Poster Sessions

Poster sessions, featured on an ongoing basis in common areas, will allow for more intimate and informal conversation around specific topics.

PS1
Total Safety Commitment/Solutions vs. Command and Regulation
A logistical operations department responsible for storing and supplying more than 200 hazardous chemicals maintains a 24/7, all-weather operation using trucks and trains for transportation. Safety is the #1 issue for its 100-plus workforce, their families and the neighboring community. Traditionally, the department managers use strict rules and regulations: do's and dont's (with more dont's than do's), rewards, bonuses, fines, and lay-offs to try to ensure safety. Unfortunately, accidents happen and some are disastrous. Some workers and their families are in constant fear creating low morale and high turnover rates. As a pilot group, we are seeking to identify new SoLutions, explore the root causes of accidents, and try to find ways to minimize the hazards. The safety issue cannot be dealt with only by enforcing rules and regulations or by individuals alone. It is for all people concerned to enhance awareness and work together in an innovative learning community. Total safety commitment is recommended for preventing and minimizing disasters, natural or technical. The ultimate aim is to make our living and working environments safer and healthier through teamwork and knowledge-sharing. This session will introduce a safety/hazard case in which the presenter will facilitate group work using role play and cause-and-effect diagrams. Broader safety issues, including the recent tsunami tragedy, will also be discussed.
Who Should Attend:
• Educators
• Managers
• Public service officials
• Consultants
Presenters
Dr Zhaoyi Wu is a researcher and consultant on knowledge and innovation and intercultural management and communication.

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PS2
Story-Telling And eCoaching – A Symphony That Works?
In this session, we will examine a multimedia product that offers a holistic way of working on various aspects of personal development. It links a story-telling approach, various exercises for guided reflection, and diverse types of contact with “real” coaches. We will discuss the symphony of processes needed to make the use of such a product successful. A group of up to 30 participants would work well
Who Should Attend:
• Senior managers who would like to learn more about innovative ways of supporting their junior managers in their own personal development and about what it takes to make such processes work
• HR experts who are looking for a new methodologies for personal development and for new content for their eLearning environment
• SMSs who are looking for state-of-the-art eLearning tools for personal development and who do not have HR experts of their own
• Consultants and trainers who are curious about new ways of learning and development
Presenters
Christoph Hieber studied education and multimedia design. He has worked since 1996 as a trainer and consultant in communications, interactive media and learning technologies, train-the-trainers, and leading groups. He has engaged in international consulting projects in the areas of e-learning, e-collaboration, and knowledge management. In his consulting work he focuses on strategy, human resources and competence development, learning media and learning technologies, change management in IT projects, and project coaching.
Ute Thumm has more than 14 years of international experience as a management consultant, focusing on coaching, leadership development, and change management. She has extensive experience working with large multinational companies, where she co-operates with customers from all over the world. Ute supports her customers in issues of every kind relating to their management and leadership tasks. She links the fields of personnel and organisational development, thus increasing the effectiveness of leadership and leadership development.

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PS3
Redesigning Value-Chains for Sustainability
A poster session generating an informal and open discussion about new models of Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) networks shortening value chain creation.
Who Should Attend:
• SMEs and SME associations and clusters
• Private and public organisations involved in environmental issues
• Research and technology organisations
• Public authorities promoting innovation policies
• Senior managers
Presenters
Javier Ruiz is Director of the "Regional Development" Unit of LABEIN. Javier is currently focused on "Regional Knowledge Management," including programmes to support innovation capabilities and competence development in SMEs, ICT advanced tools and content development. He is also interested in new models to understand knowledge dynamics regionally and globally in the socioeconomic field. Javier has co-authored two books, more than forty articles and papers in international and national technical magazines about innovation, business, and quality management. He acts as evaluator in different RTD Programmes at regional, national, and European level.
Saioa Kortabarria is a post-grad grant-holder who is working for Fundación Labein thanks to a scholarship granted by the Foundation of Technological Centers of the Basque Country. She recently joined the Regional Development department and has begun collaborating in Regional and European research projects. Her current efforts are focused on a new challenging project called COMPLEXIS (Sustainable Innovation in Complex Systems) a project based on the analysis of some key theoretical concepts as sustainability, Eco-effectiveness, and strategic enterprise networks. Saioa has a degree in Humanities, Itinerary of Business, and a masters' degree in ‘Leadership and Human Development in Business’ from the University of Deusto, San Sebastian, 1999-2004.
Carlos Peña is a Senior Researcher in LABEIN in charge of the ‘Innovation and SME Program.’ With a background of Electrical Engineering, he is also a Quality Engineer by the American Society for Quality, and a TRIZ Specialist by Ideation Inc. (US. At present he is leading different activities in LABEIN, mostly related to the development of innovative actions around different groups of SMEs, as for example:
• Technological watch and Prospective, aligned with the strategy of the company
• New management models for micro-enterprises
• Entrepreneurship and its relation with society and technology
• Management of innovation in SMEs: utilisation of ICTs, models of excellence, organisational innovation, people and processes, new products, etc

As a complement to his research work, Carlos is involved in several EU innovation projects, as for example TIGER (trust interfaces in support of innovative problem solving), TEAM (organisational innovation) and TRACTOR (innovative support to start-ups and young companies), the three of them under the 5th Framework Programme, SYNERGY (facilitating SME participation in European DER research projects) and BUILD-NOVA (Innovation and financing in the Construction sector), under the 6th FP. He is also leading the COMPLEXIS project, a research work that LABEIN is focusing on sustainability, value networks and their relation with innovation.

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PS4
Technology Applications Enabling Sustainability
Who Should Attend:
• Senior managers
• NGOs
• Educators and Government Organisations
Presenters
William G. Russell
Deane Belfield is a Management Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, who focuses on business development (marketing and strategy), activity-based management strategies and development of environmental systems. Deane has led a number of projects on energy efficiency and assisted over 30 companies with their Greenhouse Challenge program. Furthermore he managed the development of the Metals Sector industry workbook as part of the Managing Energy for Profit program. Through Deane's expertise in process improvement and environmental accounting (including emissions) PwC is also able to offer extra value to companies by integrating these action plans into their business and accounting systems. Recent work has included review, advice and verification for one of the first biomass energy (green) initiatives in Australia. He is a globally accredited senior project manager within PwC having successfully managed all stages of the project life-cycle on many occasions.

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PS5
Conversational Leadership (tm) as a Core Business Process  for Innovation
This session will invite you to explore  conversational leadership as a core business practice essential for learning  and innovation. The Jorgensen Model for Cultural Transformation (tm), an  original model, built in a field of practice over twenty years applying the  principles of organizational learning in organizations of all types and  complexity will be shared. The Jorgensen Model includes fresh and useful  approaches for obtaining stretch results.
Who Should Attend
Those interested in designing  structures congruent with the guiding ideas and vision of an organization and  interested in obtaining stretch results on a consistent basis are invited.  Learners who believe that conversation is our most powerful human technology,  please come.
Presenters
Carolyn Baldwin is an Executive Coach and Consultant with the  Jorgensen Learning Center and is a distinguished educator at All Saints'  Academy, one of Florida's finest independent college preparatory schools.  Carolyn's educational experience spans 35 years in public and private  educational administration as Head of School and School Superintendent.  Carolyn's passion is dialogue, The World Cafe (tm),  and Conversational  Leadership (tm) for innovation and change. She is a member of Founding  SoL.

PS6
Taking Stock. The Practice and Future of Change Management
In 2004, a global online survey on the practice and future of Change Management was undertaken, involving 562 respondents from all over the world. The survey researched different models for and approaches to Change Management. This poster session will give an outlook on how the field will develop over the coming 10 years, reflecting different industry sectors and cultural differences.
Presenter
Holger Nauheimer (Change Facilitation s.r.o.) is a Change Management consultant who works globally across all industry sectors. His "Change Management Toolbook" has become one of the leading references for different approaches to change. Holger’s specific interest is how to relate modern science disciplines (neurobiology, complexity theory and quantum mechanics) to social systems. In his work, he applies different methodological frameworks such as NLP, systems thinking, large group facilitation, process work, communication theory, etc. (Website:www.change-management-toolbook.com)

PS7
A cross-company idea management system developed by the Platform for Innovation Management (Austria)
This new regional idea management system was designed to commercialise unused ideas and competencies of companies and R&D organizations by matching them and providing a down-to-earth development process based on easy methods and impartial evaluations. A web based application enables direct communication and data flow between inventors, specialists, evaluators and the systems administrators. It supports the matching of ideas and implementing of development projects. The system has been developed during the last eighteen months with support of the Austrian Ministry of Economy and Labour by a team of 12 companies and research institutes. Currently, commercial operation starts with 20 member organizations. The target for 2006 is to generate 15 innovation concepts by building up a stock of 300 promising ideas and specialized competencies. We seek to exchange experiences in developing and running similar systems and are looking for partners who join in by providing their ideas for new products and services
Presenter
Bernd Gottinger is a partner at iip (Innovation In Progress) and Co-founder of the Platform for Innovation Management.

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