Sponsors

Vodafone Global Enterprise provides managed communications services to many of the world’s leading global companies. It operates across five regions: Northern Europe; Central Europe; Southern Europe; the Americas; Asia Pacific and Africa, with teams based in 21 countries across the globe. Vodafone was positioned by Gartner in the leaders’ quadrant in its ‘Magic Quadrant for Pan-Western European Mobile Service Providers’ Report 2009. 

www.vodafone.com/globalenterprise

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 204,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  The company generated net revenues of US$21.6 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2010.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

We are a marketing and brand consultancy that uses the power of simplicity to create growth for brands and businesses. Founded in 2002 and have rapidly grown to a team of over 80 people based in 5 offices: London, Amsterdam, New York, Hong Kong and Sydney.
Our team brings together a mix of skills from strategy consultancy, insight & research, creative agencies and client-side. We work across a wide range of sectors: food, drink, financial services, pharma, leisure, personal care, technology, media and more.
We are proud to work with some of the world's biggest and most successful brands and some of the sharpest and most innovative companies around.

www.clear-ideas.com

The London School of Business & Finance (LSBF) is a privately financed, global leader in high performance learning solutions.  LSBF was founded in 2003 and is the fastest growing business school in Europe.  It has more than 20 offices worldwide, and its 12,000 students come from over 150 countries.

The school specialises in graduate education and professional training, ranging from MScs and MBAs to professional training for CFA®, CIM, ACCA and CIMA.  The Financial Times have listed its MBA 19th in its 2010 Global Financial Times Online MBA listings.  LSBF works with three of the Big Four accountancies and many of the world's top ten banks.  All degrees are validated by the established University of Bradford, Grenoble Graduate School of Business, or the University of Wales.

www.lsbf.org.uk/

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organisation in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris.
For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

Hi-Cone is a leading supplier of plastic-based multipackaging systems for global beer, soft drink and general products industries. We advocate packaging alternatives that generate sustained margin contributions for our customers and retailers. Our customers demand maximum quality, exceptional value, market performances and innovation. We meet those demands by offering cost-effective minimal packaging responsive to environmental concerns. (MIN=MAX).

www.hi-cone.com

Sopheon is helping nearly 200 organisations worldwide cut new product development costs and identify and prioritise their most promising innovation opportunities. Our software and services give top innovators such as BASF, Cadbury, Electrolux, PepsiCo, General Motors and SABMiller a unique combination of business-decision support for strategic product planning, idea generation and management, and governance of innovation processes. We help to create a sustainable culture for generating, selecting and developing winning product and service ideas; make sure available resources are focused on the most lucrative ideas and projects; automate roadmapping and NPD processes; and provide strategic decision support for managing product portfolios.
www.sopheon.com

100%Open is an open innovation launched in March 2010, that spun out from Nesta, the UKs National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. Since 2006 we have partnered with many of the worlds most successful innovation companies  such as Proctor & Gamble, Orange, E.ON, Virgin, Tesco, McLaren and Cancer Research UK  and worked with them to create significant value through partnership with their customers, suppliers and clients. We offer bespoke services of strategic planning, programme design and delivery, and training and venturing. We combine business acumen with extensive hands-on experience of implementing successful open innovation, together with a desire to connect brands with new people and fresh opportunities.