News Release

World’s Top Innovation Management Scholar, Dr. Robert G. Cooper, Currently Visiting Europe

ANCASTER, ONTARIO, CANADA – May 20, 2010 - Stage-Gate International today announces Dr. Robert Cooper’s bi-annual trip to Europe during the month of May 2010.  Robert Cooper, the World’s Top Innovation Management Scholar, will lead events on product innovation success, with a focus on using innovation as a growth strategy during a recession and helping companies innovate in a flat market. 
Award-winning author, researcher and public speaker, Cooper is hosting the following events:

• Bregenz, Austria on May 17-18, 2010 - “Deciding Your New Product Portfolio: Making Strategic Choices & Picking Winners” 
• Frankfurt, Germany on May 19, 2010 - “Developing an Innovation & Technology Strategy: How to Innovate When the Market is Flat”
• Copenhagen, Demark on May 26-27, 2010 - “How to Innovate and Grow When the Market is Flat” in Copenhagen on May 26-27.
• Gothenburg, Sweden on May 24-25, 2010 – “Advanced Techniques for Accelerating the New Product Process for Maximum Productivity”

About Robert G. Cooper

Dr. Robert G. Cooper is one of the most influential innovation thought leaders in the business world today. He pioneered the original research that led to his many groundbreaking discoveries including the Stage-Gate Idea-to-Launch Process. Now implemented by almost 80% of North American companies, it is considered to be one of the most important discoveries in the field of innovation management. He has spent more than 30 years studying the practices and pitfalls of 3,000+ new product projects in hundreds of companies and has assembled the world’s most comprehensive research on the topic. His presentations and practical consulting advice have been widely applauded by corporate and business event audiences throughout the world making him one of the most sought-after speakers.

A prolific author, he has published more than 100 academic articles and eleven books, including the best selling Winning at New Products, 3rd Edition. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the Crawford Fellow from the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) and the Maurice Holland Award from the Industrial Research Institute (IRI). Dr. Cooper is a Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Technology Management at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) at Penn State University in Pennsylvania, USA. Visit Stage-Gate International at www.prod-dev.com  for more on how to improve your approach to new product development.

Contact
michelle.jones@stage-gate.com
Executive Vice President, Global Growth
Stage-Gate International
+1-905-304-8797
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.