Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) is organizing its annual conference ‘SPICON 2010 – Operational Excellence for Sustenance and Growth’ at Chennai on January 22, 23 2010 Navneet Bhushan, Founder Director, Crafitti Consulting, will be speaking as part of the expert panel on ‘Role of Innovation in Operational Excellence’ . ITAG is organizing an international 2 day conference on ‘IP Leveraging in Software, Electronics and Green Technology’ in co-operation with Sughrue Mion PLLC, a leading law firm in USA and Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce as a co-organizer. Crafitti is one of the strategic partners for this event. The main objective of this conference is to create IP awareness in the field of Software, Electronics Industry and in Green Technology. The conference will host 8 technical sessions over the 2 days with leading experts from academia and industry on various panels. Navneet Bhushan, Founder Director, Crafitti Consulting, will be speaking as part of the expert panel on ‘Innovation process management in Research institutions’ on the morning of 30th January. Software based systems are increasingly ubiquitous, evolving at a breakneck pace, driven by innovative products and services and in the process becoming more and more complex. Complex systems hide inefficiencies, risks and wastes. Overcoming this complexity requires new non-linear approaches to design, implement and maintain these systems. While software continues to play an increasingly important role in innovation, protecting and exploiting the value embedded in software IP has proved to be difficult. The workshop stitches together Crafitti’s experiments, experiential learning and future outlook on two key aspects of software innovation—patents and processes. Feb 18, 2010: Software Patents Implications, Strategy and Valuation Feb 19, 2010: Making IT Flow Applying Lean Inventive Systems Thinking to Software Product Design and Knowledge Work