March 28, 2013 Connections


IN THIS ISSUE	March 28, 2013
Online Discussions LinkedIn What tools have you used for "Requirement Collection" during your Product Development? What tools and methodology do you use in your company to prioritize new product development when the hopper is overflowing? Facebook Did we miss any pictures from last year's Product Innovation Management conference? Send them our way, and we'll add them to the album! Connect with PDMA New Products Purchase The PDMA Handbook of New Product Development, Third Edition today! Quick Links Visions Magazine Webcast Series JPIM Advertise with PDMA Reach thousands of product development and management professionals with decision-making power through the PDMA. Email Rebecca Baker for more information. Feedback & Submissions Send your feedback, submissions and questions to Kelly Rehan.	Networking and Development Opportunities \| PDMA Headquarters Announcements Latest News and Discussions What's Happening PDMA Career Center is Now Open! PDMA Community: Get $200 Off World Innovation Forum NY Registration with Code "WIF13PDMA" PDMA Visions Goes Digital Networking and Development Opportunities Join PDMA at PIPELINE 2013: The Online Conference for Innovation Product Development Registration Now Open What game-changing ideas will you learn from world-renowned speakers on innovation-all right from your desk? Register now to reserve your spot for PIPELINE 2013, the proven online conference for innovative product development, taking place on Thursday, May 16th. For the fourth year, PDMA wil sponsor PIPELINE-the free online conference featuring expert practitioners sharing their industry knowledge and thought leadership related to innovation, product development and product portfolio management including: Case studies Best practices Research reports Recommendations you can implement right away Here's a sneak peak at a couple of the speakers: Dr. Robert G. Cooper, president, Product Development Institute and Professor Emeritus, McMaster University-on maximizing profits from your new product portfolio Pascal Finette, director, Office of the Chair at Mozilla-on making open innovation work for you and your organization Register Now to attend this conference and discover ways you can implement innovation that works. VCU Innovation Summit 2013 Virginia Commonwealth University da Vinci Center May 3-4, 2013 VCU Innovation Summit 2013 will hold a series of prestigious panel discussions, featuring the following panelists: the Honorable Jim Cheng, Virginia Secretary of Commerce; Alejandro Cedeno, president, Meadwestvaco Global Innovation; Jack Nelson, CTO, Altria Client Services; Gerard Tellis, Neely Chair of American Enterprise and professor of Marketing, University of Southern California; and Tony Mallory, CEO, Health Diagnostic Laboratories. See the full schedule or click here for more information. You may also contact Dr. Ken Kahn, da Vinci Center director. PDMA Headquarters Announcements Call for Papers: 2013 Annual PDMA Research Forum Submission deadline: May 1, 2013 Research Forum Dates: October 26-27, 2013 Research Forum Venue: Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, AZ PDMA’s Annual Research Forum is the premier conference for discourse on new product development (NPD) and innovation research. It is an important forum for intellectual exchange and state-of-the-art research on all aspects of NPD-innovation. 2013 Annual Research Forum’s co-chairs, Barry L. Bayus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Minu Kumar of San Francisco State University, invite manuscripts, extended abstracts, working papers/results for poster sessions, or special session proposals that explore new theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, or strategies for success in NPDinnovation management. Learn more about the PDMA Research Forum and submission guidelines. Upcoming Webcast Coming in May, A Look Under the Hood of Outstanding Corporate Innovators. In this webcast, executives from several companies that have recently won the OCI award will share their insights about innovation. Stay tuned for more information!