The document announces a conference on March 20, 2013 from 5:30-9:30pm at the NECC Technology Center in Haverhill, MA. The conference will address how Haverhill and the Merrimack Valley can attract new industry by developing resources to support innovation. Leaders across different sectors need to become familiar with concepts like "open innovation" and "co-creation," understand what it takes to support these approaches, appreciate existing local assets, and craft feasible initiatives to build new innovation capacity. The conference will address the first three points, and a follow-up steering committee and crowd-sourced search will address developing initiatives.

1. Conference
March 20, 2013
5:30 p – 9:30 p
NECC Technology Center
Haverhill, MA

2.  Haverhill and the MV have the potential to attract new industry
by developing special resources to support profitable innovation
 To take advantage of this opportunity, leaders across sectors
need to:
◦ Become familiar with some key terms--like "open innovation" and "co-
creation"
◦ Recognize what it takes to support these emerging approaches
◦ Appreciate the assets we already have
◦ Craft a few feasible initiatives that would help us build new capacity--
near-term--to support innovation.
 The March 20 conference is meant to address the first three.
 Our follow-up plan is meant to address the fourth.
◦ Steering committee
◦ Crowd-sourced search for "feasible initiatives"

3. Agenda

5. Meshing Internal R&D with External Ideas
Project Sponsor / Problem Owner
“The Sponsor”
Information Flows
Co-Creation
Optimized
Solution(s)
“The Crowd”
Universe of Potential Solution Providers

6. Critical Elements of Open Innovation
Vision &
Leadership
A Cluster of Entrepreneurs
and Talented Workers
Access to Capital
Resources, and Local and
A Robust and Engaged Global Markets
Education Network
Collaborative Business
Practices and Tools
Creative Facilities for
Rapid Prototyping &
Collaboration

7. Sponsors