IRI Workshop: Mastering Open Innovation Strategies

Event Type: Workshop
Location: Online

Date/Time: 02/24/2026

11 am - 3 pm

Innovation, Open Innovation and Contests

This in-depth, virtual workshop is intended for anyone who is interested in Open Innovation (OI) and wants to learn how to implement an effective OI program. It is intended for individuals and organizations that are looking to supplement their internal activities with an Open Innovation program that involves interacting with other companies, universities, federal laboratories, and open innovation intermediaries. The workshop teaches how to use a Want-Find-Assess-Get-Manage approach to implementing an efficient and effective Open Innovation program within your company or organization. It builds upon the instructor’s decades of experience as a technology scout and an external technology leader.

IRI members can earn a certificate of completion by completing this workshop and a short follow-on activity that highlights how they plan to apply their learning.

Registration Fees:

IRI Members: $395
Non Members: $495

Each IRI member company has two complimentary passes that can be applied to this event. You can find the complimentary pass code for your company here.

Due to limited seating, we request that you cancel at least 48 hours before a scheduled class. This gives us the opportunity to fill the class. However, if you do not cancel prior to the 48 hours, you will lose the payment for the class.

All IRI events are broadcast in Eastern Standard Time

Joe Fox

President

FX Consulting, LLC

Joe is an experienced, 45-year veteran of the specialty chemicals and materials industries with a track record of scientific innovation, successful development, scale-up, and commercialization of next generation technology, and leadership of large-scale, complex projects and high-performance multidisciplinary teams. Joe is a Ph.D. chemist and worked in Research & Development for Standard Oil of Ohio, BP America, Ashland Performance Materials, and INEOS Composites. He currently is president of FX Consulting in Dublin, Ohio. Joe has broad technical expertise spanning organic polymers, inorganic materials, organometallic catalysts, ceramics, and composites. He has led successful efforts to develop and commercialize thermoset resin technology for fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite, adhesive, foundry binder & coating applications. Joe has utilized an array of tools, including Blueprinting and Design for Six Sigma, to identify attractive market opportunities, obtain the Voice of The Customer, and capture new business. Joe has an extensive network of companies, universities, federal laboratories and open innovation intermediaries. He has created and managed complex industry-university-federal laboratory partnerships that bring together the skill sets necessary for success and that leverage federal and state funding. Joe has strong interpersonal, organizational and facilitation skills and is an articulate communicator and presenter of ideas, concepts and results. He is a leader who motivates others with his energy and his passion. Joe was the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) and has also served on the boards of Polymer Ohio & the Ohio Bioproducts Innovation Center. He has served as co-chair of the IRI’s External Technology Network and as chairman of the Industrial Advisory Board for the Center for Biorenewable Chemicals. He currently is a member of the Consortium Council for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation and a member of National Advisory Council for the Federal Laboratory Consortium. Joe also serves as the director of the Miracle League of Central Ohio, a baseball league for special needs children.