http://rendez.org/en/activities Comments for "Activities" en http://rendez.org/en/activities <p>[<a href="#current_month" title="current_month">jump to current month</a>]</p> <p>Last revised on January 15, 2008, by David Ing.</p> <table rules="rows" summary="Date, Topic, Subject, Speaker"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Dates</th> <th style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"><strong>Events</strong></th> <th style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Participants</th> <th style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Results / Artifacts</th> </tr> <tr> <td>November - December&nbsp; 2008</td> <td>&nbsp;Substansive fonal presentation of research findings in Helsinki</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentations to public audience, hosted by Tekes</li> <li>Presentations to sponsoring companies</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>before Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008</td> <td>&nbsp;Filing of last revisions of research pubications <br /> &nbsp; (three months after project close)</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen, as the principal investigator</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Bound final report</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Monday, June 30, 2008</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><strong>&nbsp;Final milestone: </strong>Project close, end of funding</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen, as the principal investigator</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> <ul> <li>Validated research findings</li> <li>Completed manuscript</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, May 29th, 2008</td> <td><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Service Factory Workshop, preparation for <st1:placename w:st="on">Innovation</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, Helsinki University of Technology, <st1:city w:st="on">Espoo</st1:city> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Finland</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>&nbsp;Participation into workshop</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, May 12th, 2008</td> <td>Lecture on Service Innovation,&nbsp; <br /> at Tokyo Institute of Technology</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Dissemination event</li> <li>Presentation to students</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, May 10th, 2008</td> <td><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="">Niigata</span></st1:city><span style=""> Symposium &ndash; Innovation through Business, Education and Social Entrepreneurship </span>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Niigata</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentation to Japanese &amp; international academics, <br /> governmental&nbsp; and industry people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, May 8th, 2008</td> <td> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">US &amp; Japan University Symposium &ndash; University Education, Research and Management in Response to Globalization. University of <st1:city w:st="on">Tokyo</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tokyo</st1:place></st1:city> Japan</span></p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentation to Japanese &amp; US academics and <br /> industry people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, April 24, 2008</td> <td> <p>&nbsp;Services for the New Era<br /> &nbsp; - at Stadia</p> <p>&nbsp;InnoGeneralia, Spring 2008 - Lecture series on innovation</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Chaired by Tuula Antola</li> <li>Anne Kariniemi</li> <li>Esko S&auml;&auml;skilahti</li> <li>Matti Myllyniemi</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Dissemination event</li> <li>Presentations by entrepreneurs and industry people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thusday, April 17, 2008</td> <td> <p>&nbsp;The Playgrounds of the Future<br /> &nbsp; - at Evtek</p> <p>&nbsp;InnoGeneralia, Spring 2008 - Lecture series on innovation</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Chaired by Tuula Antola</li> <li>Asko Alanen</li> <li>Elina Hiltunen</li> <li>Hannu H&auml;m&auml;l&auml;inen</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Dissemination event</li> <li>Presentations by entrepreneurs and industry people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thusday, April 10, 2008</td> <td> <p>&nbsp;Everything 2.0 - Imagination and <br /> &nbsp; the Re-Definiton of Expectations&nbsp; <br /> &nbsp; - at Stadia</p> <p>&nbsp;InnoGeneralia, Spring 2008 - Lecture series on innovation</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Chaired by Tuula Antola</li> <li>Alexander Manu</li> <li>Taina Tukainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Dissemination event</li> <li>Presentations by entrepreneurs and industry people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sunday March 30 - <br /> Friday April 4, 2008</td> <td>&nbsp;International Federation for Systems Research, <br /> &nbsp;Fuschl Conversation</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Continue discussion on managerial curriculum including systems sciences</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Monday, March 31, 2008</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">&nbsp;Deadline for third written report to Tekes</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Progress to date</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><a name="current_month"></a>Friday, March 14, 2008</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">&nbsp;Rendez steering group meeting at Planmeca, <br /> &nbsp; in Helsinki</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Chair Marcus Planqvist</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>13:00 to 14:00 Steering group review of progress and budget</li> <li>14:00 to 16:00 Larger audience, presentation of content</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Monday, March 10, 2008</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Laatukeskus, Finnish Excellence benchmarking event for&nbsp; <br /> &nbsp;Finnish member companies, Nokia House, Keilalahti Finland</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <ul> <li>Examples of Development of product development process and measurement practices from Nokia and Suunto</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday March 5-<br /> Thursday 6, 2008</td> <td>&nbsp;Launch of Service Innovation Educational Program <br /> &nbsp;at Tokyo&nbsp; Institute of Technology</td> <td> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> <li>(Minna Takala)</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Ookayama campus, Tokyo, Japan</li> <li>Co-sponsored by Tokyo Tech and Tekes</li> <li>Invited by Kyoichi Jim Kijima</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday February 14-<br /> Saturday 16, 2008</td> <td>&nbsp;Research Project Collaboration Workshop</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> <li>David Hawk (NJIT)</li> <li>Annaleena Parhankangas (NJIT)</li> <li>Marianne Kosits (IBM)</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Near Fairfield, Iowa</li> <li>Discuss results of the project and academic foundations</li> <li>Revisiting research questions</li> <li>Validating of created models and review of materials for final presentations for companies and Tekes</li> <li>Discussion about publications and future research themes</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday February 11-<br /> Wednesday 13, 2008</td> <td>Business Seminar:&nbsp; Innovation through Collaboration, and&nbsp; Transformation through Performance Measurement</td> <td> <ul> <li>Invitees from Rendez project sponsors</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Monday 11th evening: welcome dinner</li> <li>Tuesday 12th:&nbsp; at NJIT School of Management, Newark, NJ</li> <li>Wednesday 13th: at IBM Industry Solution Labs, Hawthorne, NY</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>January - March 2008</td> <td>Validation of research findings</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Reviews with sponsoring companies</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Monday, December 31, 2007</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><strong>Target milestone</strong>: analysis complete, constructs and models complete</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> <ul> <li>Findings to be validated in 1H2008</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Monday, November 26 - Wednesday 28, 2007</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">IBM's 6th iForum - &quot;Capitalising on Innovation&quot;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">IBM's Industry Solutions' Lab, Zurich Switcherland</span></p> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <ul> <li>Participation into forum.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, November 19, 2007</td> <td>Lecture on new working practices for Helia Business School</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Opportunities and challences for new Web 2.0 working practices for adult students at Helia</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, October 30 to November 1, 2007</td> <td>&nbsp;</p> <p>Visit by professors from Tokyo Institute of Technology</p> <ul> <li>Kyochi (Jim) Kijima</li> <li>Hiroshi Deguchi</li> <li>Akira Tokuyasu</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Hosted by David Ing</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Information exchange for Service Innovation Education Program in Japan</li> <li>Workshop on Management Development for Service Business Management at Nokia</li> <li>Presentation at Tekes</li> <li>Meetings at Stadia and HUT</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, October 30, 2007</td> <td>Workshop on Management Development for Service Business Management</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>University &amp; industry collaboration meeting and experience exchange of service management education pragrams - content &amp; methods</li> <li>Participants from Tokyo Tec, Stadia, HUT , Nokia&nbsp;and IBM</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sunday, October 28 to <br /> Monday 29, 2007</td> <td>Seminar on Service Supply Chains, Amsterdam, NL</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Working meeting for Service SCM research project with TKK prof Eero Eloranta &amp; Stanford prof Jin Whang</li> <li>Participating companies NSN, Kone, Nokia, Applied Materials, NCR, Teradata and Deloitte</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, October 25 to <br /> Friday 26, 2007</td> <td>Operational Excellence Council by Conference Board at Caterpillar, Aurora, Illinois</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Themes: Innovation &amp; Quality, Six Sigma &amp; Lean, Launch Quality</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sunday, October 14 to Wednesday 17, 2007</td> <td><a href="http://www.smsweb.org/activities/upcoming_conferences/index.html" title="smsweb.org">Strategic Management Society Annual Conference</a>, San Diego, CA</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Academic presentation of interim study results</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, October 9 to Wednesday 10, 2007</td> <td>Electonic Industry Executive Forum</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Company presentations and round table discussions related to innovation and services</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;Monday October 1 to Wednesday 3, 2007</td> <td>&nbsp;efqm Conference in Athens, Greece</td> <td> <ul> <li>&nbsp;Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>&nbsp;Attending the conference</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Sunday, September 30, 2007</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Deadline for second written report to Tekes</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Progress to date</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Friday, September 14, 2007</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <p>Rendez steering group meeting at Nokia House</p> <ul> <li>Guest presentation by Alexander Manu</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Chaired by Lucy Blants</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>13:00 to 14:00 Steering group review of progress and budget</li> <li>14:00 to 16:00 Alexander Manu, Beal Institute for Creativity, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, September 13, 2007</td> <td>Presentation of preliminary research findings at IBM Studia Generale</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Featured talk on &quot;Emergent Innovation across communities, companies and business ecosystems&quot;</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, September 10 to Wednesday, September 12, 2007</td> <td><a href="http://www.tuta.hut.fi/sem2007/">Service Engineering and Management Summer School 2007</a>, Tuta, Helsinki University of Technology</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Attend plenary sessions by leading researchers, e.g. Faiz Gallouj on service innovation</li> <li>Present working paper on &quot;Envisioning Innovation in Service Systems:&nbsp; Induction, Abduction and Deduction&quot;</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, September 6 to Friday, September 7, 2007</td> <td>Launch of second Master's program in International Service Business Management at Stadia</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>David Ing</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Introduction to course objectives, and relationship to the Rendez research project agenda</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, September 3 to Wednesday, September 5, 2007</td> <td><a href="http://www.first-pages.com/ukss/events/conference">UK Systems Society Conference</a>, Oxford, England</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Discussions with Rafael Ramirez and Jerry (Jerome) Ravetz</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, August 13 to Tuesday, August 14, 2007</td> <td>Rendez research salon at the <a href="http://www.shibaura-it.ac.jp/">Shibaura Institute of Technology</a>, Tokyo</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>In-depth cross-validation of results with Japanese researchers</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sunday, August 5 to Friday, August 10, 2007</td> <td><a href="http://projects.isss.org/Main/Tokyo2007" title="isss.org">International Society for the Systems Sciences Annual Meeting</a>, <a href="http://www.valdes.titech.ac.jp/">Tokyo Institute of Technology</a></td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Lead Special Integration Group on Systems Applications in Business and Industry</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, August 3 to Wednesday, August 8, 2007</td> <td><a href="http://meeting.aomonline.org/2007/" title="aomonline.org">Academy of Management Annual Meeting</a>, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Academic presentation of interim study results</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, June 11, 2007</td> <td> <table rules="rows" summary="Date, Topic, Subject, Speaker"> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> Working session related to Service Management Book, organized by QDC &amp; STO</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Working session on practical examples.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, June 8, 2007</td> <td>Steering Group meeting Service SCM</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Research project with TKK prof Eero Eloranta &amp; Stanford prof Hau Lee</li> <li>Participating companies NSN, Kone, Nokia and others</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, May 16, 2007</td> <td>Lecture on Business Innovation in <a href="http://www.hull.ac.uk/hubs/05/courses/postgraduate/index.htm">Master's Program, University of Hull Business School</a></td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Full day class, including exercises</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, May 15, 2007</td> <td>Presentation for the <a href="http://www.hull.ac.uk/hubs/05/research/css/index.htm">Centre for Systems Studies, at the University of Hull Business School</a></td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Public lecture on progress on Emergent Innovation research</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, May 15, 2007</td> <td>Working session related to Service Management Book, organized by QDC &amp; STO</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Working session on practical examples.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, May 2, 2007</td> <td>The New Innovation Challenges for Europe and Asia, <br /> organized by SITRA and&nbsp; IISS</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentations are available from <a href="http://webcast.digital-one.fi/sitra/2007/iiss/">Sitra's website</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, April 26 to Saturday April 28, 2007</td> <td><a href="http://coevolving.com/commons/20070427-berkeleyservices">Berkeley-Tekes &quot;Innovation in Services&quot; Conference</a></td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>See the <a href="http://coevolving.com/commons/20070427-berkeleyservices">digest</a>!</li> <li>Digital audio MP3 recordings are available on request from David Ing</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, April 26th, 2007</td> <td> <p><a href="http://streams.evtek.fi/innogeneralia/index.html">InnoGeneralia</a> - Lecture Series on Innovation</p> <p>2- 4 pm, at Stadia, Helsinki</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Chaired by Tuula Antola, InnoSpa</li> <li>TT, MT, DI</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Dissemination event</li> <li>Presentations by entrepreneurs and industry people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, April 20, 2007</td> <td>Steering Group meeting Service SCM</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Research project with TKK prof Eero Eloranta &amp; Stanford prof Hau Lee</li> <li>Participating companies NSN, Kone, Nokia and others</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, April 18, 2007</td> <td>Working session related to Service Management Book, organized by QDC &amp; STO</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Working session on practical examples.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, April 12th, 2007</td> <td> <p><a href="http://streams.evtek.fi/innogeneralia/index.html">InnoGeneralia</a> - Lecture series on Innovation</p> <p>2- 4 pm, at EVTEK, Vantaa</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Chaired by Tuula Antola, InnoSpa</li> <li>TT, MT, DI</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Dissemination event</li> <li>Presentations by entrepreneurs and industry people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Saturday, March 31, 2007</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Deadline for first written report to Tekes</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Progress to date</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, March 30, 2007</td> <td>Supply Chain Roundtable at Oriola KD, Espoo</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentation by Anne Kariniemi, related supply chain renewal in medical&nbsp; industry,&nbsp; RFID application example</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, March 20, 2007</td> <td>TEKSRTA meeting at <a href="http://www.tek.fi/index.php?id=410">Finnish Graduate Engineering Association</a>, Pasila, Helsinki</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Discussion meeting on the proposal for&nbsp; new &quot;innovation&quot;&nbsp; university&nbsp; at&nbsp; Helsinki&nbsp; area,&nbsp; presentation by Matti Hosia</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday,&nbsp; March 19, 2007</td> <td>Working session related to Service Management Book, organized by QDC &amp; STO, Innopli, Espoo</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Working session on book content and practical examples</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, March 15, 2007</td> <td> <p><a href="http://streams.evtek.fi/innogeneralia/index.html">InnoGeneralia</a> - Lecture Series on Innovation</p> <p>2- 4 pm, at EVTEK, Espoo</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Chaired by Tuula Antola, InnoSpa</li> <li>TT, MT, DI</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Dissemination event</li> <li>Presentations by entrepreneurs and industry people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, March 15, 2007</td> <td>LIITO - program conference at Tampere</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>P&auml;ivi Tossavainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Collaboration among LIITO program projects</li> <li>Rendez project presentation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Wednesday, March 14, 2007</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Rendez steering group meeting, Rendez content presentation at Tekes, Kyllikinportti 2, L&auml;nsi-Pasila</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>Chaired by Mirja Kaarlela</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Olli Ahola-Luttila</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <ul> <li>9:00 to 10:00 Steering group review of progress and budget</li> <li>10:00 to 12:00 Larger audience, presentation of content</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, March 13-14, 2007</td> <td>Diploma in Industrial Services - Module 1, <br /> at Dipoli, Espoo Finland</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Lecture by MT - <em>&quot;Challenges for Organizational Transformation - Examples&quot;</em><em><br /> </em></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, March 7, 2007</td> <td>TEKES Annual Seminar, Helsinki</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Future challenges for research and academia &amp;&nbsp; industry collaboration</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, March 6, 2007</td> <td>InnoSpring Access -project - Workshop on Virtuality, at UPM Kymmene, Helsinki</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentationby MT related to potentials of Second Life for the future</li> <li>Research collaboration</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, March 5, 2007</td> <td>Steering Group meetiing for <br /> <a href="http://www.dipoli.tkk.fi/tuotantotalous/dis/dis_eng.pdf$5$5$5$5$5">Diploma in Industrial Services at Dipoli, TKK</a></td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>A professional training program for industrial services. Includes 5 modules during 13.3. -3.10.2007. Minna was invited to join the Steering Group of the program.</li> <li>Dissemination channel</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, March 2nd, 2007</td> <td>Steering Group meeting Service SCM</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Research project with TKK prof Eero Eloranta &amp; Stanford prof Hau Lee</li> <li>Participating companies NSN, Kone, Nokia and others</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, March 1, 2007</td> <td>Deadline for submission of abstract to <a href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/ces/frontiersconference.html" title="rhsmith.edu">16th annual Frontiers in Services</a> conference</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Academic presentation of interim study results</li> <li>Two abstracts were submitted</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, March 1, 2007</td> <td>Preparation meeting for Rendez Steering Group &amp; content seminar</td> <td> <ul> <li>Mirja Kaarela</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Preparation for the 2nd steering group meeting &amp; content seminar</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wed, Feb 28, 2007</td> <td><a href="http://www-05.ibm.com/fi/news/events/nsss/">Nordic Service Science Summit</a> &ndash;What Should Universities Teach and Research?, at IBM Helsinki</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>A summit for university -industry collaboration in service management education</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tue, Feb 20, 2007</td> <td>Meeting at TEKES</td> <td> <ul> <li>Ilpo Ihanam&auml;ki</li> <li>Mirja Kaarela</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Discussion about project status and administration practices</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mon, Feb 12, 2007</td> <td>Meeting with Philip Bonanno - co-ordinator of Master in EducationTechnology, design and Innovation</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Discussion about possible co-operation with Rendez and Service Management Master program</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, January 31, 2007</td> <td>Deadline for submission of absrtact to <a href="http://www.smsweb.org/activities/upcoming_conferences/index.html$5$5$5$5$5" title="smsweb.org">Strategic Management Society Annual Conference</a>, San Diego, CA, in Oct 2007</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Two papers were submitted related to projects theme innovation, renewal and redirection</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tue Jan 30, 2007</td> <td>Workshop for IBM and Malta for EU FP7 research kick off , Mediterenian Conference Center, Valletta</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Industry &amp; goverment workshop for industry university collaboration in EU projecs for FP7</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mon Jan 22 - Thu Jan 25, 2007</td> <td>Creativity and Innovation Management course at University of Malta</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>A course conducted by prof. Malcom Goodman from University of Durham, UK</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, January 12, 2007</td> <td> <p>Special session for Stadia Master's Program in International Service Business Management , <br /> at Stadia 9 - 12 am</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> <li>Marianne Kosits (IBM)</li> <li>Gary Metcalf (IFSR, ISSS, Interconnections LLC)</li> </ul> </td> <td></p> <ul> <li>Coaching on theses</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday, January 11</td> <td> <p>Rendez Innovation workshop for companies at Restaurant Linna, Dahlia kabinett, Helsinki <br /> 1.00 - 5.30pm</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>(Invitees list from sponsoring companies)</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> <li>Marianne Kosits (IBM)</li> <li>Annaleena Parhankangas (HUT)</li> <li>Gary Metcalf (IFSR, ISSS, Interconnections LLC)</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Themes include collaborative relations for innovation, and interaction in 3D virtual worlds</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, Jan 10, 2007</td> <td> <p>Collaborative research</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> <li>David Hawk (NJIT)</li> <li>Marianne Kosits (IBM)</li> <li>Annaleena Parhankangas (HUT)</li> <li>Gary Metcalf (IFSR, ISSS, Interconnections LLC)</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>With HUT researchers</li> <li>With Nokia, IBM</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, Jan 10, 2007</td> <td>Research meeting</td> <td> <ul> <li>Kirsimarja Blomqvist (LUT)</li> <li>KaisuPuumalainen (LUT)</li> <li>Kaisa Henttonen(LUT)</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Discussion about a joint survey for successful development projects at Nokia</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sunday, January 7 to Tuesday, January 9, 2007</td> <td> <p>Collaborative research workshop at Haikko Manor, Porvoo</p> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> <li>David Hawk (NJIT)</li> <li>Marianne Kosits (IBM)</li> <li>Annaleena Parhankangas (HUT)</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Discuss research methods and academic foundations,</li> <li>Deepening theoretical foundations</li> <li>Validating research approach with peers</li> <li>Refining research questions</li> <li>Constructing straw-man models</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday Nov 28th</td> <td>Liito &amp; Liike2 seminar at Finnish National Museum</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Research program seminar - presenations by Metso Corporation &amp; Sulake Oy (Habbo Hotel) &amp; networking</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday Nov 27th</td> <td>Seminar on Innovation Management at Design Museum, Helsinki</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Publication event of innovation management book, by Tuula Antola (InnoSpa) funded by SITRA</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday Nov 27th</td> <td>Steering Group meeting Service SCM</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Research project with TKK prof Eero Eloranta &amp; Stanford prof Hau Lee</li> <li>Participating companies NSN, Kone, Nokia and others</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday Nov 23rd</td> <td>Interview &amp; working session related radical and incremental innovation</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>Ellen Roelofs</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Discussion on Master's thesis project in Technical University of Eindhoven TUE (the Netherlands)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday Nov 22nd, 2006</td> <td> <table rules="rows" summary="Date, Topic, Subject, Speaker"> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> Working session related to Service Management, book, organized by QDC &amp; STO</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>3rd Session - testing service management models with practical example Betamet - an industrial installation service compony (90% revenue from services.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thursday Nov 16th - 17th, 2006</td> <td><a href="http://bestserv.fi$5$5$5$5$5" title="bestserv.fi">BestServ</a> visit to IBM research in Zurich</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Themes: services and innovation, companies participating (Kone, Kone Cranes, Vaisala, Vtt etc. )</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, Nov 10, 2006</td> <td>Supply Chain Roundtable meeting at Kone</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentaion by Antti Saminen related to services and supply chain challenges</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, November 9, 2006</td> <td>Innovation session for SW &amp; Nanotechnology companies, at Innopoli, Otaniemi Espoo</td> <td> <ul> <li>Tuula Antola</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, November 6, 2006</td> <td>Workshop on Co-opetition at Nokia by InnoSpring Access -project</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Workshop for Nokia people</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, November 3, 2006</td> <td>Collaboration &amp; Innovation - lecture at HUT</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Visiting lecture for Master's students</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sunday, October 29 to Wednesday, November 1, 2006</td> <td><a href="http://meeting.aomonline.org/2007/$5$5$5$5$5" title="aomonline.org">Strategic Management Society Annual Conference</a>, Vienna, Austra</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Leading an interactive session on innovation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, October 27, 2006</td> <td>Discussion with <a href="http://www.imi.hut.fi$5$5$5$5$5" title="www.imi.hut.fi">Innovation Management Institute</a> researchers at the Helsinki University of Technology</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Discussions about conferences and papers and future co-operation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, October 25, 2006</td> <td><a href="/en/reviewers$5$5$5$5$5" title="Rendez.org reviewers group">Rendez Steering Group</a> meeting</td> <td> <ul> <li>chaired by Kari Koivisto, at IBM</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>First meeting of the steering committee</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, October 24, 2006</td> <td>Working session related to Service Management, book, organized by QDC &amp; STO</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Second meeting with company people and academics related to a practical book about service managment</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, October 23 to Tuesday, October 24, 2006</td> <td>Exchange students from NJIT join Stadia students in company presentations</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Hawk</li> <li>Annaleena Parhankangas</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Case studies by master's students</li> <li>Company visits to Nokia, F-secure, Kone, InnoSpa, Planmeca</li> <li>Service Innovation Workshop</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, October 16, 2006</td> <td>Meetings with InnoSpring Access researchers <br /> at Lappeenranta University of Technology</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presenatations and discussions related to co-operation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, October 14, 2006</td> <td>Student presentations at Stadia</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>1st student presentations related to companies and their approaches to innovation management based on public sources</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wednesday, October 11 to Thursday 13, 2006</td> <td>Telecom Executive Forum at Majvik<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span> </span></span></td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Company presentations and round table discussions related to innovation and services</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, October 10th 2006</td> <td>Information Forum at Dipoli</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takla</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Academic presentations and poster session</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thurssday, October 5 to Saturday, October 7 2006</td> <td><a href="http://www.almaden.ibm.com/asr/summit/index.shtml$5$5$5$5$5" title="almaden.ibm.com">Services Science, Management and Engineering Conference</a>, <br /> Palisades, NY</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Presentation of research paper</li> <li>See the <a href="/en/digests#SSME_Summit_2006$5$5$5$5$5" title="SSME Summit 2006">digest</a>!</li> <li>See the <a href="/en/pubs#SSME_Summit_2006_slides$5$5$5$5$5" title="2006_SSME_Tukiainen_MastersServiceBusinessManagement.pdf">slides</a> and <a href="/en/pubs#SSME_Summit_2006_paper$5$5$5$5$5" title="2006_SSME_Tukiainen_Takala_Ing_MastersServiceMgmt.pdf">paper</a>!</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, September 7, 2006</td> <td>Launch Master's Program in International Service Business Management at Stadia</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Orientation of master's students for complementary research projects</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuesday, September 5, 2006</td> <td>Project kickoff</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> <li>Minna Takala</li> <li>David Ing</li> <li>Olli Ahola-Luttila</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Refine initial project schedule</li> <li>Establish roles and responsibilities</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monday, September 4 - Tuesday, September 12, 2006</td> <td>Innovation Management post graduate course, Tuta, HUT</td> <td> <ul> <li>Minna Takala</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Foundations</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Friday, September 1, 2006</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Funding for project commences</td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> </ul> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> <ul> <li>Project initiation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sunday, August 27 to Saturday, September 2, 2006</td> <td><a href="http://www.tuta.hut.fi/sem2006/$5$5$5$5$5" title="tuta.hut.fi">Service Engineering and Management Summer School</a>, Tuta, HUT</td> <td> <ul> <li>David Ing</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Foundations</li> <li>See the <a href="/en/digests#SEM2006$5$5$5$5$5" title="SEM2006">digest</a>!</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friday, August 11 to Wednesday, August 16, 2006</td> <td><a href="http://meeting.aomonline.org/2006/$5$5$5$5$5" title="aomonline.org">Academy of Management, Annual Meeting</a>, Atlanta, Georgia</td> <td> <ul> <li>Taina Tukiainen</li> </ul> </td> <td> <ul> <li>Academic presentation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:01:06 -0500 daviding 18 at http://rendez.org