Innovation Roundtable® Summit 2018

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Presentations

Learn from inspiring talks by 35 executive speakers and experts
Roundtable Discussions

Share experiences with peers and gain valuable insights and ideas
Focus

Select talks, discussions and labs across multiple innovation themes
Networking

Connect with peers during discussions, breaks, lunches and dinners

Exclusive

A unique opportunity to network with innovation leaders in different industries

700

participants

Only for corporate innovation executives

250

companies

Multinational firms from different industries

Eight themes

Tailor Your Summit Experience

^#1
Gamechanging Innovation and New Business Models
^#2
Agile Organization, Culture & Leadership for Innovation
^#3
Digital Innovation and Business Transformation
^#4
AI, Blockchain & Technology Foresighting

^#5
Startup Collaboration, Ecosystems and Open Innovation
^#6
Front End: Design Thinking and Portfolio Decisions
^#7
Innovation for Sustainability and Circular Economy
^#8
Innovation in China and Globalization of R&D

Speakers & Facilitators

Keynotes, track talks and labs by 35 corporate speakers
from different industries and academic experts

all the speakers

Sandeep Dadlani

Chief Digital Officer

Marcus Remmers

Chief Technology Officer

Tamara Erickson

Adjunct Professor, Organisational Behaviour

Peter Weckesser

Digital Transformation Officer

Mark Coopersmith

Executive Faculty Director, Author, Entrepreneur

Olivia Qiu

Chief Innovation Officer

Javier Verdura

Director, Product Design

Domhnaill Hernon

VP, Head of Experiments in Art and Technology

Bruce Daisley

VP EMEA - #1 UK Business Podcast Host

Dave Challis

VP Health Innovation

Sarah Potts

VP Innovation Excellence

Andreas Leinfelder

Vice President Business Development

Tommy Hansson

VP Innovation Lab, Connected Solutions

Hansjörg Reick

Associate Director Open Innovation Europe

Fredrik Östbye

Group VP, Head of Digital Transformation

Daniel Cho

Sr. Director Marketing, Global Pricing & Portfolio

Marcin Floryan

Director of Engineering at Spotify, Playback Tribe

Bernd Blumoser

Head of Innovation, Siemens AI Lab

Hendrik Esser

Manager Special Projects

Nina Maldonado

Agile, Digital & Innovation Transformation Lead

Stefan Kollmeier

Sr. Manager Organizational Interventions for Digital Transformation & Culture

George Yip

Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Strategy

Carsten Linz

Adjunct Faculty Member, Author

Heike Bruch

Institute for Leadership & HR Management Director

More to be announced

An Innovation Event Unlike Any Other

WORLD’S LARGEST

Gathering of Innovation Executives from Large Multinational Firms

INTERACTIVE

Roundtable Discussions and Labs Moderated by Experts

EXCLUSIVE

For Corporate Attendees Only. Over 25h of Informal Networking

Learn more

Who Is Attending

Exclusively for innovation executives in large multinational firms! The world's largest gathering of its kind

Attending companies include:

3M
Airbus
BASF
Bosch

Dow
DSM
Electrolux
Ericsson

Michelin
P&G
Philips
Shell

BMW
Continental
Danone
Daimler

General Motors
Huawei
Johnson & Johnson
Mars

Samsung
Siemens
Tetra Pak
Thales

all the companies

700

INNOVATION EXECUTIVES

250

MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES

Lots of inspiring insights, valuable peer talks and found
really profound solutions for my burning problems
in the field of organizing for innovation.

Hannes Erler - Director Open Innovation Networks at Swarovski

Interesting format with keynotes, labs and roundtables.
Very well organized and cross industry.
Such an event delivers a wide range of views and different
takeaways for own experiments and development.

Gerd Winkler - Engineering Director at Continental

A great experience. I talked to people from different industries
and had brilliant roundtable discussions, which helped me
find out how to get future ideas come to life.

Joachim Rask - Vice President Innovation Operations at Electrolux

The Summit was a great platform
to learn, exchange and partner up.

Wolfgang Reich - Director, Advanced Materials & Systems Research at BASF

It was great to meet up with such a big group of peers
and experts from different industries and countries.
This is unique and I would not want to miss it.

Jürgen Dettling - Chief Technologist at HP

Network, practical learning, validation and fun
with key leaders across the industries!
What more to expect?!

Jean-Paul Hautekeer - Global Marketing Director at Dow Corning

Great opportunity to discuss with peers and experts
innovation questions in depth. I got great insight
on how to deal with intangible value propositions.

Otto Gies - VP Head of New Business at Airbus Defence & Space

Networking & Dinners

Over 25 hours dedicated to informal networking, including coffee breaks, lunches, and three dinners.

4 Nov: Pre-Summit Dinner

5 Nov: Buffet Networking Dinner (included)

6 Nov: Summit Dinner and Party

Info & Tickets

Museum of failure

Experience a selection from the famous collection of epic failed products from around world.

The pop-up exhibition showcases the risky business of innovation and celebrates the inevitable failures.

STARTUP MARKETPLACE

Discover selected startups and meet innovative entrepreneurs

INNOVATION TOURS

Visit selected innovation spaces in Copenhagen, including a urban innovation hub, a maker space, a VR production house and much more…

Info & Registration