Wednesday, November 11th:

6:30am Dinner at Lidia’s

Thursday, November 12th: 

9:00am   Visit the Rice Innovation Center – Thought Bubble

11:00am  Presentation on Hallmark’s Innovation Process 

1:00pm   Member Panel on How We Are Dealing with the “Last Mile” of the Innovation Pipeline

3:00pm   Who is doing it well?  How are they doing it?

6:30pm   Dinner at Pierponts

Friday, November 13th: 

9:00am    Creativity – Visit with the Shoe Box writers

11:00am  Presentation on 9th Sigma

Council members have the unique opportunity to:

• Collaborate with peers in a confidential environment

1. •Exchange ideas, experiences and best practices
   

2. •Gain valuable insights from renowned thought leaders 
   

3. •Network and develop meaningful relationships
   

4. •Access a broader network from over 100 large global firms
   

5. •Examine business implications
   

Online Community:  

A secure, virtual meeting space is available for members to conveniently transfer knowledge, build relationships, collaborate, and learn from one another.

Face‐to‐Face Collaboration:  

Council members convene in‐person for meetings that  are  rich in content, highly interactive and key to establishing knowledge.  Theses engagements specifically focus on what matters most to council members.

  

Meeting Frequency:  

The council holds as many face‐to face  engagements  as  schedules permit, typically twice a year

Council Size:   

The council size will not exceed 20 member companies.

Annual Membership: 

$5,000 for two members per company

(includes events, speakers, meeting facilitation, materials and meals)

The Learning Forum is research  &  networking  organization  that  brings  Fortune 500 executives together to engage in face‐to‐face  dialogue and  collaborative  problem  solving   around  key  business  issues.

 

Each of the Learning  Forum's  executive  councils  is  guided  by  its  council members who  select  the  topics  and  focal  points  of  study and discussion.

Learning Forum Councils: 

Innovation, Workforce Planning, Total Rewards, Leadership 

Development, HR Strategy, HR Technology, Sustainability, Web 2.0

Learning Forum Members Include: 

Allianz, Avaya, Bausch & Lomb, Best Buy, BD, Cargill, CDC, Clorox, DHL, Diageo, GAP, GE, Hallmark, ITT, John Deere, 

Microsoft, MITRE, NASA, Microsoft MITRE NASA, Nike,  Plantronics,  Qualcomm,  State Farm, Steelcase, Unilever, UPS, Wal-Mart 

What Our Members Say About Us :   Take their word, not ours.