Silicon Valley (Santa Clara), California USAJune 8-10, 2017
Innovation and technology management in the entrepreneurial era
Moving Technical Idea to Market
Chair: Michael Condry, President-Elect IEEE TEMS Program Chair: Xiaohong (Iris) Quan, San Jose State University Program Co-Chair: Rajiv Sabherwal, University of Arkansas
We invite contributions from researchers, educators, managers and students. Contributions may be conceptual, theoretical, or empirical. They should document research activities, case studies or best practices, shedding light on the theory or practice of engineering, technology, or innovation management, and addressing the strategic objectives of technological change.
There will be an opportunity to publish in a Special Issue of our journal IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management for selected papers submitted to the conference.
Major topic areas include:
Entrepreneurship and its ecosystem (Chairs: Yanli Zhang, Sunny Li Sun, Anu Basu)
Formation and Growth of Technology-based Startups
Business model innovation (Platform-based, cloud-based, SaaS, etc.)
Financing your innovation (VC, Angel, Crowd-sourcing, etc.)
Corporate entrepreneurship and corporate venture capital
Startup incubators
Management of Innovation (Chairs: Joel West, Alberto Di Minin, Xudong Gao)
Open Innovation and Collaboration in Technology Management
Management of Innovation Processes
Networked innovation
New product development processes
Innovation in emerging markets
Innovation and computer security
Technology Management (Chair: Tugrul Daim)
Technology Planning and Forecasting
Technology Assessment and Selection
Technology Roadmapping
Technology Adoption and Diffusion
Engineering Management (Chairs: Jason Hui, Leon Pretorius)
Structuring Engineering Organizations
Project Management
Resource Management and Staff Distribution
Management of Engineering Systems
Engineering Economics>
Strategy and global market (Chairs: Max von Zedtwitz, Jiang Wei, Xielin Liu, Lutao Ning)
Globalization of Research & Development
Technology alliances
Differing product strategy for different markets
Marketing through social media
Role of Silicon Valley and other technology centers in the World
Intellectual property rights across national borders
Standard Strategy in the Global Market
New manufacturing and supply chain systems (Chairs: Taeho Park, Ming Zhou,Md. Mamun Habib)
3D printing and its business applications
Technology development through the supply chain
Total quality management
Global supply chain operations
Operations strategy
Information Technology and the Internet (Chairs: Jerry Gao, Zhiwei Peng, Subhankar Dhar)
The Internet of Things
Network Security
Big Data Management and Analytics
E-government and Smart Cities
Social Media Impact
Biotech and healthcare innovation (Chairs: Chun-Hsien Wang)
Digital health
Biometrics Technologies and applications
Hospital and clinics management: EMR and other IT facilitators
Innovation in pharmaceutical industries
Medical device innovation
Social issues and sustainability (Chairs: Joseph Sarkis, Chunguang Bai)
Social innovation
Project management with a social consciousness
Management of and planning for green technology
Corporate social responsibility
Engineering Management and Climate Change
Responsible innovation
People and organizations (Chair: Peter Love)
Employee to manager challenges
Rethinking leadership and motivating employees
Opportunities and challenges of employee work from home
Healthy organizational culture
Education in Technology Management
Global virtual teams
Management of Engineers, Scientists and Technologists
In addition to these core topics, we will open the door to special sessions on management during these challenging times as seen by IEEE societies, for example, particular management issues as seen within computer, communications, and electronics areas. For topic details, see our web at 2019.temscon.org. In addition we will be hosting:
Education programs in Technology and Engineering Management Editor’s Panel – publication outlets in Technology and Engineering Management
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