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ISPIM - the International Society for Professional Innovation Management - is a community of members from research, industry, consulting and the public sector, all sharing a passion for innovation management - how to successfully create new products, processes and services from ideas to stimulate economic growth and well-being. Formed in Norway in 1983, ISPIM is the oldest, largest and most active truly global innovation network.

The Knut Holt Award

Named after ISPIM's founder, this award is for the overall best conference paper.

The Alex Gofman Award

Named after our former Advisory Board member who was passionate about teaching innovation, this award recognises researchers who have applied a novel way of collecting, analysing, or presenting data that is useful for the focal study and can also potentially be used in other contexts. Until 2022, this award was made for the best student paper.

The Dick Marsh Award

Introduced in 2017, and named after our former ISPIM Board Member, this occasional award is for the paper that best demonstrates innovation management impact.

ISPIM Innovation Management Dissertation Award

The annual ISPIM Innovation Management Dissertation Award is made to the student completing the best PhD within innovation management each calendar year. The Award is open to all students completing a PhD within innovation management.

Scientific Panel Contribution Award

The annual Scientific Panel Award is made to the member of the panel that has provided the best scientific input to an ISPIM event or journal special issue in a calendar year.

A Brief History of ISPIM

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Knut Holt in 1983

ISPIM has its origins in an initiative taken by Prof. Knut Holt at the University of Trondheim in 1972. He started and organised a programme of comparative cross cultural studies on  Needs Assessment and Information Behaviour: the NAIB Program. The objective was to present an array of tools and guidelines for their practical application for the assessment of user needs in the product innovation processes.

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