MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Lowinn Kibbey, Global Head, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, and Brian David Johnson, Futurist in Residence, Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University, will be keynote speakers at the 11th Annual New Product Innovation & Development: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange. The event will take place January 9-11, 2017 at the San Diego Marriott, La Jolla, CA.
To register and download the event agenda for the 11th Annual New Product Innovation & Development: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange please visit: www.frost.com/pds
Kibbey's opening keynote, Energizing Leadership and Leveraging Technology and Disruption for Transformational Growth, will offer important takeaways from his leadership role at Johnson & Johnson's Health & Wellness Solutions, Inc. He will draw upon his experiences in providing vision and direction to core businesses at Johnson & Johnson, as well as his expertise in implementing new strategies, business models and partnerships. Kibbey recently spearheaded the launch of the Health and Wellness Technology Accelerator and will share key observations from that undertaking.
Johnson's session, Adapting Your Product Strategy & Execution to Win the Business of the Consumer of the Future, will leverage his expertise as a futurist who works with organizations to develop actionable 10-15 year visions of what it will be like to live in the future. Futurecasting utilizes ethnographic studies, technology research, cultural history, trend data, global interviews and even science to provide a pragmatic roadmap of the future. Johnson will share strategies and insights that will help participants win the business of their consumer of the future.
The event theme, Visionary Strategy and Leadership in Transformational Times, will address the dynamic market changes, disruptive technologies and shifting customer expectations that are driving business transformation and the necessity this creates for businesses to adjust their product and innovation strategies to remain competitive.
Product development and innovation teams will leave with novel ideas and insights to help them address these formidable challenges, as well as introduce and execute new product and service initiatives intelligently and quickly.
For additional information, please email: events.us@frost.com or call Matthew McSweegan at 516-255-3812.
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