology Executive Director Center for Open Innovation

Robert Byer William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Applied Physics Stanford Co-Director, Stanford Photonics Research Center

John Kao Bestselling Author Innovation Nation Chairman and CEO Kao & Co.

This executive level event provided the tools, information, and networking needed to accelerate innovation.

• Industry luminaries in solar, next-generation lighting, and biophotonics spoke about the challenges and successes in using innovation as a driver for growth
  
• Technology focused break-out sessions that provide you information on processes and strategies for the commercialization of innovation
  
• Opportunities to network with acclaimed speakers, technologists, and researchers to discover solutions that will help you maintain your competitive edge in today's economy
  
  

INDUSTRY LEADERS

Stephen J. Eglash, Ph.D. Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Event Chair

SCHEDULED SPEAKERS:

David Benaron, Spectros
Peter Borden, Applied Materials
Robert Byer, Stanford
Henry Chesbrough, UC Berkeley
Terry Jester, Hudson Clean Energy Partners
George Craford, Lumileds
Scott Elrod, PARC, Hardware Systems Lab.
Jennifer Ernst, PARC
John Kao, Kao & Co.
John Lushetsky, U.S. Department of Energy
Barbara Paldus, Finesse
Marc G. Stanley, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Richard Swanson, Sun Power
Jean-Luc Vanderheyden, GE Healthcare
Peter Visser, Philips Lighting

Including Afternoon Speaker:

Marc G. Stanley
Director, Technology Innovation Program
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Three break-out sessions:

Solar technology: Cost competitive by 2012

The content and contacts in this session will help you create a better strategic roadmap to move solar technology to the marketplace, benefiting solar start-ups and current leaders.

Speakers:
Richard Swanson, Sun Power, President & Chief Technology Officer
Scott Elrod, PARC, Vice President, Director Hardware Systems Labs
Peter Borden, Applied Materials, DMTS


Biophotonics: Innovation in process and procedure
In this breakout session, experts in innovation will join a select group of achievers who have learned how to accelerate the movement of ideas to the marketplace, in the complex field of healthcare, where alliances and process innovation are as critical to success as a clearly better technology.

Speakers:
David Benaron, Spectros Corporation, CEO
Jean-Luc Vanderheyden, GE Healthcare, Global Molecular Imaging Leader
Barbara Paldus, Finesse, CEO

The Next, Next Generation of Lighting: LEDS and OLEDs
Continued technical advances play key role in determining the product winners in this field, but innovations in high-volume manufacturing, integration with existing infrastructure and life-cycle cost analysis all require both engineering and business planning now. This breakout session focuses on innovation management across the field of solid-state lighting, valuable to both the inventor and business strategist.

Speakers:
Peter Visser, Philips Lighting, Project Manager, OLLA Project
George Craford, Lumileds, CTO

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