I&I Day is almost here.

Not long left before our annual Insight & Innovation Day in Boston – indeed, it’s next Wednesday, 27^th Feb. It’s not too late to join us as we can probably squeeze a few more in still. The agenda is looking great, with various of my colleagues presenting, the Model Bank awards and a keynote from Innovation guru, Jeanne Ross of MIT. On the innovation front, it’s still not too late to enter our competition to find the best definition of innovation – but in six words or less! There have been some great entries so far – take a look at our LinkedIn forum for some of them or look at the summary here– but for a chance of winning prizes, then I’d suggest sending them by email direct to Erica Ferguson at eferguson@celent.com using the subject line “Innovation Is” along with your contact information. My favourite? My own of course! (“ Tomorrow’s ideas delivered today”). But if I had to choose, it’s trickier. I like “Never seen that before. Very cool” which sums up what innovation is often considered to be, and “Commercially successful invention”, as innovation for innovation sake is never quite as compelling as how it’ll make you money! It’s actually my first I&I Day, so I’m doubly looking forward it. Whilst I expect to see a number of familiar faces, it’d be great to put some faces to names, so please do stop us and say hi.