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Past Events

2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005
2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000

The Mack Center hosts an ongoing series of insight-building events that provide important insights from academic faculty and industry leaders, for the benefit of our industry partners and invited guests.  These events are designed to provide research-based guidance to help firms "compete, survive and succeed" in industries that are being transformed by rapid technological innovation.  To view the agendas and/or summaries for past events, click on the year (above).  Events presented this year are listed below.


 

Innovation Metrics Conference - Mack Center at Wharton - June 2008

Prof. George Day, Co-Director of the Mack Center at Wharton Harbir Singh, Co-Director of the Mack Center, Vice Dean for International Programs   

 

EVENTS 2009
Audience at the ET Update Day on February 6, 2009
November 19, 2009
Metrics for Managing Pharmaceutical Innovation
This workshop addresses the role of innovation metrics in pharmaceutical drug development. This invitational event is for our industry partners in the Biosciences Crossroads Initiative and invited guests.  Presented in collaboration with CMR Intl. (Thomson/Reuters)

November 20, 2009
Borderless Innovation: Management Practices, Promises and Pitfalls
Globalization and collaboration are transforming how innovation is being managed.  This industry partner event brings together leading practitioners and academics to assess the state of the art in the design, coordination and management of borderless innovation.

Feb. 4 (dinner) and Feb. 5 (conference) 2010 Reinventing the Pharmaceutical Business Model
Invitational "Working Conference" presented at Wharton by the Univ. of Pennsylvania Medical School and the Mack Center; sponsored by the Biomedical Research & Education Foundation.

March 19, 2010
12th Annual Emerging Technologies Update Day
"T
he Future of Computing: BEYOND Clouds, Ubiquitous Networks and Smarter-Than-Ever Devices"
Our most popular annual event focuses on radical innovations in computing and IT that have the potential to transform industries and markets.

PAST EVENTS