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Leaders line up for international
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Some of the world's most influential industry leaders, technology experts and entrepreneurs will be at the IEE International Conference on Commercialising Technology and Innovation.
Some of the world's most influential industry leaders, technology experts and entrepreneurs will explore how emerging and evolving technologies will drive business growth over the next decade at the IEE International Conference on Commercialising Technology and Innovation on 14th and 15th September 2005 at the IEE, Savoy Place, London The two-day event will focus on the importance of strategy and leadership in innovation, but will also include tracks exploring the latest technological developments in IT security, secure mobile communications and medical electronics
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Speakers include: Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT's Centre for Bits and Atoms; Dr Ralph Kling, Principal Engineer for Intel Research; Antti Vasara, Nokia VP for Corporate Strategy; Tsugio Makimoto, Corporate Advisor, Sony; Greg Schmergel, CEO of Nantero; Ian Smith, Senior VP and MD, Oracle UK, Ireland and S Africa; and Air Chief Marshall Sir Brian Burridge.
The IEE Strategy Forum will include case studies of organisations that have built success through innovation as well as perspectives from world authorities on future directions for commercialising research.
Ian Smith of Oracle said that using IT to improve innovation is the way to drive the UK to becoming the world's leading knowledge economy: "We need to invest now in technology which can increase our productivity and help to build the workforce of the future, to make British business more successful in the future".
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"As the MD of the UK subsidiary of one of the biggest technology companies in the world, I believe there are still more changes to come, which business and UK plc will ignore at its own peril", said Smith.
But strategy is only one part of the equation.
Strong and effective leadership is imperative if organisations are to be able to turn innovation into commercial success.
The IEE Leadership Forum will feature the personal perspectives of speakers such as Air Chief Marshall Sir Brian Burridge, who headed the UK joint contingent of 43,000 personnel in the 2003 Iraq War.
Sir Brian said: "The way in which technology might be used in the future is limited only by the human imagination".
"The role of leaders in this respect is to generate the vision and provide conditions in which creativity can flourish".
"Yet much of the debate on strategic leadership in the UK is about what leaders are rather than what they do".
"This aspect needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency".
The IEE International Conference on Commercialising Technology and Innovation coincides with the IEE Innovation Awards, the first multisector awards dedicated to recognising outstanding innovation in engineering. Request free introductory details about products from Institution of Engineering and Technology ...
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