May 13, 2009

Key Learning Points:

• The ideation process: Developing new ideas for growth

• Protecting and commercializing these new ideas

• Chicago's focus on innovation exchange

• Recent innovation in real estate: Restructuring of corporate operations and physical requirements to reduce real estate costs

Speakers:

• James Malackowski, President and CEO, Ocean Tomo, LLC

• Tom Stat, Associate Partner, IDEO

• Philip R. Utigard, Executive Vice President, Transwestern