At Stage-Gate Summit events you learn just as much from the high caliber delegates as you do from guru and speaker case presentations.

Successful innovators have a quality network of partners, peers, advisors, suppliers and potential customers. Expand your innovation network at Stage-Gate Summit through a wide variety of highly interactive sessions:

• Real-time Audience Benchmarking
• Innovation Toolkit
• Mini Workshops
• Coaching Clinics
• Innovation Storyboards
• Innovation Marketplace
• Software Exhibit
• and more!

Is This Event for You?

• You are responsible for developing and executing a strategic direction for product innovation
• You are accountable to improve innovation performance at your organization
• You lead the development and ongoing improvement of innovation management processes
• Your organization relies on you to bring new ideas and practices to help improve speed and success
• You want to learn about latest developments in the Stage-Gate process
• You are a product innovation professional from R&D, Product Innovation, Marketing, Engineering, Business Development or Business Process Improvement
• You want to learn the latest product development process benchmarking results

CALL FOR STAGE-GATE INNOVATION STORYBOARDS

Stage-Gate^® Innovation Summit 2011 is currently seeking 3-page storyboards (downloadable Powerpoint template) on the following topics:

• Creative implementation of Stage-Gate into your company
• Innovation Dashboards (i.e. how you monitor your innovation performance)
• Customized/Tailored Stage-Gate Processes (i.e. how you modified Stage-Gate for your unique needs)

All storyboards will be judged by Dr. Cooper and Dr. Edgett. Select storyboards will appear at Summit 2011 and online at www.stage-gate.com and one winning storyboard will be selected. Submit storyboards to Selin Dossa at selin.dossa@stage-gate.com no later than September 10, 2011.