2009 Innovation Summit

May 21st - May 21st 2009 | Spertus Institute, 610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago

Overview
Hosted in partnership with the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the 2009 Innovation Summit will bring together influential innovation experts, business executives, academics and government leaders to discuss innovation and accelerate Chicagoland's development as a globally recognized center for innovation. The Summit is a full day of innovation education, tools, case studies, demonstrations, and networking. Now in its third year, the summit will continue to focus on creating and sustaining an innovation culture and establishing recognition of the region for leading the innovation imperative on a global scale.

The summit represents a new collaboration between Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design and InnovateNow, the CCCF's innovation initative.

New: Bruce Nussbaum's favorite quotes from the summit via his BusinessWeek blog.

Program Content

Patrick Whitney introduces the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago, May 2009 from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.

John Rowe interviewed by Bruce Nussbaum at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.

Jeb Brugmann at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.

Sam Pitroda at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.

Judd Morgenstern at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.

Gordon Gill, Kathy Tholin and Lynn Osmond at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.
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Larry Keeley at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.
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Rob Pew interviewed by Bruce Nussbaum at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.

Mark Greiner at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.
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Stacy Dennery at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.

Peter Semmelhack at the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.
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Bruce Nussbaum wraps up the 2009 Innovation Summit, Chicago from IIT Institute of Design on Vimeo.

Bonus Content
2009 Innovation Summit Conversations on Innovation
Seven interviews, conducted by Bill Moller, host of WGN Radio\'s Your Money, highlight how business leaders, design experts and people with environmental know-how help innovation and design add up to sustainability. Each individual discusses a different aspect of the equation.

* Pete Kadens, Co-Founder and President of SoCore Energy, LLC, a solar electricity systems provider for commercial buildings.
* Dev Patnaik, CEO of Jump Associates, a growth strategy consulting firm.
* Valerie Casey, Leader, Digital Experiences, IDEO.
* Jack Catlin of LCM Architects, who specializes in universal design.
* Chris Conley, co-founder of gravitytank, a Chicago design and innovation strategy firm.
* Patrick Whitney, Dean of the IIT Institute of Design and co-chair of the 2009 Innovation Summit.
* Howard Tullman, President and CEO of Flashpoint Academy.

Attendees
The participants will be CEOs and senior executives from major Chicagoland and national companies; academic leaders; innovation experts; and leading innovative companies. Space is limited to 400 attendees.

Key Benefits
With the Summit our goals are to:

1. Demonstrate firsthand how successful companies are using innovation and design to effectively grow business.
2. Explore the tension that exists between the world of innovation, represented by a fast, global, technology-driven future vs. the world of sustainability, marked by slow, local, low-impact lifestyles.
3. Demonstrate how lessons and strategies from the design world can inform and reframe the inherent conflict between innovation and sustainability and provide solutions for businesses, governments and individuals.
4. Connect people using state-of-the art technology and platforms to maximize the opportunities to create meaningful linkages.