2013年7月6~7日,第8届产品创新管理国际会议在武汉理工大学成功举办,本次会议得到国家教育部、国家自然科学基金委员会的大力支持。本次会议为期两天,会议共分为两个部分。会议第一项为美国产品开发管理协会(PDMA)与武汉理工大学产品创新管理研究中心会谈。会议第二项为大会主论坛,会议主席由武汉理工大学管理学院首席教授胡树华教授和美国产品开发管理协会名誉主席RobertE.Johnston教授共同担任,学术委员会主任为Hamsa Thota教授和邓明然教授,执行委员会主任为晏敬东教授、侯仁勇教授。会议由湖北省产品创新管理研究中心副主任侯仁勇教授主持。来自美 From July 6 to July 7, 2013, the 8th International Conference on Product Innovation Management was successfully held in Wuhan University of Technology. The conference was strongly supported by the State Ministry of Education and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The two-day meeting, the meeting is divided into two parts. The first meeting of the conference was the meeting between PDMA and Wuhan Institute of Technology Product Innovation Management Research Center. The second session of the conference is the main forum of the conference. The chairman of the conference is co-chaired by Professor Hu Shuhua, chief professor of School of Management of Wuhan University of Technology and Professor Robert E. Johnston, honorary chairman of the American Association for Product Development Management. The academic committee is Professor Hamsa Thota and Professor Deng Mingran, Professor Yan Jingdong, Professor Hou Renyong. The meeting was presided over by Professor Hou Renyong, deputy director of Hubei Province Product Innovation Management Research Center. From the United States