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Dr. Scott Edgett to Keynote at the Product Development Impact 2008 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona

ANCASTER, ONTARIO, CANADA - April 1, 2008 - Stage-Gate International, a Member company of the Product Development Institute, today announced that Dr. Scott Edgett, CEO and co-founder of the Product Development Institute and Stage-Gate International, will be Keynote Speaker at the upcoming Product Development Impact 2008 Conference on April 8, 2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Dr. Edgett will address the topic of Linking Portfolio Management to Innovation Strategy

Dr. Edgett’s keynote topic will focus on how leading companies are integrating their innovation strategy, portfolio management and new product development processes to better define areas of strategic focus. The presentation will assist corporate leaders with the cutting-edge strategies they need to manage their product portfolios, maximize their investments and prosper in the competitive and volatile environment of product innovation.

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Executive Vice President, Global Growth
Stage-Gate International
+1-905-304-8798
www.prod-dev.com

Product Development Institute

Product Development Institute is dedicated to helping companies improve their approach to new product development and portfolio management. The Institute has conducted some of the world's most comprehensive research and best practices in new product development - research that has led to some of the most important discoveries in product innovation such as: the widely used Stage-Gate^® system; the concept of New Product Portfolio Management; and the Innovation Diamond™ Framework.

Dr. Scott J. Edgett
Dr. Scott J. Edgett is internationally recognized as one of the world’s top experts in product innovation and is the pioneer of portfolio management for product innovation. He is a high profile speaker and sought-after consultant. Dr. Edgett has had extensive experience working with large multinational clients in a variety of industries, principally focusing on issues affecting innovation leadership and capability. He is credited with helping business executives and innovation professionals successfully implement world-class innovation processes that have generated outstanding results. His speaking engagements and consulting work have taken him around the globe to work with some of the world’s best innovators and companies among the Fortune 1000.
Dr. Edgett is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, with Dr. Robert G. Cooper, of both Product Development Institute and Stage-Gate International He has spent more than 20 years researching and developing innovation best practices and working with organizations in product innovation. He is a prolific author having coauthored six books including the popular ‘Portfolio Management for New Products, 2nd Edition’ and has published more than 60 academic articles. Dr. Edgett is a former Professor of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University in Ontario and is a Faculty Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) at Penn State University.