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The Great Lakes Biomedical Conference will be held at the Golden Rondelle Theatre in Racine, WI. The theme of this year's conference is Innovation Engineering, and there will be a range of related discussions, including a poster session and prizes as well as cutting edge talks.

The Speakers and Topics at GLBC 2007 include:
Exploring Patent Protection: A Discussion of Business Rationales for Pursuing Patent Coverage on Innovations by Jonathan M. Fritz, J.D., M.S,. B.S.   Depending upon a business' goals, a patent can add a variety of value for a company or inventor.  What business value can a patent provide? How are patents used in different business models?  How can a patent provide protection for your innovations? These are a few of the questions that will be explored.
Operating Systems for Innovation:  What Roles do they Play in Technology Management and How Do They Increase the Value of Intellectual Assets?, by Zion Bar-El and Valery Prushinsky
Business Plans for Technology Spinouts – Telling the Story Through Pictures, Numbers and Words by Brian Thompson Technology transfer, or moving scientific discovery from the university setting to the commercial setting, is full of challenges.  University-based spinout companies face particular challenges in conveying their message.
Knowledge-Enabled Innovation: The Integration of Inventive Problem Solving with Semantic Concept Retrieval by Stephen Brown When proven methodologies for problem analysis, system functional analysis and creative thinking are combined and supported by the on-demand extraction of precisely relevant concepts from internal and worldwide knowledge sources, the resulting synergy enables greater acceleration, efficiency and repeatability in product and process innovation. This presentation will illustrate how leading life-science and medical device manufacturers are applying these recent breakthroughs in software technology to gain market share advantage through faster delivery of more reliable and competitively differentiated products.
Ideation and Invention: A moderated discussion by Dr. John Gassert
Customer Intimacy for Customer-Centric Engineering and Development by Kate Foss
Developing Products for Global Markets: New Products and Product Adaptation, Can your product be sold internationally?  by George Tesar
Lessons from the Global Healthcare Marketplace by Dr. David Deaven
Product Development Methods and Resources: A moderated discussion by Shajan M. John
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Held at the
Golden Rondelle Theatre
SC Johnson Wax
Racine, Wisconsin
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For additional information please contact:
The Great Lakes Biomedical Conference
Larry Hause  
Ph:  262-894-3968
e-mail llhause@yahoo.com

Supporting Organizations:

S.C. Johnson Wax MarquetteUniversity Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Engineering University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee     Product Development and Management (PDMA) Milwaukee Section of IEEE IEEE Milwaukee, Computer Chapter IEEE Milwukee, EMBS Chapter Region 4 of IEEE

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