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Innovation
is top of the agenda
Cambridge Consultants used its
annual Innovation Day conference
and exhibition on November 2nd
to engage with leading businesses
from a diverse range of industries.
The one-day event, which attracted
nearly 100 senior managers and
engineers, featured a number
of seminars from some of the
leading thinkers in their respective
industries.
The
insightful presentations, which
were delivered by senior consultants
and managers from Cambridge
Consultants and Glenn Collinson,
co-founder of CSR, are available
to download from the Cambridge
Consultants website free of
charge. They include:
CSR: From Disruptive Innovation
to Market Leadership; Now What?
– Glenn Collinson, Sales
Director and co-founder of CSR,
the successful Cambridge Consultants
spin-out, describes how they
took on the established companies
in Bluetooth, how they achieved
market leadership and how innovation
will fuel the next phase of
the company’s development.
To download the PDF click
here - (5,500 KB).
Technology
Management and Competitive Advantage
– Dr. Simon Shohet from
Cambridge Consultants’
Business Innovation Management
division looks at the plethora
of R&D tools and models
available and asks, ‘could
you be deploying these better?’
To download the PDF click
here - (1,268 KB).
Innovating through the
Patent Maze –
Innovation-based business opportunities
are constrained by existing
patents. Tim Champion, head
of Cambridge Consultants’
Product Development division
examines how to innovate around
and through the patent blocks.
To download the PDF click
here - (3,023 KB).
Feeling Safe Yet?
– Hugh Burchett of Cambridge
Consultants looks at how a range
of innovative technologies are
starting to provide a safer,
less intrusive security environment
at airports and ports. To download
the PDF click
here - (2,107 KB).
The Future of Drug Delivery
– Jon Tuckwell from Cambridge
Consultants’ Healthcare
division discusses whether or
not the latest in drug delivery
technology can ever really compete
with tablets in terms of cost
and simplicity of use. To download
the PDF click
here - (3,186 KB).
Getting
it right from the Start
– Creating the right product
concept is critical as it often
determines over 80% of the final
product cost. Simon Smith from
Cambridge Consultants’
Product Development division
provides an insight into the
techniques employed by Cambridge
Consultants when creating successful
product concepts. To download
the PDF click
here - (3,846 KB).
Considerate Radio: Working
in an Increasingly Wireless
World – Tim Whittaker,
a senior consultant in Cambridge
Consultants’ Wireless
division looks at how radio
designers will need to get smarter
to ensure their products work
within the increasingly crowded
licence-free radio bands. To
download the PDF
click here - (3,428 KB).
The Intelligent Highway
– Peter Bell, head of
Cambridge Consultants’
Automotive division reports
on the results of a meeting
hosted by Cambridge Consultants
and attended by other industry
experts on what role technology
could play in reducing congestion
on our roads. To download the
PDF click
here - (1,558 KB).
Tomorrow’s Wireless
Medical Devices –
Richard Traherne, head of Cambridge
Consultants’ Wireless
division examines the new applications
that are being enabled by technology
advances, and the fundamental
improvements they deliver in
the way that healthcare is provided.
To download the PDF
click here - (6,652 KB).
Valuation:
A Powerful Business Strategy
and Deal Analysis Tool –
Lynda Bruce of Cambridge Consultants
focuses on how the valuation
process can be exploited to
support the complex decisions
faced by companies developing
products for regulated industries.
To download the PDF click
here - (578KB).
Silicon IP and Toolkits
– Low Cost, Low Risk Electronics
for all Markets –
Alistair Morfey, head of Cambridge
Consultants’ Sensor ASICs
group talks about how Cambridge
Consultants has successfully
used its own and external IP
in many electronic product developments
in wireless, consumer, industrial,
automotive and healthcare markets.
To download the PDF click
here - (5,371 KB).
How will you heat your
House Tomorrow? –
Johannes Hartlick, head of Cambridge
Consultants’ Energy Systems
group looks at the innovative
products currently under development
and asks, ‘what technological
and commercial challenges they
face and how will they benefit
the end user?’ To download
the PDF click
here - (3,968 KB).
Between seminars attendees had
an opportunity to get interactive
with some of the latest demonstrations
including advances in drug delivery
and diagnostics, 3D tagging,
Bluetooth controlled lighting,
wireless mesh networking, Bayesian
analysis, auto radar and mine
detection.
Brian Moon, CEO of Cambridge
Consultants commented, "Innovation
Day is always a good opportunity
for people to engage with our
unique blend of experts and
to get a feel for what we are
doing at the cutting edge of
innovation and technology."
He added, "For me one of
the best features of Innovation
Day is seeing a real mixture
of people from large multinationals
and small start ups in one place
together, knowing that the driving
force behind this is a belief
in innovation, a positive sign,
I feel, for many industries."
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