Mohan Sawhney, McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology and Director, Center for Research in Technology and Innovation - Kellogg School of Management and Author, "Collaborating with Customers to Create" and "The Global Brain"

 Dan Pink, Business Guru and Best-selling Author of "DRIVE" and "A Whole New Mind"

Jackie Yeaney , Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer - Premiere Global Services (PGi)

 Derek Yach , Senior Vice President of Global Health Policy - PepsiCo

  John B. Rogers, Jr. , President, Co-Founder and
 CEO - Local Motors

 Janet A. Carr, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Customer Engagement - Coach, Inc.

2009 Testimonials:

"Thanks very much for hosting a great PDMA Conference! This was my first, but definitely not my last." - D.C., Fenwal

"As new PDMA members I would like to let you know how valuable my colleague and I found the recent conference in California earlier this month. Each of the lectures and discussions were thought provoking and very relevant to the current challenges companies face...Thank you again for the best conference we have attended in years!" - L.M., Carolina Pad

"It's good to be back... I have always viewed the PDMA as one of the premier professional organizations in the world. The conference was great and allowed me to catch up on the latest product development practices. I was also able to meet several valuable industry contacts which will serve me well..." - J.F., University of Texas