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International Congress and Convention Association #ICCAWorld#HoustonLaunch
Pumps & Pipes
The Power of Cross–Boundary Collaboration

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#ICCAWorld#HoustonLaunchInternational Congress and Convention Association
Session Outline
I. About Pumps & Pipes
III. Facilitating Intersections
II. Some Examples of What We Do
IV. Strategic Incentives
V. Final Thought

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Pumps & Pipes is an association of medical, energy, aerospace,
academic and community professionals and leaders…..
www.pumpsandpipes.com

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World’s largest
medical center
World energy capital Center for Human Spaceflight
“Neighbors talking over the fence”

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We were founded (and named) during a 2007 airplane ride….
Long, thin tubes
Pumps
Pipes
Flow Assurance

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Now in our 13th Year
“The solution to my problem may very
well be found in my neighbor’s toolkit”
“The best four letter word in the English
language is FREE! “
Two Enduring Premises

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Some Examples

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Calcification
Sites
Calcification
Sites
Stenotic
Lumen
From CT
Image
3D Printed
Model
Patient Specific
Heart Model

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Patient Specific
Heartbeat Simulator

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MRI Flow Imaging

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A Landmark Innovation….
With a little help from….

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The Neighbor’s Toolkit
Precise flow Through Rocks Precise flow Through Heart Valves

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A Subsequent Referral Patient

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Who In Turn Referred A Friend from NASA

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Making “Aha” Happen
Facilitating Intersections

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Hang Out Together

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Promote Conversation
• How did you do that?
• We have the same problem!
• I wish there were a better way.

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Connect

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Include

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Norway Pumps & Pipes Agreement
Sustain and Grow

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Strategic Incentives

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Unique Access
Special guests get special treatment
• IP barriers are lower
• Aspirational vs. transactional

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Benchmarking By Analogy
• Benchmarking of the familiar encourages similarity
Dental Biofilms Pipeline Biofilms
• Benchmarking by analogy drives creativity

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Development vs. Discovery
• Development comes from improving the familiar
• Discoveries are made by looking beyond the familiar
Wyoming
Largest wooden schooner (1909)
UP 844
Last steam locomotive delivered to Union Pacific (1944)

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Final Thought

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Is to bring together Ability and Opportunity with Example
Our Job

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International Congress and Convention Association #ICCAWorld#HoustonLaunch
Thank you!