Best Practices in the Automotive Industry: Workshop with Top Innovation Managers

Business Wire, June 11, 2008

LONDON -- Best practices in innovation research, innovation communication, and innovation in products, processes and services as growth driver for companies are some of the key subjects that will be covered at the workshop titled "Best Practices in Innovation Management in the Automotive Industry" that Frost & Sullivan will host in Munich on 3 July.

This year's Frost & Sullivan workshop will offer automotive industry majors an exciting and interactive environment to meet with outstanding corporate innovators of the automotive industry and to discuss how good ideas can successfully be implemented at an operational level.

Major innovation managers such as Dr. Nevio Di Giusto, CEO and President of Centro Ricerche Fiat, Hans-Wolf Mattheus, Head of Innovation and Weight Management Mercedes Benz Cars, Daimler AG and Hideto Murakami, Senior Vice President Nissan Technical Centre Europe will offer an insight to the critical aspects around the implementation of innovative ideas for new products, services and processes.

Key topics that will be covered include:

* Best practices in innovation research, innovation communication, innovation transfer and new technology scouting

* Innovation in products, processes and services as key growth driver for companies

* Industry (innovation) benchmarks and measuring the success of Innovation Management

* How Innovation Management processes are embedded within an organisation, its product development strategy and culture

* How innovations achieve customer acceptance and ensure maximum value gain

* Case studies of successful Innovation Management both from the automotive and the non-automotive sectors

Over and above Real-Life-Case-Studies the workshop will focus on how participants can verify their ideas and will show the ideal process to make these ideas become "the next big thing."

The workshop will be held on July 3, 2008 at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich.

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For a free brochure on the Frost & Sullivan Workshop Best Practices in Innovation Management in the Automotive Industry and if you are interested in attending it, please send an e-mail to Chiara Carella - Corporate Communications at chiara.carella@frost.com with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, e-mail address, city, state and country. Upon receipt of the above information, a brochure will be sent to you by e-mail. Media are welcome at the event and interviews with the press are available.

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