Meetings

There are two meetings each year, one in the spring and one in the fall. The spring meetings are hosted by the Center for Creative Leadership and rotate among the U.S.-based campus locations. They are Greensboro, Colorado Springs, and San Diego. The Center also has campuses in Brussels and Singapore. AMI has only held two European meetings in association the Center: one in Dublin, 2004, and one in Amsterdam, 2007. Read what Fast Company says about AMI meetings.

Just returned from a magical AMI 30th Anniversary Meeting Celebration!

March 2 – 5, 2010 -- The AMI 30th Anniversary Spring 2010 Meeting was hosted by the Center for Creative for Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina and in conjunction with the Proximity Hotel and Print Works Bistro, the first and still only hotel and restaurant to obtain the US Green Building Council's certification, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Award.  The meeting theme for celebration and collaboration of sustainability came alive throughout the meeting and lives on afterwards!

AMI Meeting Dates for Calendar:

Fall 2010 Meeting, October 20 - 22 -- Hosted by Bank of America, AMI Member Matt Calman. Includes an "Innovation Journey" tour to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab located in Cambridge, MA. While there, part of the 4-hour agenda includes a 2-hour tour of live demonstrations of current research provided by graduate student researchers and professional research staff. (Refer to "readings" to find out more about the Media Lab)

Spring 2011 Meeting, March 23 - 25 -- Hosted by Center for Creative Leadership, CCL AMI Members David Altman and Lyndon Rego and the CCL San Diego Campus. Accommodations arranged at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla, adjacent to the Campus.

Fall 2011 Meeting, October 26 - 28 -- Hosted by AMI Member Greg McCann at the Stetson University Center at Celebration.  Stetson University Center is located in the Town of Celebration, Florida, in the heart of the Orlando attraction area.

MEETING NORMS:

SIZE PREFERENCES: The Association for Managers of Innovation is limited to 200 members with a maximum of two (2) members from any one (1) organization. AMI™ meeting attendance is limited to 50 people with two (2) representatives from each organization (either members, substitutes, or guests.)

CRITERIA FOR SUBSTITUTES: Substitutes at AMI™ meetings must be from the member’s organization and meet the same criteria for admittance as members (determined by the member they represent.) They also need to be able to contribute to the agenda topic(s).

CRITERIA FOR NEWCOMERS: A newcomer at an AMI™ meeting must accompany a member and must be able to contribute to the agenda topic(s). All guest invitations must be confirmed by email or telephone with Stan Gryskiewicz in advance.