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Event Dates: October 7-8, 2009

On October 7, Rita will be leading a panel discussion on Strategic Thinking: Key Questions to Ask Your CEO and Board
On the panel will also be David Nadler and Ron Rittenmeyer

The event abstract is:

ODX is the only conference for directors only.

81% of attendees say that ODX is "the best event" or "better than most events" they have attended.

ODX, a Financial Times event, puts you in a room full of your peers where everyone is comfortable speaking candidly about the most pressing issues of the day. Our panels are led by winners of the prestigious Outstanding Directors award, sitting CEOs, and experts from Columbia Business School who share practical solutions and create an open forum for dialogue. Without exception, every ODX session is driven by questions from you and all discussions are off-the-record. No one sells, no one lectures, and a small group size fosters interaction. This unique format creates the power of ODX.

For more information about ODX, click here.

On October 28, Rita McGrath will be participating in a webinar entitled Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process, as a part of Management Roundtable's six audio-sessions and live Q&A with top experts. The series includes pre-session background material, extended Q&A (before, during and after each session), post-sesssion podcasts for replay, executive summaries, dedicated web 'domain,' and access to the entire Management Roundtable FastTrack online resource.

Sessions are roughly two weeks apart, on Wednesdays from 1-2:30pm ET/10-11:30am PT. While each expert will focus on a particular aspect of managing innovation in challenging times, each also brings a wealth of expertise and experience to answer questions and solve problems within the broader context.

To learn more and to register, click here.

Event Dates: June 23, 2009

Rita McGrath will be speaking to Madrid area alumni of Columbia and other schools on "growth in turbulent times". For information about the event, click here.

Event Dates: April 29, 2009

Rita McGrath gave an invited seminar at Wingsbook, one of China's leading book publishers. For information on the event and photos, click here.

Event Dates: April 16, 2009

Rita McGrath is an invited speaker at an event summarizing research sponsored by Tekes, a major sponsor of innovation research and development in Finland. The event features a number of high-level speakers summarizing the results of their research and other activities.. Rita will be discussing her work on real options and how it applies to the innovation process.

Event Dates: May 14, 2009

TechColumbus, an organization dedicated to helping area business learn best practices, innovate, connect and grow, is sponsoring an Innovation Summit at which Rita McGrath will be a keynote speaker. Her talk will feature insights and ideas from the new book Discovery Driven Growth as well as actionable take-aways incorporating diagnostic surveys and exercises that participants can use after the session concludes. This full-day summit promises to be an energizing and exciting event.

Event Dates: April 7, 2009

IBM's Strategic Planning Organization will be hosting a seminar featuring ideas from Rita McGrath's new book "Discovery Driven Strategy" in their Somers Offices.

Event Dates: April 3, 2009

Rita McGrath will be once again participating in the Irish Management Institute National Leadership Conference as a keynote speaker for an event that is proposed as critical to the country's future.

An article describing the event can be found here.

At the The Bank of Cyprus Headquarters, Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia, on Saturday, January 24, 2009, Professor Rita G. McGrath of Columbia Business School spoke about 'Dynamic Strategy' at the invitation of the University of Cyprus and the Bank of Cyprus.

Mike Hevey of Air Products, Inc. will be giving a presentation at the R&D Portfolio Summit in Amsterdam, June 2008 featuring the Discovery Driven Planning approach with attribution to Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan.