Events
Webinar: Beyond the AI Pilot: Three Trends R&D Leaders Must Know to Prepare for 2026
R&D organizations are at different stages of their AI journey, some have moved past initial experimentation and are running focused pilots, while others are still exploring what’s possible with these new tools. Regardless of where you are today, the critical…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Webinar
Shaping Innovation Leaders Info Session: Alumni Perspectives
Discover how accomplished innovation and R&D professionals leveraged IRI’s Shaping Innovation Leaders (SIL) to gain critical business knowledge and leadership skills to stay ahead in today’s fast-moving global business landscape. During this session, you will hear directly from SIL alumni…
WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Workshop
IRI Workshop: Innovation in Action: A Case Study Workshop on Driving Innovation through Customer Insights
This 75-minute interactive professional development workshop is designed to prompt conversations among R&D, innovation, and technology management practitioners on how exemplary cases of innovation can help them approach and think about innovation in their own contexts. This session is built…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Workshop
Webinar: Accelerating Innovation through Gen AI in Manufacturing Companies
Webinar: Accelerating Innovation through Gen AI in Manufacturing Companies Join us for the official launch of a groundbreaking research initiative exploring how generative and agentic AI are transforming innovation and commercialization in manufacturing. This collaborative study—led by IRI, NIST, Catalyst…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Webinar
Shaping Innovation Leaders Info Session: Program Design & Value
Discover how IRI’s Shaping Innovation Leaders (SIL) can equip high-potential innovation leaders with better business skills and give them a competitive edge in today’s fast-changing global business environment. Join us for an information session to learn more about Shaping Innovation…
WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Webinar
Shaping Innovation Leaders Info Session: Program Design & Value
Discover how IRI’s Shaping Innovation Leaders (SIL) can equip high-potential innovation leaders with better business skills and give them a competitive edge in today’s fast-changing global business environment. Join us for an information session to learn more about Shaping Innovation…
WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Webinar: How ExxonMobil initiates, manages, and supports open innovation
Open innovation has the potential to unlock vast global resources, but success depends on the ability to integrate these approaches effectively into organizational strategy and culture. In this session, Kyle Basler-Reeder, Global Open Innovation Lead at ExxonMobil, will share how…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Webinar
IRI Workshop: Innovation in Action: A Case Study Workshop on Adopting an Integrated Approach to Roadmapping
We have reached the enrollment limit for this workshop. To join the waitlist, please send an email to balmakhlouf@nam.org and we will notify you if a spot becomes available. This 75-minute interactive professional development workshop is designed to prompt conversations…
TUESDAY 10:00 am – 11:15 am Workshop
IRI Workshop: Strategy Activation
We have reached the enrollment limit for this workshop. To join the waitlist, please send an email to balmakhlouf@nam.org and we will notify you if a spot becomes available. In this 2-hour workshop, you will explore ways to turn long-term…
TUESDAY 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Workshop
IRI Workshop: Innovation in Action: A Case Study Workshop on Disciplined Innovation
We have reached the enrollment limit for this workshop. To join the waitlist, please send an email to balmakhlouf@nam.org and we will notify you if a spot becomes available. This 75-minute interactive professional development workshop is designed to prompt conversations…
TUESDAY 10:00 am – 11:15 am Workshop
Webinar: Managing Substances of Concern: A Smarter Approach to Sustainable Innovation
Join us for a fireside chat with Lori Austino, Global Technology Leader at DuPont, as she unpacks the complex challenge of managing substances of concern in product development. Lori will share how she built a framework to help companies navigate…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Webinar
Webinar: Accelerating Product Development: The Industrial Shift to AI/ML-Driven Formulation
In this discussion, we explore the fast-changing role of modeling and machine learning in formulation design, shifting from a supportive tool to a driving force of innovation. Once a “nice to have,” computational modeling is now reducing reliance on costly,…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Webinar
