FREE Special Events in the Thinking Ahead Innovation Area

at MJSA Expo New York

The Thinking Ahead Innovation Area, located at the rear of the hall, will celebrate innovative thinking that unlock a company’s potential and maximize profits. Come join us for a series of FREE special events and sessions that will help you succeed in today’s dynamic global market!

THINKING AHEAD INNOVATION SESSIONS

Attend an array of innovation sessions and discover how you can unlock your business’s potential and ensure your ideas translate into profits. All sessions are funded in part by a grant from the JCK Jewelry Industry Fund:

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2008

11 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
I1: How to Unlock Your Potential in a High Velocity Economy
Jim Carroll, Futurist, Trends, & Innovation Expert
Carroll, the author of Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast, will lead an inspiring presentation on how companies of any size can adapt and evolve in today’s fast-paced global economy. Discover the trends that will impact your business in years to come, and how you can succeed by instilling a forward-thinking attitude in all areas of your operation.

3:45 – 5 P.M.
I2: The Five Faces of Genius
Annette Moser-Wellman, FireMark Inc.
How do highly creative people get their best ideas? In this session, Moser-Wellman will show how the thinking styles of genius in the arts and sciences are linked to business breakthrough. Based on her book The Five Faces of Genius: Creative Thinking Styles to Success at Work, Moser-Wellman will give participants the tools they need to expand their creative capabilities and become innovation leaders.

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008

11 A.M. – NOON
I3: Is the Market Ready for Your Innovation?
Dave Olson, Business Development Consultant
To transform creative ideas into profitable products and services, you must first know how innovations are adopted into mainstream markets. In this session, Olson will show how proven techniques can help you to evaluate if a market is ready to accept your innovation and, if so, how to best communicate its value to potential customers—or if it's wiser to invest your precious resources elsewhere and avoid the opportunity altogether.

12:30 – 1:30 P.M.
I4: Reliability Centered Maintenance: The Bottom Line
David vanEsselstyn, CACI International
Innovative companies know how to incorporate new technologies and systems; really innovative companies apply that same forward thinking into keeping those technologies in peak shape. Learn how the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analytical process can help companies keep systems running longer, minimize the need for repairs, and reduce down time—and the subsequent loss of revenue.

3:45 – 4:45 P.M.
I5: Don’t Hide Your Innovation!
Andrea Hill, Hill Management Consulting & Training
It’s not enough to be different from your competitors. You have to be able to communicate your differences effectively to your prospects. Don’t let your innovation stop with products and processes! Innovate your branding and marketing to capitalize on all the great things you’re doing.

MJSA VISION AWARDS PRESENTATION

An MJSA Vision Award is one of the most highly regarded honors a jewelry designer can receive. Each year, a distinguished panel of judges determines winning entries based on originality, creativity, presentation quality, effective use of materials, wearability, and the design’s perceived manufacturing potential. Come meet the 2008 competition winners at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 13. All winning designs will be on display on all three days of MJSA Expo New York (April 13-15). In addition, refreshments will be served.

4TH ANNUAL MJSA INNOVATION AWARDS PRESENTATION

Each year, a panel of judges selects those technologies that are allowing jewelry manufacturers to extend their capabilities dramatically. Come meet the 2007 MJSA Innovation Award-Winning products’ innovators and distributors at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 13. The MJSA Innovation Awards is part of “Thinking Ahead: The MJSA Innovation Initiative,” an effort to spur on and celebrate innovation in all areas of the industry.

OPENING NIGHT COCKTAIL RECEPTION: GOOD LIBATIONS

Don’t leave the show floor while the show is still in progress! Just stroll over to the Thinking Ahead Innovation Area next to the MJSA booth, from 5 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, for MJSA’s FREE networking reception. Everyone at the show is invited to attend “Good Libations,” the cocktail party at MJSA Expo New York—FREE of charge! Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. There will also be a fun atmosphere of camaraderie between suppliers and buyers from around the world. And did we mention that this even will cost you absolutely nothing?

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS COCKATIL PARTY SPONSORS:

Advanced Chemical Co.
Jewelers Board of Trade
LDC Inc.
Myron Toback Inc.
Staples Business Advantage
Stern-Leach Co.
TransFirst
Victor Settings/Joseph Casting

Click here to register for innovation sessions and cocktail party—FREE of charge!