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Overview
This special Round Table is hosted by the Institute for
Technology and Enterprise in conjunction with the Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies at Polytechnic University. This event will focus on how Homeland Security is
shaping US innovation today and centers on whether the massive investment in Homeland Security and related areas is transforming how we create value
in this country. It is our view that the whole relationship and impact of Homeland Security on innovation has been thus far a neglected yet important
topic for managers and other professionals in a large number of fields.
This Round Table comprises two Sessions. The first Session deals with relevant general concepts and trends related to the homeland security-innovation connection. Broad issues to be addressed include:
- How is the pattern of innovation changing, if at all, due the huge influx of public resources in the broadly defined Homeland Security arena?
- Are sources of financing of major innovation in the US changing as a result of huge government funding?
- Is Homeland Security activity altering specific industries and firms, and if so, how?
- Is the expected and alleged $100B in 2003 spending on Defense and Homeland Security creating the basis for a new boom? Or is the prospect for such an upswing simply a mirage?
- Which areas of Homeland Security present the greatest opportunity for entrepreneurs and smaller firms, and can smaller firms participate effectively?
- Are there new opportunities for alliances and other relationships between large, medium-size and small firms, as well as for acquisitions, as a
result of increased interest and spending, as well as the emergence of new markets, in broadly defined Homeland Security?
The second Session of this Round Table focuses on specific sectors and firms as possible illustrative cases in point. Sectors to be explored include software, professional services, and other sectors.Sectors to be explored include:
- Software
- Travel/Conferences
- Professional Services
Please also keep in mind that, above all, we have designed this Round Table so that it triggers new thinking and creative approaches for understanding
a potentially major transformation in innovation today. This Round Table also aims to be the beginning of a series of events that
will look more deeply at how new-value creation in this country is changing.
Above all, this Round Table is structured so that it triggers new thinking and creative approaches for understanding a potentially major transformation concerning innovation today.
The event is designed to encourage a maximum amount of interaction and discussion. Finally, this Round Table aims to mark the beginning of a series of events that will look more deeply at how new-value creation in this country is changing.
The Institute for Technology and Enterprise [ITE], in the Department of Management, Polytechnic University, has served the high-tech New York City community since 1996. ITE functions as a research and learning hub for a community of managers, faculty,
and students. The recently established Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies encourages research and education that is interdisciplinary in some major fashion and as well as potentially transformational in nature.
Program
Wednesday, May 7, 2003
4:30 AM - 8:00 PM
New York Information Technology Center
55 Broad Street
Fourth Floor
("Global Digital Community Sandbox")
New York City
| 4:15 - 4:30 PM |
Registration
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| 4:30 - 4:45 PM |
Welcome and Overview -
Professor Mel Horwitch, Director, Institute for Technology and Enterprise and the Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
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| 4:45 - 5:45 PM |
Session I -
The Homeland Security-Innovation Connection: Key Trends and Concepts
Moderator: Professor Mel Horwitch
Keynote Speakers:
- John Ellis, Senior Fellow, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point and Columnist for Fast Company
- Michael Hershman, CEO, Decision Strategies
- Mel Horwitch, ITE and the Othmer Institute, Polytechnic University, Presentation of White Paper on Overview of Issues
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| 5:45 - 6:15 PM |
Break/Light Meal
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| 6:15 - 7:35 PM |
Session II
The Impact of Homeland Security on Selected Sectors and Firms
Moderator:
Dr. Alan Kantrow, Chief Knowledge Officer, Monitor Group.
Keynote Speakers:
- Software: Ron Moritz, Chief Security Officer, Computer Associates
- Professional Services: Ed Moran, Director of Product Innovation, Deloitte-Touche
- Travel/Conferences Sectors: Scott Shuster, CEO The Shuster Group
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| 7:35 - 7:45 PM |
Session III
Lessons Learned, Wrap-Up and Next Steps
Professor Mel Horwitch
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