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SUMMARY:Open Innovation: Collaborate to Compete
DESCRIPTION: \n\nOpen Innovation: Collaborate to Compete\n\nThursday\, Febr
 uary 21\, 2013 7:30 a.m. Registration and breakfast 8:00\na.m. Panel discu
 ssion\n\nJoin an expert panel to discuss:\n\n * Collaboration strategies f
 or technology innovation and\ncommercialization\n * How sourcing and devel
 opment with internal and external partners\,\neven competitors\, leads to 
 competitive advantage in all industries\,\nparticularly technology and lif
 e sciences.\n * Strategies for fostering new technologies\, including corp
 orate\nventuring.\n\nModerator: Donna DeCarolis\, Ph.D.\, Associate Vice P
 rovost for\nEntrepreneurship Education and Associate Dean of Graduate Stud
 ies Dr.\nDeCarolis has researched\, written and lectured extensively on va
 rious\naspects of entrepreneurship\, technology management and technology\
 ncommercialization. Her areas of expertise are entrepreneurship and new\nv
 enture creation\, technology commercialization\, strategic alliances\,\nan
 d social capital.\n\nPanelists: Steve Heeb\, President\, CAL\, LLC Vice Pr
 esident Business\nDevelopment\, Comcast\n\nResponsible for the management 
 of CAL\, the video content protection\nlicensing company formed between Co
 mcast and Motorola to provide\nsecure network technology solutions to the 
 cable television industry.\nAlso\, responsible for leading a Comcast busin
 ess development team for\nexisting and new strategic relationships focusin
 g on the early\ndevelopment of new technologies\, creation of the business
  arrangements\nand the formation of a technology into a Comcast service th
 at\ngenerates revenue. From 1994 to 2005\, responsibilities also included\
 nleading the Comcast Product Development group for new products and\nservi
 ces on the digital video platform including software development\,\nset to
 p box hardware development and new products such as Interactive\nProgrammi
 ng Guides\, Video on Demand\, High Definition Television\,\nDigital Video 
 Recorders\, Interactive Television and E-Commerce. Prior\nto Comcast\, wor
 ked at Raytheon performing engineering and\ninternational business roles a
 ssociated with multiple technology joint\nventures which included extensiv
 e travel in Japan and China.\n\nMichael J. Brophy Chief Architect for Tech
 nology Strategies\, Signature\nClient Group - Northeast\, AT&T Global Ente
 rprise Solutions\n\nAs the Chief Architect for Technology Strategies suppo
 rting the\nNortheast Region\, Mike is responsible for providing strategic 
 and\ntechnical insights to key AT&T clients in helping them identify\nbusi
 ness solutions that deliver on their company strategies. Mike’s\nunique 
 background in IT Operations\, IT Governance and IT business\nprocess posit
 ions Mike to assist AT&T clients in leveraging technology\nto meet busines
 s goals and expectations.\n\nSomesh Nigam\, PhD SVP and Chief Informatics 
 Officer Independence Blue\nCross\n\nSomesh Nigam leads the Informatics Div
 ision at Independence Blue Cross\n(IBC) which delivers actionable informat
 ion and insights to IBC\nassociates and external stakeholders including me
 mbers\, physicians\,\nprovider organizations\, consultants\, and brokers. 
 Through innovative\ntechnology and advanced analytics\, Somesh’s team ma
 nages and\nleverages the Enterprise Data Warehouse to provide business\nin
 telligence\, outcomes research\, and reporting services to support\nfuncti
 ons ranging from care management\, wellness\, quality improvement\nand pro
 vider incentive programs\, and customer service. His team also\nprovides a
 ctionable information to Patient-Centered Medical Homes\n(PCMHs) and helps
  assess their clinical and health economic outcomes.\nThe Informatics Divi
 sion also provides a wide range of analytics\nsupporting business needs th
 at emerge as health care reform transforms\nthe industry Recently Somesh
 ’s team has been pioneering the use of\nnewly emerging “Big Data” te
 chnologies for proactively enhancing\nCustomer Experience using predictive
  modeling and machine\nlearning-based approaches.\n\nSPONSORED BY: Drexel 
 LeBow Executive MBA and Corporate and Executive\nEducation\n 
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LOCATION:Union League\, 140 South Broad Street\, Lincoln Memorial\, Philade
 lphia\, PA 19102
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