Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R&D IN A CONNECTED WORLD
Alph Bingham, Co-Founder and President/CEO of InnoCentive
Web-based community that matches companies facing R&D challenges with scientists who propose solutions
Thursday November 9, 2006 4:00-5:30 pm
NE20-336 Conference Room (3 Cambridge Center)
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Abstract
The connection of people in general and scientists in particular suggests new levels of collaboration and coordination. The internet's very beginnings were to facilitate scientific and technical data sharing. And though it is now more than a decade since those beginnings, we are only starting to explore the ways in which such tools facilitate new R&D organizational structures and new approaches to harnessing human intellect. In this presentation, we will examine both some theoretical principles that should guide future research organizations and at least one practical example and its consequent experiences.
Speaker bio
Alph Bingham is co-founder and President/CEO of InnoCentive, a Web-based community that matches companies facing R&D challenges with scientists who propose solutions. Solutions accepted by the companies receive financial rewards of up to $100,000. For more, see http://www.innocentive.com/. InnoCentive grew out of e.Lilly, a business innovation unit within Eli Lilly.
Dr. Bingham has been with Lilly since 1978 where he has served in various capacities, including head of Pharmaceutical Research, Director of Formulations Research and Development, Director of Medical Planning and Strategy, and Managing Director of the Lilly Development Centre in Belgium. In addition, he has served as Executive Director of Pharmaceutical Projects Management, Vice President of Sourcing Innovation/Portfolio Management and Vice President of Research and Development Strategy. Dr. Bingham was instrumental in creating and developing Eli Lilly's portfolio management process as well as establishing the divisions of Research Acquisitions, the Office of Alliance Management and e.Lilly, from which various business entities were co-founded, including InnoCentive, YourEncore, Coalesix, Maaguzi, Seriosity, and Colaborative Drug Discovery.
He received a B.S. in chemistry from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Stanford University.
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