1. ISPIM 2010 Conference – Call for Papers
The 2010 ISPIM Conference - The Dynamics of Innovation - will be held in Bilbao, Spain on 6-9 June 2010. Organised by
ISPIM and hosted by Innobasque, the Basque Innovation Agency, this conference will bring together academics, business
leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The conference format will include
facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with interactive workshops and
discussion panels. Additionally, the conference will provide excellent networking opportunities together with a taste of
local Basque culture.
Stimulating and managing innovation is a journey into the unknown that requires dynamic capabilities for a dynamic
environment. Customers are unable to articulate their ever changing needs, new technologies are promising but not
proven, production facilities are still untested and in development, and organisations have to be made ready for change
when no destination but only a direction is known. Innovation is a continuous process to meet vague, ambiguous and
contradicting requirements, where budgets and time schedules are always strict. The dynamics of this process call for
leadership, well-trained and motivated participants, evolving business models, the right partnerships and the use of new
virtual tools. Innovation management may look like managing the unmanageable, but it is a real world challenge to ensure
future competitive strength of companies, governments and regions.
Submissions from academics, consultants and managers on innovation-related topics are strongly encouraged and should
focus on the following:
Collaboration for innovation Managing virtual innovation
Commercialising and financing innovation Measuring and managing innovation
Culture & diversity management in innovation Methods and tools for innovation
Entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and venturing Networks and clusters of innovation
Innovating business models and value creation Organisational creativity & idea generation
Innovation training & education Regional innovation and global competitiveness
Leaders for innovation Stimulating regional innovation
Important Submission Deadlines:
31 December 2009: Outlines Only (All Submissions)
31 January 2010: Acceptance Notification
23 April 2010: Final Submissions (including papers, slides, profiles & photos) together with registration and payment
Conference Publications:
All accepted submissions will be published in the Conference Proceedings with an ISBN number. All outlines will appear in
the Book of Abstracts with a separate ISBN number. All outlines are double-blind evaluated.
A Special Issue containing selected papers from this conference will be published in ISPIM's official journal, The
International Journal of Innovation Management, published by World Scientific and Imperial College Press.

2. Submissions:
The table below describes the possible submission types for this conference. All files should be submitted online at
www.conferencesubmissions.com/ispim2010 by the respective deadline date. Do NOT email submissions to ISPIM. Please
note that due to the popularity of this event, only one submission per person and only one presentation per person is
permitted. There is no limit on co-authoring or co-presenting.
Documents required
Slides and Presenter
Submission Outlines* Paper
Description presentation Photo &
Types
length Profile
(by 31 Dec 09) (by 23 April 10)
Full Academic Accomplished substantial 800-1000 words : text Max
research results of an only using 5000 words
Paper empirical or theoretical structured headings (ISPIM paper
Submissions nature. template template)
Short Max
Academic Implementation information 2500 words
Paper or work-in-progress. (ISPIM paper Max 10 slides Photo 90 x110 px
template)
Submissions 15 mins + session Profile max 150
Practitioner Substantial demonstrations 250-500 words : text discussion words of text
of significant successful only using structured
Presentation business practices and headings template
Optional
Submissions insights. No max length.
(ISPIM paper
EU/Other Description or results from template)
Funded Project EU or other similar funded
projects.
Submissions
* all outlines are double-blind evaluated for acceptance to the conference. All papers with potential for journal publication are double blind reviewed.
Please use the structured headings below to structure the outline. Do not include extensive references, author identifiers,
graphics, tables, formatted text or automatic bullets. The outline is to be copied and pasted into a text box during the
submission process.
Keywords: List no more than 5 keywords
Problem: What specific problem does the submission focus on?
Current understanding: What is known about this problem?
Research question: What is the submission's goal?
Design/methodology/approach: How was the study/work executed?
Findings: What are the main outcomes?
Contribution: What does the submission add to current understanding?
Practical implications: Who will gain why and in which way from the findings?
Evaluations:
The evaluation of Outlines is conducted by the Scientific Committee on double blind basis. The Committee contains
academic, scientific and industry expertise. The two primary evaluation criteria for conference acceptance are:
1. Is the submission topic relevant to the conference
2. Is the submission of sufficient quality or originality to be of interest to delegates?
Typically, less that half of the Outlines submitted are accepted and then presented at the conference. Please note that
papers that have the potential for journal publication are double blind reviewed with full feedback and iterative revision.
For submission guidelines and documents as well as further details, please visit
www.conference.ispim.org