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PDMA News and Announcements

• New! Seeking Volunteer Candidate for the PDMA International Affiliate Task Force
  Deadline for application is April 30, 2008
  The PDMA Vice President of International Affiliates is looking to form a Task Force whose purpose and objectives are to support International Affiliates and foster their success. Click here for more information. For the application form, click here.
  
• New! 2008 International Conference Call for Papers
  The 2008 PDMA Annual International Conference Planning Committee is currently seeking corporate practitioners to submit their expertise for workshop and track session consideration at this year’s Conference. For details, click here. Consultants and vendors who wish to submit should contact Sabina Gargiulo, Conference Director, at sgargiulo@ahint.com or call 856-439-9177, ext. 4503. Click here for the application form. DEADLINE: April 11, 2008.
  
• New! Time Running Out to Nominate Companies for 2008 OCI (Outstanding Corporate Innovator) Award!
  DEADLINE EXTENDED: You have just TWO WEEKS LEFT! Please help PDMA find, and learn from, the best new product development firms at PDMA's 32nd International Conference! Nominations must be submitted by April 14, 2008. Click here for more information. For the nomination form itself, click here.
  
• New! SCIP to hold Member-Sponsor-a-Member Campaign
  PDMA members can join SCIP at a 15% discount off membership dues. For more information, click here.
  
• New! Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities for 2008 International Conference
  For more information on becoming a sponsor or an exhibitor at PDMA's 32nd Annual International Conference, please contact Sabina Gargiulo, Conference Director, at sgargiulo@ahint.com or call 856-380-6831.
  
• New! 2008 International Conference
  Save the Date for the PDMA Annual International Conference 2008, September 15-17th, Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, FL. -- join us and the PDMA community for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing tailored to meet your professional development and company needs whether you are experienced in new product development or new to the field. Click here for more details.
  
• New! 2008 Member Sponsor a Member Campaign
  Recruit new members to PDMA, and win valuable prizes! The Grand Prize, registration and 4 free nights at the 2008 International Conference in Orlando is worth $3,000! Click here for more details.
  
• New! New Books in Our Bookstore
  Check out our latest additions, or the hundreds of other books relating to new product development in our virtual bookstore.
  
• New! Introducing... the PDMA Knowledge Wiki!
  This is our latest offering of knowledge relating to new product development... and you can (and should!) contribute your own knowledge and experience to it. For more information about the wiki, click here. To access the PDMA Wiki itself, go to www.pdma.org/wiki.
  

Upcoming Product Development Conferences & Seminars

• 8th Annual PDMA/MRT International Congress on Co-Development: CoDev 2009
  January 26-28, 2009, Radisson Fort McDowell Resort, Scottsdale, AZ
  The PDMA and Management Roundtable are pleased to announce the dates and venue for the 8th Annual International Congress on Co-Development & Open Innovation. Next year’s program will be held January 26 – 28, 2009 at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Be sure to save the date and plan to bring your team to the leading forum focused on cutting-edge and future trends in open innovation and co-development. Full conference details available now on the official CoDev2009 web-site.

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Upcoming Chapter Events

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Conference Presentations / OCI Winners

• CN8 Money Matters Today PDMA Executive Director Robin Karol appeared on CN8’s Money Matters Today on July 31, 2007 to discuss the new book New Product Development for Dummies and the product development industry. Please click here to view the segment.

• 2006 Conference OCI Award Winner Presentation, Innovation at Bank of America - Innovating to Win As presented by C. Ray Chinn, New Product Introduction Executive from Bank of America. (0.7 MB)
  
  
• 2006 Conference OCI Award Winner Presentation, Customer Driven Innovation at Xerox As presented by Stephen Hoover, PhD, Vice President, Xerox Innovation Group, Xerox Corporation. (4.9 MB)
  
  
• 2005 Conference OCI Presentation - Sprint Nextel Communications. As presented by Greg Santoro and Ram Nair of Sprint Nextel (1.0 MB PDF)

• 2005 Conference OCI Presentation - djOrthopedics. Presented at the 2005 International Conference (1.5 MB download).

• PDMA Webinar on 'Assessing Innovation Practices and Results: Selected Results from PDMA Foundation's CPAS'As presented on June 21, 2005 by Thomas Hustad, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, and Bob Gill, President, ePI. Scroll down the list to see how to order this on CD from Sopheon.
  
  
• 2004 Conference OCI Presentation - Air Force Research LaboratoryGiven by Mick Hitchcock, Air Force Research Laboratory (6.9 MB)
  
  
• 2004 Conference OCI Presentation - Affymetrix (Nicholls) Presented by Trevor Nicholls, EVP for Product Devlopment and Marketing at Affymetrix (3.3 MB download).

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