No. 437

June 2016

Annual Meeting Highlights

Grab the Future: Leveraging Technology Trends

Hilton Lake Buena Vista

Orlando, FL

The 2016 Annual Meeting went off without a hitch!
A big thanks to our amazing members who could make it out to Orlando for this intriguing and thought-provoking meeting filled with great content.

The meeting presentations are now available in the
IRI Learning Center. Schedule a time to sit with your colleagues as you collectively view the videos of our keynotes and award winners.*

Keynote: Bernard Meyerson (IBM) - "Creating Corporate DNA That Thrives on Innovation"
Keynote: Jason Matheny (IARPA) - "IARPA's Research Programs"
IRI Medalist: Vinton Cerf (Google) - "Innovation!"
IRI Medalist: Peter Diamandis (XPRIZE) - "Innovation & Discovery in Exponential Times"

The presentation slides from our breakout sessions are also available to view in the IRI Learning Center and for viewing and downloading in the IRI Mobile app under Past Events.

* Video and presentation slides from keynote speaker Ken Gabriel, CEO of Draper, will not be made available.

"When people care about what they do, it's amazing the things they'll accomplish."

- Vint Cerf, IRI Medalist

A memorable and delightful talk about the creation of the underlying protocols that defined the Internet (TCP/IP) by one of its creators and a 2016 IRI Medalist, Vinton Cerf, VP and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google.

The quote above was but one of many features of his talk, along with his casual mingling through the audience as he fielded questions from IRI members during Q&A.

Video from Cerf's talk can be found in the
IRI Learning Center.

"We haven't seen anything when it comes to the speed of innovation. We're standing still next to what's coming."

- Peter Diamandis, IRI Medalist

If there was ever a sense that humanity's future was precarious, riding on a knife's edge of bleakness and dread, one need only listen to Peter Diamandis talk about what data actually shows regarding our position in the world. A riveting and entertaining presentation about how our present is by far the happiest and most prosperous time period in human history and that our future looks even better... way better, in fact.

By analyzing what demographic data and technology trends have to say about what's in store for humanity, Diamandis starts by saying how vital it is to cut watching the news out of your life because it does nothing but drain it, and concludes that our future is going to be a period of exponential change that makes everything happening today look painfully slow.

Video from Diamandis's talk can be found in the IRI Learning Center.

Meet IRI's Board of Directors

Every year at the Annual Meeting, IRI undertakes a change of leadership. Board directors get elected to serve a three year term with a third of the board stepping down each year as new directors are elected to fill their spots. The board's leadership also changes with the sitting Board Chair becoming Past Chair, and the Vice Chair stepping into the role as Chairman or Chairwoman.

The 2016-2017 IRI Board of Directors:

Chairman
John B. Hillenbrand

Vice President, Research & Development

Armstrong Flooring

Past Chair

Tom Kavassalis

Vice President, Strategy & Alliances

Xerox Innovation Group

Vice Chairman

Louis A. Gritzo

VP & Manager of Research

FM Global

Sherri L. Bassner VP, Chemical Services Intertek, USA Inc.	Joseph R. Fox Director, Emerging and External Technologies Ashland, Inc.	K. Andrew Kintz Senior Manager, Global New Ventures LORD Corporation
Mark Matlock Sr. VP, Food Research Archer Daniels Midland	Richard I. Michelman Executive VP, Chief Growth & Technology Officer Michelman, Inc.	Karen Milley VP, R&D, Consumer Foods J.M. Smucker Company
Anthony D. Nickens VP, Energy Group Ceramatec, Inc.	John F. Reid Director, Enterprise Product Technology & Innovation Deere & Company	Craig Robertson Vice President, R&D National Gypsum Company

Stephen P. Johnson

Director, R&D

The Timken Company

Robert T. Williams

Program Manager, Platform

Innovation Vertical Lift

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS)

Welcome New Members!

IRI Member Companies in the News

Albemarle Receives TMI Star Award for Liquidity Management

ExxonMobil and FuelCell Energy Collaborating to Pursue Novel Carbon Capture Technology

EPRI to Lead Solar Training and

Education Collaborative

Philip Morris Launches New Initiative to Fight Smuggling and Related Crimes

Creating a Path to Unlock Innovation:
Lubrizol Proposes to Change the
Industry Model

Halliburton Teams Up With Eclipse Resources to Complete Longest Lateral Well in the US

OMNOVA Solutions Introduces SunCryl HP98 Water-Based Release Coating for Paper and Film

Linde Awarded Major Supply Contract for South African Helium

Innovation News

Sherri Bassner, VP of Chemical Services at Intertek and IRI Board Director, Named

to Lehigh Valley Business's "2016 Women of Influence"

Consumers Want to Know: What Does Sustainability Really Mean?	The Unexpected Benefits of Those Embarrassing "Uh-Oh" Moments
Novartis CEO on Why They Just Opened a Major R&D Facility in China	The Importance of Risk Assessments in Business Innovation
Coaching to Overcome the Ten Innovation Intractables	The 4 Main Ways to Innovate in a Digital Economy
Tech CEOs Declare This is the Era of Artificial Intelligence	At MIT, a Culture of Innovation Never Gets Old

Upcoming Events

2016 IRI Member Summit

"Digitalization and R&D"

October 16 - 19

JW Marriott

Chicago, IL

This year's Member Summit is powered largely by findings from IRI's groundbreaking, large-scale research project on digitalization and its impact on R&D management. The Member Summit is designed for maximum networking and exchanging of best practices.

Registration Opening Soon