Unleashing Innovation Summit New York

  • New York

The Goal Of The Event

Unleashing Innovation Summit New York

Our aim is to connect you with best practices in today’s rapidly changing environment. The unique value we offer you is an agenda which is relevant to change and to the change makers responsible for future trends of innovation.

Why a Summit?

Technology is transforming the way we do business. Innovation requires new ways of thinking about our products, our business and our partners. The goal of this summit is to facilitate dialogue between innovation executives involved in product development, R&D, business development and marketing with the goal of exploring challenges and successes of putting in place an effective ecosystem for increased innovation ROI. Addressed will be the challenges associated with developing new customer-centric business models, pioneering novel relationships with partners, acquisitions and non-profits as well as exploring expanding internal systems and ecosystems through strengthened employee engagement and learning.

It’s all about the EXPERIENCE!

  • A chance to meet International market research and customer insight leaders at the forefront of their success
  • Cross sector learning – find out how solutions adopted by other sectors can add value to your business; what can you learn from other industries and vertical sectors? What can executives learn from marketing and R & D and vice versa?
  • Save time and money – concentrated industry knowledge in two intensive days
  • Case studies – listen to case studies outlining the pros and cons of new and existing projects
  • Networking and interactive – Learn from your peers and build new relationships in our break out and networking sessions
  • Discussion groups – industry-specific round table discussions for you to focus on the key issues that affect your business

How Will You Benefit

100+

Like Minded Strategy leaders for Networking

Ideas

Hear About Groundbreaking Approaches to Innovation

Case Studies

Get the Pro & Cons of New & Existing Projects

Opportunities For Networking

With over 100 like-minded strategy leaders joining us for this event there will be many opportunities for both structured and informal networking. Bringing together experienced leaders, we are proud to be developing this event together with bold, forward-thinking companies and speakers who are as excited as we are about groundbreaking approaches to innovation. 

Event Speakers

Jacob Hall

Jacob Hall

Innovation Wrangler, SVP Corporate Innovation,
Wells Fargo
United States
Greg Petroff

Greg Petroff

Chief Experience Officer,
GE Software
United States
Miha Bobic

Miha Bobic

MSC, Senior Director R&D,
Danfoss
Slovenia
Aleksandro Grabulov

Aleksandro Grabulov

Director Global Innovation, Philips
United States
Ashish Majmundar

Ashish Majmundar

Managing Director,
DTCC
United States
Deborah Sundal

Deborah Sundal

SVP of Product and Operations,
UnitedHealth Innovation Group
United States
Scott M. Wright

Scott M. Wright

Executive, Director, Global Communications,
Merck
United States
Randall Wright

Randall Wright

Senior Liaison Officer,
MIT
United States
James Euchner

James Euchner

VP, Global Innovation,
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
United States
Bryce Barrand

Bryce Barrand

Senior Director, Innovation Strategy in MarriottLabs,
Marriott International
United States
William MacElroy

William MacElroy

Chairman,
Socratic Technologies, Inc.
United States
Jeff Keating

Jeff Keating

Senior Vice President,
Elsevier
United States
Karen Stanton

Karen Stanton

Global Marketing & Branding Director,
IFF
United States
Ken Tencer

Ken Tencer

Chief Executive Officer,
SpyderWorks
United States
Ajay Kapoor

Ajay Kapoor

Corporate Innovator / Changemaker,
Procter & Gamble
United States
Alex Goryachev

Alex Goryachev

Director, Innovation Strategy,
Cisco Systems, Inc.
United States
Richard Sonnenblick

Richard Sonnenblick

CEO,
Enrich
United States
Richard Black

Richard Black

Formerly VP Global R&D Nutrition Sciences,
PepsiCo
United States
Alain Sylvain

Alain Sylvain

CEO and Founder,
Sylvain Labs
United States
Daniel Klaussen

Daniel Klaussen

Senior Director IT Innovation and Strategy, Marriott International
United States
Edward Boze

Edward Boze

VP of Operations and Consulting,
CogniStreamer
United States
Andrea Kates

Andrea Kates

CEO,
LaunchPad Central
United States
Sammy Munuswamy

Sammy Munuswamy

Sr. Principal Engineer Global Engineering and Innovation,
Manitowoc
United States

Event Sponsors

United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare is an operating division of UnitedHealth Group, the largest single health carrier in the United States. Our family of companies delivers innovative products and services to approximately 70 million Americans. UnitedHealthcare's nationwide network includes 720,301 physicians and health care professionals, 80,000 dentists and 5,622 hospitals. Our pharmaceutical management programs provide more affordable access to drugs for 13 million people. We're committed to the delivery of quality care and its continual improvement. In fact, UnitedHealth Group made significant investments in research and development, technology and business process improvements – nearly $3 billion in the past five years. These investments led to changes that are improving the way care is delivered and administered across the entire industry.
CogniStreamer
CogniStreamer® is an open innovation and collaboration software platform where internal colleagues and external partner companies join forces to create ideas, enrich, assess and select innovative projects within strategically chosen areas. The solution is a collaborative platform that invites users to actively build a strong innovation portfolio. In addition it provides a powerful resource for internal and external knowledge sharing. CogniStreamer has 14 years of experience and works form customers like like ING, BNPParibas, P&G, AB Inbev, AlcatelLucent, Bekaert,.. . CogniStreamer has its headquarters close to Brussels and has offices in Paris, New York and Hyderabad (India).
Spyder Works
Branding is about building meaningful customer relationships. Innovation is about keeping them fresh. Together, branding + innovation let you continually refresh and recharge your business, brand or cause. The challenge is that sometimes you have to take a step away from the day-to-day demands to see opportunities more clearly. As one of our long-time customers explains, “Spyder helped us to step back and reimagine ourselves differently in the marketplace”. It begins with IdeaStorming™ to generate fresh, creative ideas that matter to your customers. It is followed by the development of a brand identity and story, clarified with quantitative and qualitative research. And it culminates in seamless integration and execution of traditional communications with new media. Spyder Works is your fresh perspective.
Launchpad Central
In 2012, co-founders Steve Blank and Jim Hornthal discovered the need for software to power the National Science Foundation’s I-CORPS Program. Staying true to lean innovation, Launchpad delivered a minimum viable product to the NSF by the end of 2012. Since 2012, 13,500+ teams at the NSF I-CORPS, Universities in 200+ countries, government agencies and Fortune 500 corporations have utilized the software to accelerate the time to innovation truth. In October 2016, we launched GLIDR, our next-generation software platform designed specifically for the needs of enterprise companies. GLIDR utilizes the insights of over 13,500 teams who have experienced the process and software to drive continuous innovation at scale.
Enrich Consulting
Enrich was born out of a restless desire to help companies do more—to develop more life-saving drugs, to foster more novel technologies, and to discover more opportunities for growth. Worldwide and across many industries, R&D-driven firms use the Enrich Analytics Platform to leverage the combined wisdom of the entire organization for every critical investment decision.