Agenda: Day 1 | Day 2 |
Breakfast and Registration
Chair's Opening Remarks
Conference Co-Chairs- Stefan Stern, Management Columnist, Financial Times
The Future of Innovation - Taking a Global View
Taking a global view on clusters, talent flows and collaborative innovation to draw a global map of the shifting centers of innovation.
" Innovation clusters: geographical environments in which innovation is created, developed and commercialized
" Innovation talent: the scarcest resource determining the opportunity to successfully innovate
" Collaborative innovation: how companies can source and commercialize innovative ideas outside their traditional boundaries
- Dr. Boris Maurer, Principal, Mckinsey & Company, Inc.
Changing the World of Problem Solving - How Companies are using Employees, Customers and Suppliers to Innovate at Internet scale
There is a powerful force at play in organizations today, as powerful as the notion of democracy in society. The confluence of many factors, from the use of enterprise social networking tools, to the demographic changes in the workforce, are creating new opportunities for firms to tap into the 'collective genius' of large numbers of people at scale and speed unimaginable with traditional techniques.
Speaker(s)- Mark Turrell, CEO and Founder, Imaginatik
Green Innovation: Providing Energy AND Safeguarding the Environment Technology and Innovation at Shell
- More energy for more people with lower CO2 emissions is the major challenge of our time
- Solving this dilemma requires creativity, innovation and co-operation but it can be done!
- Technology is the key
- The time for action is now what we do will affect future generations
- Sergio Kapusta, Shell Chief Scientist, Materials, Shell Global Solutions International BV
Networking Tea and Coffee Break
The Third Chapter of Technology - Everything is Connected
" What is the next chapter for computer science, technology in the home and at work
" The human question how can technology support great thinking and innovation?
- Mark Taylor, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Limited UK
In Conversation with the 'Dragons'
Winning Ideas: Lessons from the Dragon's Den
Speaker(s)- James Caan, CEO, Hamilton Bradshaw
- Deborah Meaden, Serial Entrepreneur and heavy-weight investor on BBC 2's cult series 'Dragon's Den',
PITCH PERFECT
Representatives from ten Dragon-backed companies battle it out to deliver the best 2-minute elevator pitch. Delegates vote for their favourite pitch
Speaker(s)- Ian Chamings, Managing Director, Higher House Productions Ltd
- Charlotte Evans, Director, Buggyboot Ltd
- Carolyn Jarvis, Director, Buggyboot Ltd
- Max McMurdo, Founder & Designer, reestore ltd
Networking Lunch
Driving Innovation within Philip Morris International
Reducing the harm caused by tobacco products is a major public health priority for many governments around the world. Addressing the issues surrounding tobacco and developing and commercializing products which can help meet this goal is a top priority for Philip Morris International.
- Risk assessment and risk reduction: applying rigorous scientific methods to develop innovative products
- Commercial viability: blending the science-focused innovation process in the consumer focused marketing approach
- Organizational change: instilling innovation as a key for success
- Dr. Doug Dean, SVP, Research and Development, Philip Morris International
Innovation Brainstorm
Roundtable topics and facilitators include:
Chair's Closing Remarks and End of Day One
Networking Drinks Reception
