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                  Thoughts From Summit Alumni: Innovation Summit 06 
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				"Excellent opportunity to  learn about innovation best practices and tools and to hear what challenges  other companies face." 
			
			-Michelle Pokorny, IT Manager, R&D, Prod. Dev, Reg, A Large Pharmaceutical Company  
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				"Worth the time to get a new  set of tools and ideas to move innovation forward."
			
			 -James Burke, VP, Product Development, Berg, Inc.  
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				"GGI has prepared an  excellent body of materials and ideas to promote innovation of processes and  products.  Very applicable and relevant!”."
			 
			-Paul Hardenburger, VP, Engineering, Marlin  
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				"It gave me a chance to see  things in a different way and learn of new tools to be innovative for the  future."
			 
			-Chris Harris, Plant Manager, SGL Group  
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				"My  expectation was that this Innovation Summit might be difficult to transfer to a  Human Resources application.  In fact  quite the contrary, there was a lot of relevancy in HR which is often the  change agent in most companies."
			 
			-Gerry Strolmeyer, Manager of Human Resources, SGL Group  
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				"Innovation R&D is not  handled as a stand alone process but an integral part of the overall business  process like Marketing, Business Development, Engineering and IP Strategy."
			 
			-Klaus Andre, Director, R&D CF&D, Siemens Water Technology  
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				"The program provided good  grounding in the issues facing product development and innovation and provides  a catalyst to improving the process."
			 
			-Joseph Pullella, Director, Operations & Engineering, Vita-Mix Corporation  
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				"It opens your mind to a  whole new way of thinking about innovation and provides tangible tools for  encouraging and measuring it."
			 
			-Steve Zvonek, Brand Manager, White Castle Management Co..  
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