Olin College

Olin Innovation Lab 4

Thornton A. May, Futurist and Olin's EXTAB (External Technology Advisory Board) welcome you to the fourth meeting of the Olin Innovation Lab - OIL 4:

Understanding How Innovation REALLY Happens:
Process, Politics, Finance & Best Practices

March 6 - 7, 2011

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Campus Center

Perhaps there will come a day when not innovating is perceived as being a high risk course of action. Until that day arrives there is the Olin Innovation Lab – a celebration and cerebration of regional innovation and innovators. A select group of thought leaders will take participants inside the sausage factory of contemporary innovation sharing real stories about real people making real change happen.

Join a group of high impact innovation pioneers as you discuss, deliberate and create new knowledge regarding what works and what doesn’t on the leading edge of technology. OIL 4 promises to be a premier opportunity not only for an exchange of ideas and information amongst top professionals in Information Technology, but to collectively look forward to the future of IT and the importance of innovation in attracting the next generation of leaders.

Goals and Expected Outcomes of the Olin Innovation Labs

To create a cross-industry information technology community interested in innovation and concrete next steps in supporting innovation especially during challenging economic times;

To further the understanding of the importance of innovation in creating the next generation of IT leaders and to work on filling the pipeline;

To introduce Franklin W. Olin College, whose founding tenet is continuous innovation to companies and organizations that are like-minded;

To continue with a bi-annual event to follow up on success stories and revisit next steps.

For more information on EXTAB, please visit http://it.olin.edu/extab.cfm or contact Joanne Kossuth at joanne.kossuth@olin.edu.