| Fall 2008 Peer Learning Events |
| Date |
Event Type
|
Event Title |
| Sep. 16 |
Member Roundtable
|
Effective Requirements Documents - Proven Practices and Lessons Learned
Moderated discussion with Barry Christenson, Director of Product Management with ANSYS and Mark Collins, Sr. Marketing Manager with Thermo Fisher Scientific. 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Local meeting in Pittsburgh PA. |
| Sep. 19 |
Web Forum
|
Satisfying Customer Needs and Target Margins
Webcast presentation by Andreas Maihoefer, Strategic Marketing Manager, MEDRAD. 12 Noon Eastern Time / 9 AM Pacific Time. 60 minute duration.
|
| Oct. 1 |
Member Roundtable
|
Managing Surprises from Market Research. Moderated discussion with Joan Tesla, VP Marketing with Confluence and Jim McKenzie, Product Manager with Philips-Childrens Medical Ventures. 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Local meeting in Pittsburgh PA |
| Oct. 24 |
Web Forum |
Understanding the Needs of Key Buying Influencers
Webcast presentation by Brad Wyland, Senior Research Analyst at Aberdeen Group. 12 Noon Eastern Time / 9 AM Pacific Time. 60 minute duration.
|
| Nov. 21 |
Web Forum |
Predicting the Impact of Product Innovation Projects: Beyond Lagging Indicators. Presented by Stefanie Lattner, VP Strategy, XL Tech Group. 12 Noon Eastern Time / 9 AM Pacific Time. 60 minute duration. |
| Dec. 4 |
Forum |
Business Cases for New Product Ideas: Why should someone invest in product development? Panel discussion with Dan Torrens, VP Product Management, Confluence; Ned Renzi, Partner, Birchmere Ventures; Richard Heilman, VP Marketing, PPG Industries; James Jordan, Chief Investment Officer, Pittsburgh LifeSciences Greenhouse. 5:30 to 8:30 PM. Local meeting in Pittsburgh PA. |
| Dec. 12 |
Web Forum |
Getting Internal Buy-In to Your Product Ideas. Webcast presentation by Dave Jones, Product Manager, Sage Software. 12 Noon Eastern Time / 9 AM Pacific Time. 60 minute duration.
|
| 2008 Training Workshops (public) |
| Date |
Location
|
Workshop Title |
| Feb. 26 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Evaluating Product Opportunities |
| Feb. 27 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Understanding Customer Needs |
| Feb. 28 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Product Roadmapping |
| Feb. 29 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Product Positioning Strategy |
| Mar. 19 |
Seattle, WA |
Product Roadmapping |
| Apr. 10 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Product Roadmapping |
| Apr. 30 |
Boston, MA |
Product Roadmapping |
| Jun. 11 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Understanding Customer Needs |
| Jun. 12 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Product Positioning Strategy |
| Jun. 23 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Product Positioning Strategy |
| Jul. 17 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Product Roadmapping |
| Oct. 27 |
Boston, MA
|
Product Roadmapping |
| Oct. 28 |
Newark, NK
|
Product Roadmapping |
| Oct. 30 |
Pittsburgh, PA
|
Product Roadmapping |
| Nov. 20 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Understanding Customer Needs
|
| Dec. 4 |
Boston, MA
|
Product Positioning Strategy |
| Dec. 5 |
Pittsburgh, PA
|
Product Positioning Strategy
|
| Spring 2008 Peer Learning Events |
| Date |
Event Type
|
Event Title & Information |
| Feb. 8 |
Web Forum
|
Best Practices for Managing Agile Projects.
Webcast presentation by Sue McKinney, Vice President of Strategy and Technology, Software Group for IBM. 12 Noon to 1 PM Eastern Time (USA.) |
| Feb. 19 |
Educational Session
|
Go-to-Market Planning - A practitioner's guide to product launch results.
Presented by Pramod Nemlekar, Corporate Director of Customer Marketing for ECI Telecom. 8:30 am to 11:00 AM Eastern Time. Local meeting in Pittsburgh PA. |
| Mar. 7 |
Web Forum
|
Product Portfolio Management.
Webcast presentation by David Cohen, Vice President of Product Management, Parametric Technology (PTC). 12 Noon to 1 PM Eastern Time (USA). |
| Mar. 11 |
Forum
|
New Ways to Generate Buzz for Your Products. A Case Study with Landslide Technologies.
Presented by Saman Haqqi, Vice President of Marketing, Landslide Technologies. 5:30 to 8:00 PM Local meeting in Pittsburgh PA. |
| Mar. 28 |
Web Forum
|
Go-to-Market Planning - A practitioner's guide to product launch results.
Webcast presentation by Pramod Nemlekar, Corporate Director of Customer Marketing for ECI Telecom. 12 Noon to 1 PM Eastern Time |
| April 9 |
Member Roundtable
|
Finding Problems for Your Solution.
Discussion with master practitioners Arun Ranchod, Business Development Director, MEDRAD, and James Thompson-Colón, Program Manager- Future Business, Bayer MaterialScience. 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Local Members-only meeting in Pittsburgh PA. |
| April 25 |
Web Forum
|
Make the Case with Total Cost of Ownership Tools
Webcast presentation by Harry Ostaffe, Product Marketing Director with Ericsson. 12 Noon to 1:00 PM Eastern Time (USA) |
| May 14 |
Forum
|
From Projects to Products - Making the Transformation
Presented by Eric Close, CEO, RedZone Robotics. 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Local meeting in Pittsburgh PA. |
| June 3 |
Forum
|
Pricing Strategy and Tactics - A Case Study with Respironics
Presented by Bob Barker, Global Product Manager, Respironics. 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Local meeting in Pittsburgh PA. |
| June 11 |
Member Roundtable
|
Customer Interviewing Tips and Techniques
Presentation and moderated discussion with Julie Gulick, Product Planning Manager, MEDRAD and Marc Mabie, Project Manager, MEDRAD. 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Local meeting in Pittsburgh PA. |
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