The Goal Of The Event
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
Innovation Wrangler, SVP Corporate Innovation,Wells Fargo
United States
Greg Petroff
Chief Experience Officer,GE Software
United States
Miha Bobic
MSC, Senior Director R&D,Danfoss
Slovenia
Aleksandro Grabulov
Director Global Innovation, PhilipsUnited States
Ashish Majmundar
Managing Director,DTCC
United States
Deborah Sundal
SVP of Product and Operations,UnitedHealth Innovation Group
United States
Scott M. Wright
Executive, Director, Global Communications,Merck
United States
Randall Wright
Senior Liaison Officer,MIT
United States
James Euchner
VP, Global Innovation,The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
United States
Bryce Barrand
Senior Director, Innovation Strategy in MarriottLabs,Marriott International
United States
William MacElroy
Chairman,Socratic Technologies, Inc.
United States
Jeff Keating
Senior Vice President,Elsevier
United States
Karen Stanton
Global Marketing & Branding Director,IFF
United States
Ken Tencer
Chief Executive Officer,SpyderWorks
United States
Ajay Kapoor
Corporate Innovator / Changemaker,Procter & Gamble
United States
Alex Goryachev
Director, Innovation Strategy,Cisco Systems, Inc.
United States
Richard Sonnenblick
CEO,Enrich
United States
Richard Black
Formerly VP Global R&D Nutrition Sciences,PepsiCo
United States
Alain Sylvain
CEO and Founder,Sylvain Labs
United States
Daniel Klaussen
Senior Director IT Innovation and Strategy, Marriott InternationalUnited States
Edward Boze
VP of Operations and Consulting,CogniStreamer
United States
Andrea Kates
CEO,LaunchPad Central
United States
Sammy Munuswamy
Sr. Principal Engineer Global Engineering and Innovation,Manitowoc
United States