Happy Holidays and a Great Start into 2009

Despite all financial crises, 2008 was a very successful year for our research groups at RWTH and MIT, and also a rich year full of experiences for me with the opportunity to meet many new interesting people and learn from them. And 2009 promises to become a great year as well, with several large-scale projects on mass customization and open innovation starting or taking full pace in the next months.

Also, in October 2009, the next MCPC conference will take place (in Helsinki), gathering our broad community of mass customization & personalization researchers. Given the large success of the MIT 2008 Smart Customization Seminar, we also plan to have another Executive seminar at MIT to provide a platform for the North American market.

But now, there are a two holiday weeks to rest and read and recharge (and perhaps write some of the blog postings I started but did not finish).

Happy Holidays and All the Best for 2009!