BACKGROUND

Achieving a steady stream of successful new products and reducing time-to-market remain elusive goals for many organizations,” reports Dr. Robert G. Cooper, the world’s top innovation management scholar and creator of the widely implemented Stage-Gate process. “Through our benchmarking studies, we have discovered that a high quality new product process increased new product success rates by almost 40% and the meeting of profit objectives by 88%.” Cooper notes that the study proved that merely having a formal process in place had no impact whatsoever; it was the nature of the process – the ingredients built in and the conscientious implementation of the process that made all the difference. The ingredients, referred to by Dr. Cooper as the 10 critical success factors, are what matters most.

Between 80%-85% of North American companies are now using Stage-Gate Idea-to-Launch processes, at varying degrees of proficiency, to drive new products to market.  The challenge today is not whether to implement Stage-Gate but rather how to continuously evolve it and implement it so it is delivering the top performance results it is designed to deliver. 

To help address this need, Dr. Robert G. Cooper and Dr. Scott J. Edgett co-chair the annual Stage-Gate Innovation Summit.  This unique event with its highly specialized focus attracts Stage-Gate Users from around the world – both veterans and newcomers alike.  Its agenda concentrates solely on the robust sharing and exchange of leading edge ideas, solutions, tips and real case presentations delivered by highly respected innovation champions from leading organizations.  The topics are relevant to organizations trying to make the most of their Stage-Gate innovation processes including Idea Management, Idea-to-Launch and Portfolio Management. 

Stage-Gate Summit ’07 was sold-out early and was declared a resounding success by those that attended it.  Just over 100 delegates from around the world convened to advance their knowledge and their toolkits on critical innovation topics.  Delegates were generous with their evaluations of the event giving it one of the highest scores ever received 4.6/5.0!  Additionally, 97% indicated they would return to another Stage-Gate Summit and would recommend it to their colleagues.  But don’t take their word for it.  We guarantee your satisfaction.  Register today and see for yourself.

We look forward to meeting you in beautiful Clearwater, Florida this February for Stage-Gate Summit ’08.

Who Should Attend

The Summit is aimed at decision-makers who can impact the way their business goes about conceiving, developing and launching new products. This includes Vice Presidents, Directors and Senior Managers of R&D, Marketing, Product Development, Product Engineering, Business Development, Innovation, Process Improvement, Operations and General Management.