Cisco’s Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior and young entrepreneurs join the 2009 World Innovation Forum lineup.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HSM announces that Cisco’s Chief Technology Officer, Padmasree Warrior has joined an extensive lineup of innovation practitioners, academics and thought leaders featured at the World Innovation Forum in New York City on May 5-6, 2009.

Warrior will moderate a session with the winning team from Camp BizSmart 2008, a summer business and entrepreneurship academy for middle school students, that uses real world problems and the case method to teach essential academic, work and life skills crucial to competing today.

Find out how the winning team worked together: analyzing data, studying markets, and conducting focus groups around the globe. Ultimately they presented a business plan and proposal to successfully introduce a beverage, Wateroos, to the tween market. There will be many lessons to be learned from the kids’ perspective as they share how they ideated, collaborated and created.

Additional confirmed speakers for the World Innovation Forum to date include:

Clayton Christensen – Best selling author renowned for his work on innovation and disruption

CK Prahalad – Influential expert in corporate strategy

Fred Krupp – President of the Environmental Defense Fund and Eco-Innovation pioneer

Paul Saffo – Expert forecaster and strategist

Vijay Govindarajan – Foremost expert on strategy and innovation

Dan Ariely – Accomplished behavioral economist and bestselling author

The World Innovation Forum is taking place on May 5-6, 2009 at the Nokia Theater in New York City.

For more information on the “World Innovation Forum” including speaker bios, full event agenda and how to attend the event, please visit http://www.hsmglobal.com/us/wif or call 866-711-4476 (International callers can dial 212-317-8454).

For media inquires or press passes, please contact Susan Copperman at 212-812-9608 or scopperman@hsmglobal.com

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