[Asis-l] Free Webinar > How Can Crowd-Sourcing In Chemistry Benefit ME? / January 21 2010 / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST /

[gerrymck]

Colleagues/

Of potential interest and application to all disciplines [?] and
educational/information services [?]

/Gerry

American Chemical Society Webinars: Small & Medium Business Series  >
"How Can Crowd-Sourcing In Chemistry Benefit ME?”

January 21 2010 / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

A half-hour presentation followed by Q&A with speaker Alpheus Bingham,
co-founder InnoCentive, Chemist, Entrepreneur, and Visionary of Open
Innovation.

Heard all the buzz about crowdsourcing? Wonder how you and your
company can benefit from the Wiki model? Learn from our speaker who
has successfully brought open innovation into science and chemistry.
Join us to explore the future of science in a crowdsourced world.

What You Will Learn

- What is crowdsourcing and how skill needs change in a crowdsourced world

- Why experts still live at the core of innovation

- What might the expert/non-expert boundary look like and how it is crossed

- How will open innovation shape the future of science

About The Presenter

Dr. Alpheus Bingham is a member of the Board and co-founder of
InnoCentive, Inc. He has been a strong advocate of open innovation and
founded InnoCentive, Inc., along with other ventures that create the
advantages of open and networked organizational structures, including:
YourEncore, Inc., Coalesix, Inc., Maaguzi, Inc., Indigo Biosystems,
Seriosity, Chorus and Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc.

Alph had over 25 years of experience with Eli Lilly and Company in
pharmaceutical research and development, research acquisitions and
collaborations, portfolio management and R&D strategic planning. Among
others, he held positions as Managing Director of the
Mont-Saint-Guibert Development Centre, executive director of project
and portfolio management, vice-president of sourcing innovation,
vice-president of e.Lilly and vice-president of R&D strategy. Alph
received a B.S. in chemistry from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D.
in organic chemistry from Stanford University.

Source and Link To Registration Available At

[ http://tinyurl.com/yda4yxl  ]

>>> Free Registration Open To All <<<

 !!! Thanks To / Garrett Eastman / Librarian / Rowland Institute at
Harvard / For The HeadsUp !!!

BTW: The CrowdSource blog is "devoted to documenting community-based
contributions and potential solutions to any and all economic,
scientific, social, and technological issues, problems, and
situations, primarily via, but not limited to, a digital environment."

BTW: I Am Interested In Any/All Other CrowdSourcing Initiatives;
Please Submit Any/All Information As A Comment On The Blog Entry.

!!! Thanks A Million !!!

Regards,

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

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