NEENAH, Wis. - Innovationedge, a global strategic innovation consultancy based in Wisconsin, is teaming up with The Management Roundtable, Inc. to deliver the first-ever, Food & Beverage Industry 2011: Sustainable Innovation Summit, from August 9- 10, 2011 in Chicago, Ill.
The Sustainable Innovation Summit was developed to address the unique issues facing the food & beverage industry. The exclusive, invite-only event will serve as an executive forum to challenge current thinking and approaches, set the stage for new trends in sustainable innovation and create a senior level networking community for ongoing support and dialogue.
The conference also will give special focus to the increase in regulatory pressures ranging from food safety, packaging and sustainability to long-term nutrition.
The Summit will also address how to:
The event will feature sessions from distinguished innovation industry leaders such as Barry Calpino, vice president of breakthrough innovation at Kraft Foods, Jim Matthews, vice president of innovation and quality at Heinz, David Palmer, managing director of US equity research at UBS, Linda Wright, director of food research and discovery at The Hershey Company and others.
Food and Beverage professionals who are interested in more information, or being added to the invite list, can contact Pat Clusman of Innovationedge at 920-967-0470 or pclusman@innovationedge.com.
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About Innovationedge
Innovationedge is a global strategic innovation consultancy based in Wisconsin. The team’s fearless champions of innovation break barriers to help executives define their business strategy, develop new capabilities, design a winning organizational structure, and deliver breakthrough innovations through a robust growth pipeline of solutions and new-to-the-world innovations. The company also gives inventors an edge by crafting winning business propositions and creating strategic corporate partnerships that deliver commercial success. For more information, visit innovationedge.com.
The Sustainable Innovation Summit was developed to address the unique issues facing the food & beverage industry. The exclusive, invite-only event will serve as an executive forum to challenge current thinking and approaches, set the stage for new trends in sustainable innovation and create a senior level networking community for ongoing support and dialogue.
The conference also will give special focus to the increase in regulatory pressures ranging from food safety, packaging and sustainability to long-term nutrition.
The Summit will also address how to:
- Deliver results while building up your company’s innovation capabilities
- Evolve company culture to support and drive innovation initiatives
- Expand your innovation processes across multiple functions and levels
- Find growth in mature markets to expand your brand reach and increase revenues
- Accelerate innovation by partnering with key customers, consumers and suppliers
- Recruit, incentivize and retain the right top talent to roll out and execute your new innovation initiatives
The event will feature sessions from distinguished innovation industry leaders such as Barry Calpino, vice president of breakthrough innovation at Kraft Foods, Jim Matthews, vice president of innovation and quality at Heinz, David Palmer, managing director of US equity research at UBS, Linda Wright, director of food research and discovery at The Hershey Company and others.
Food and Beverage professionals who are interested in more information, or being added to the invite list, can contact Pat Clusman of Innovationedge at 920-967-0470 or pclusman@innovationedge.com.
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About Innovationedge
Innovationedge is a global strategic innovation consultancy based in Wisconsin. The team’s fearless champions of innovation break barriers to help executives define their business strategy, develop new capabilities, design a winning organizational structure, and deliver breakthrough innovations through a robust growth pipeline of solutions and new-to-the-world innovations. The company also gives inventors an edge by crafting winning business propositions and creating strategic corporate partnerships that deliver commercial success. For more information, visit innovationedge.com.