ICMIT 2006

ICMIT 2006 (International Conference on the Management of Innovation and Technology) was held in Singapore June 21-23. The conference was organized by the IEEE Engineering Management Society Singapore Chapter, the IEEE Singapore Section, and the Center for Management of Science and Technology at the National University of Singapore. The IEEE Engineering Management Society was a technical co-sponsor of the conference. CC Hang, M Xie, and KH Chai, all of the National University of Singapore, were General Chair, Organizing Committee Chair, and Program Committee Chair, respectively.

Approximately 300 engineers, managers, and scholars from throughout the world attended, and the program included 240 papers selected from approximately 500 submissions. The papers presented current research on a wide variety of topics in engineering, technology, and innovation management.

Keynote speakers were Professor Yves Doz of INSEAD, Willy Enzing of Philips Applied Technologies, Professor Shang-Jyh Liu of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan , and Manoj Singh, CEO of Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu, Asia Pacific. The speakers presented stimulating views of the challenges and opportunities facing engineering managers in the 21st century, discussing key issues such as globalization, shifting demographics, intellectual property management, and structuring organizations to take advantage of local talent in the global context.

Pre-conference activities included a visit and workshops at the 1300-engineer Philips Innovation Campus, the largest R&D Center of Philips outside the Netherlands; a tour of the Tiger Beer Brewery; and a workshop on publishing in IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management and other top journals offered by Editor-in-Chief George Farris. The conference banquet was held outdoors on beautiful Sentosa Island .

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