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The dates are <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>June 3-5, 2015</span></strong>, featuring interactive panel discussions from both executive and academic thought leaders, including Rich Beck, SVP global supply chain for PepsiCo, and Michael Hitt, university distinguished professor and Joe B. Foster Chair in Business Leadership at Texas A&M University. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Innovative Best Practices Forum, June 3 </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Hear from industry executives who have successfully driven major supply chain innovations. Dinner and drinks at the Champions Club at TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium are included. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Innovative Research Symposium, June 4-5 </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Enjoy panel discussions led by top researchers in supply chain management. Check below for exciting panel topics.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="http://www.froglinks.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=83725&eid=236692" target=new><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4E2683'>Click here to see the full program and speakers.</span></strong></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt 11.25pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=650 height=1 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.froglinks.com/s/441/images/editor/horizontal_line_999.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=650 style='width:487.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 11.25pt 3.75pt'><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4E2683;text-transform:uppercase'>INNOVATIVE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, JUNE 4-5</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4E2683'>Panel Topics</span></b><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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Managing alliances. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Foster and Manage Innovations Within the Supply Chain Organization </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><br>Incentives/metrics for innovation. Involvement of SCM personnel in NPD. Programs for innovation and change. Customer/supplier integration. Absorptive capacity. Ambidexterity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Identify Technological Drivers and Disruptive Change in the Supply Chain </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><br>Potentially disruptive technologies: impact, likelihood, precursors or advanced notices. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Manage Innovation Knowledge Across the Supply Chain</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'> <br>Managing knowledge transfer. Intellectual capital. Innovation clusters and networks. Open Innovation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=650 height=1 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.froglinks.com/s/441/images/editor/horizontal_line_999.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4E2683;text-transform:uppercase'>ALL-INCLUSIVE PRICE</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><br>Cost for the entire conference includes a two-night stay at the Courtyard by Marriott near Colonial Country Club, and an outing to Fort Worth's famous stockyards and Billy Bob's Texas nightclub. We are excited to offer the full event (all meals, activities and two-night accommodations) at the very reasonable rate of $1,100, and a reduced rate of $1,000 for current CSCMP members. The program is featured <a href="http://www.froglinks.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=83724&eid=236692" target=new><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4E2683'>here</span></strong></a>. Click on the <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Register Now </span></strong>button below to reserve your spot. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4E2683;text-transform:uppercase'>REGISTER NOW</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><br>I hope that you can join us to learn from each other and extend the frontiers of research on how to manage innovation in the supply chain. Please contact me with any questions or comments. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Warm Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Morgan Swink <br>Professor, Eunice and James L. West Chair of Supply Chain Management <br>Executive Director, Supply and Value Chain Center <br>TCU's Neeley School of Business <br>Fort Worth, Texas 76129 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="http://www.froglinks.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=83723&eid=236692" target=new><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=300 height=60 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.froglinks.com/s/441/images/editor/Neeley/lkcm/register-button.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="http://www.froglinks.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=83722&eid=236692" target=new><br></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=640 height=235 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://www.froglinks.com/s/441/images/editor/Neeley/supplychain/supply-chain-fort-worth-image.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=215 valign=top style='width:161.25pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 11.25pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=650 height=1 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://www.froglinks.com/s/441/images/editor/horizontal_line_999.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=215 valign=top style='width:161.25pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 11.25pt 3.75pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4E2683;text-transform:uppercase'>Connect with Us</span></b><br><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Email us: <a href="http://www.froglinks.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=83720&eid=236692" target=new><span style='color:#4E2683'>Innovation@tcu.edu </span></a></span><br><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Visit our website: <a href="http://www.froglinks.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=83719&eid=236692" target=new><span style='color:#4E2683'>www.neeley.tcu.edu/innovation </span></a></span><br><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="http://www.froglinks.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=83718&eid=236692" target=new><span style='color:#4E2683'>@TCUSupplyChain</span></a></span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='color:#32104E'><a href="http://www.froglinks.com/redirect.aspx?linkID=83717&eid=236692" target=new><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=110 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://www.froglinks.com/s/441/images/editor/Neeley/neeley-logo-banner-600px.jpg"></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:22.5pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:22.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:gray'>Texas Christian University<br>2800 S. 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