Sustainable Innovation
Introduction
International Conference on Sustainable Innovation and Successful Product Development for a Turbulent Global Market 2013, 16-18 Dec 2013, Chennai, India; Deadline 1 Aug
Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) India announces the following events in December 2013 at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India:
- International Conference on “Sustainable Innovation and Successful Product Development for a Turbulent Global Market”, December 16-18, 2013
- One-day International Workshop on “Lasting Fortune at the Base of the Pyramid – a Myth or Reality?”, December 16, 2013
- One day continuing education program on “Voice of the Customer”, December 17, 2013
For details, please visit:
We welcome papers from all the major disciplines in engineering, business and management studies, and from other broad areas related to innovative approaches in the design and development of products, software and services. The papers may pertain to any topic lying in or related to the following tracks:
• Innovation: Issues, Framework, Challenges & Strategies [Innovation, New business models and organizational forms, Ecosystem for Innovation, Innovation Management, R&D, Financial Risks, Open Innovation& related topics, Strategic management, Creativity, Lateral Thinking, TRIZ and related topics]
• Front End of NPD [Planning NPD, Front end of NPD, Portfolio Management for NPD, Market Research, VOC, Tools for Market Research, CRM, Collaborative Product Commerce, Organizations & Team building, etc.]
• Application of Innovation-Sector Specific Issues [Service innovation, Innovation in micro-financing and empowering strategies for inclusive growth, BOP issues, Innovations in Energy Management & Environmental issues, Innovations in healthcare, Innovation in development of software products, E-Governance, Innovation in educational technology, curriculum development, & research, Case studies in innovation, NPD and related areas]
• Creating Successful Concepts [Creativity, Lateral Thinking, Concept Generation & Selection, QFD, Conjoint analysis, Morphological analysis, TRIZ and related topics]
• Engineering Great Products [Engineering design, design process, concurrent engineering, CAD/CAM/CAE, detailed design, platforms, architectures, Product families, configuration and modularization, DFx, Product liability, IPR, Knowledge management, ERP, etc.]
• Managing the Product Life Cycle [Manufacturing, PLM, Distribution, Maintenance, Reuse & Retirement of Products, Disposal & regulatory requirements]
• Marketing Products in a Turbulent Market [Strategies for turbulent markets, lean principles, market segment at the BOP & related topics]
Discussion papers and case studies are also invited for the International Workshop on Bottom of the Pyramid.
Prospective authors are requested to submit abstracts of their previously unpublished and original research work at:
Research scholars can also submit their work-in-progress papers for the special research workshop. Details are available at the conference website.
Important dates
Submission of Abstract – 1 August 2013.
Notification of Abstract Acceptance – 31 August 2013.
Submission of Final Manuscript – 1 October 2013.
To download Call for Papers (CFP), please visit:
We greatly appreciate your contribution in distributing CFP to your colleagues. We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts and meeting you at the conference.
With best wishes,
Prof. K.Chandrasekaran (Program Committee Chair)
Email: kesavan.chandrasekaran@gmail.com