NineSigma to Lead Open Innovation Panel at Frost & Sullivan’s 4th Annual Growth, Innovation and Leadership 2008 Event

Executive Panel to Explore How to Use the Global Innovation Community to Speed Innovation and Reduce Risk in New Product and Technology Development

CLEVELAND, OH–(EMWNews – August 19, 2008) – NineSigma, the leading provider of open innovation

solutions for Global 1000 companies, today announced that it is sponsoring

a MindShare panel session at Growth, Innovation and Leadership 2008: A

Frost & Sullivan Global Congress on Corporate Growth on Monday, September

15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The panel will be facilitated by

Skip Davis, vice president of consulting at NineSigma, and will include executives

from Ashland Inc., The Clorox Company, The Coca-Cola Company, EnerSys,

Panduit, PerfectMeetings|AGT and ResMed.

The one-hour interactive discussion titled “Powering Innovation through

Global Connections” will explore how searching globally for knowledge,

capabilities and technologies can help companies reduce risk in new product

and technology development. The panelists will share best practices and

provide insights into what is working and what to avoid.

“NineSigma has been helping Global 1000 companies implement Open Innovation

initiatives for many years, and we are excited about engaging with other

companies at the Frost & Sullivan event that share the same enthusiasm for

the global innovation community,” said Davis. “With the slowing economy

many companies are looking for strategies to maximize growth and new

innovations to impact product development and overcome current technology

challenges. This panel will provide an insiders view into what is being

done to capitalize on external sources of innovation and deliver maximum results

to the bottom line. The discussion will be a must-attend part of the Frost

& Sullivan event.”

The panel will provide attendees with the following takeaways:

— Frameworks and models for connecting with the global innovation community

— Best practices for engaging a cross-functional technology innovation

team

— Insight on how to best launch an initiative to accelerate innovation in

your company

“The global innovation community continues to grow as a valuable source for

new ideas and technologies and as a complement to our internal research and

development,” said Joe Fox, External Technology Leader, Ashland Inc. “We

recognized years ago the importance of finding good partners such as

NineSigma that can support our company’s growth and external innovation

initiatives. I look forward to listening to representatives from other

companies discuss how they have been successful at tapping the global

community for solutions to their technology challenges.”

NineSigma’s Director of Business Development, Cheryl Eisenhauer, will also

be hosting a lunch “topic table” discussion during the event, which will

focus on defining and measuring open innovation success. For more

information on the Frost & Sullivan event, visit

http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/summits-details.pag?eventid=107066069&as=attend.

About NineSigma

NineSigma partners with Global 1000 companies to help transform their

innovation capabilities and overcome business and technology challenges by

connecting them with solutions not readily available in the public domain.

NineSigma’s proprietary process for Open Innovation enables companies to

dramatically improve speed to market while lowering product development

costs. NineSigma’s open network of innovators is the largest of its kind

and spans industries, geographies and technical disciplines. Companies such

as DuPont, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft, P&G, Philips, Unilever and Xerox engage

NineSigma to build new innovation capabilities that leverage research and

innovation globally to deliver greater value to their customers. NineSigma

is a private company with offices in the United States, Belgium and Japan.

For more information visit: www.ninesigma.com.