Product Innovation

Product Innovation Chicago 2013 brings together R&D, Engineering and IT experts to discuss approaches to innovation and the technologies being deployed, integrated and developed.

This year the Global Innovation Index has ranked the USA the 5th most innovative country in the world. In part, this is due to a significant rise in technological investment. These technologies are being harnessed to better create, develop and manage product data and thus maximize ground-breaking product design and development.

We invite you to come and learn from your peers through our workshops, speakers and interdisciplinary industrial case studies and to leave with the tools you need to form a coherent strategy to fully support innovation.

PLM Road Map

PLM Road Map™ 2013 is the must-attend event for industry executives and PLM practitioners globally—providing independent education and a collaborative networking environment where ideas, trends, experiences, and relationships critical to the industry germinate and take root. Over the last decade, product lifecycle management (PLM) has risen as a strategic business approach to mediate between the many stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle, applying the appropriate technologies to support often complicated processes... Read More

The Venue

Product Innovation Chicago 2013 will take place at the Hilton Chicago, Indian Lakes Resort. 30 minutes from downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport and within 260 acres of grounds, the resort includes a 27-hole championship golf club, spa, fitness center with heated, indoor and outdoor swimming pools. Visit the venue page.

Pre-Event Golf Day

We are delighted to have SIEMENS PLM SOFTWARE sponsoring our first pre-event golf day. Teeing off from 1pm on Tuesday 8th October, 32 players will be able to take part in this fun, informal half day of golf around the magnificent Blackhawk Trace Golf Course. Register your interest

Speakers

PI Keynotes

Joseph Zinter
Associate Director, Yale Center for Engineering, Innovation and Design

PI PLM

Jerry Luftman
Professor & Managing Director, Global Institute for IT Management

PLM Road Map

Bruce Richardson
Chief Enterprise Strategist, Salesforce.com

PLM Road Map

John Mannisto
Engineering Director, Simulation Based Design, Whirlpool

PI Keynotes

Brenna Berman
Commissioner and CIO, Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT), The City of Chicago

PI Keynotes

Isha Datar
Director, New Harvest

PLM Road Map

Adrian Micu
Vice President Engineering, CES Group