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“Next Generation Product Design’ conference held in June 2008 in Barcelona, organized by GBG and attended by myself as a guest speaker, for me, was a highly stimulating and interesting event.
It is not usual that such a highly qualified and diversified group of ‘Design Leaders’ are able to come together, exchange opinions and present their company and work methods.
For me, working for a large automobile company, it is natural to get focused on the specified nature of our industry. This event allowed me to see behind the scenes of some very varied OEM’s who tackle their design problems in a very different way – I can learn from that.
The car industry is changing, and we need to take on information from other fields in order to move forward. Attending this conference, I received an exclusive insight to where other industries are heading and I was able to cement some key contacts, who after the event I will certainly contact for a further exchange of opinions.”
Chief Designer - MAZDA MOTOR EUROPE
“The strategic innovation forum was a good opportunity to look outside and understand how other companies deal with innovation, especially on hot items like sustainability and opportunity driven innovation. Due to the openness in the presentations and depth of discussions following, it has added value for me not only in terms of general external overview but some specific content and tools I can start using today.”
Innovation Portfolio Manager - UNILEVER R&D
“I much appreciated the opportunity to contribute to the engaging discussions. I enjoyed the atmosphere of openness and constructive curiosity. The discussions were pertinent, focused and provided good insights. The balance between company cases and the broader tool and process descriptions provided by the consultants worked well. Most enjoyable was of course the opportunity to meet with a broad group of people, keenly interested in making the cause of innovation progress through the exchange of experience, ideas and insights. ”
Director - ARTHUR D. LITTLE
“The speakers and audience members constituted an interesting blend of leaders from a variety of industries as well as cutting-edge consultants. A very valuable conference.”
Chief Technology Officer - CIBA INC.
“I very much enjoyed the participation at the forum. It gave valuable insight in innovation strategies of leading companies. It was a good opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions and I have made useful contacts. This made the event a very good “investment.”
Director Business Development - PHILIPS RESEARCH EUROPE
“Interesting people, inspirational talks, great setting.”
Client services & design research – SMART DESIGN
“It was both valuable and fun to listen to and meet so many interesting people at an event covering a diverse yet specific topic, and one that I would recommend many others to attend in the future.”
Director – ALLOY TOTAL PRODUCT DESIGN
“It was a great pleasure creating a workshop with some of the best designers of the world, by giving them some unusual tasks.
So a fruitful discussion started and the participants came closer to each other as usually possible on an event like this.”
Chairman – INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CENTER BERLIN
“This Forum is one of the best events in Europe I have ever attended so far in the domain of innovation because of the quality (content and style) of the invited speakers, the executive level of the participants, the valuable interaction and networking opportunities with attendants during and after the plenary sessions, the format and size of the event (limited to ~ 100 people) and the services offered by the organizers. I consider this yearly event a must be for all people who would like to share their personal experiences and also learn from others on how to further improve innovation effectiveness.”
Director, ALCATEL-LUCENT
“Interest in the audience was high, it was a well focused innovation community.”
Head Innovation Management Chemicals, DEGUSSA AG
“I am glad that GBG is initiating a platform on Innovation and have successfully demonstrated by hosting it in the last two years. I find the Quality of participation very high and it has given us an opportunity to interact with and do business with some very important clients desiring to Innovate in their own industries.
I am looking forward to GBG organising more platforms on Innovation in the future and participating actively as well.”
Director, EREHWON INNOVATION CONSULTING
“It was a high quality event with representing leading experience and leading thinking in the area of innovation management. It was very well organised and supported by GBG.”
Vice President, A.T. KEARNEY
“The forum offers an excellent opportunity to take a step back from your daily reality and examine with fresh eyes how you in your organisation compare to other companies across a wide spectrum of sectors in all aspects of innovation - process, idea generation, metrics, organisational structures, objective setting, pipeline analysis etc ...”
Head of Marketing Innovations, BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO
“It was an excellent opportunity to meet with other companies and exchange practices, I really appreciated the conference.”
Vice President Research & Innovation, ALCATEL
“I thank you for your invitation to that event, organization and content of which were absolutely perfect. As a participant, being merged together with representatives from totally different industry than mine, I could pick up new ideas. I amconvinced that cross-fertilization will happen and that some participants will elaborate on our own Alcatel experience. Personally I picked up ideas that I will push through my environment”
R&D Senior Director, ALCATEL
“I found the GBG seminar on Optimising Portfolio Management for New Products full of pragmatic and useful insights, with many experienced and qualified presenters drawn from a broad cross-section of industries. I applaud GBG for the organisation and execution of the event - very efficient and extremely discrete”
Director Venture Delivery Europe, INVISTA
“This was an exciting event: a top class gathering of leading companies; techniques for managing portfolios in a world of rapid change”
Innovation Champion, UNILEVER BESTFOODS EUROPE
“The more people I meet, the more I realize how many things I still have to learn. Your event was an excellent opportunity for both, meeting people and learning”
International R&D Home Care, Director Hard Surface Cleaning Products, HENKEL
“An excellent forum that certainly benchmarked the topic very well with experiences from leading multi-national organisations”
VP Innovation, LAFARGE
“The Optimizing Portfolio Management for New Products brought together a great cross section of thought and practice leaders from a variety of Industries. The information exchanged represents some of the best in class practices for managing complex product portfolios"
Vice President of Sales, IDe
“Companies who are not taking Sustainable Devlopment both in the developed as well as in the under-developed countries serious are not taking their own future serious. The Pan European Sustainable Product Design Forum is showing this need for Sustainable Development by bringing together knowledgeable speakers and a professional audience”
Staff Director Technology, AKZO NOBEL
“The event drew together various strands of the SPD debate in a well organised manner. The cross-comparison between the electronics and chemicals sector was particularly useful”
Director, THE CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
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