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Dr. Cagan of DesignAdvance to Keynote “Innovation Day” in PA |
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Contributed by Robin Norvell
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 |
Pittsburgh, PA -- On Tuesday, June 6, Dr. Jonathan Cagan, chief technologist and co-founder of DesignAdvance and professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, will give a keynote address at the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s “Innovation Day.” His topic will be “Pragmatic Innovation – Understanding Innovation in the 21st Century.”
Dr. Peter Boatwright, professor at the Tepper School of Business of Carnegie Mellon University, will also speak at the event. Dr. Cagan and Dr. Boatwright are co-authors of the book The Design of Things to Come.
The Drs. will then moderate a panel on the same topic. Participants include: Tom Bonnell, director of design at Repironics; Randy Eager, CEO of DesignAdvance; Eric Close, CEO of RedZone Robotics; and Todd Summe, manager of new product innovation at Alcoa.
The event will take place at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh. For more info., visit pghtech.org/events/innovation.asp.
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