| OPENING REMARKS | | 8.50 - 9.00 | THE BALLROOM |
| Introduction to Forum by Chairperson |
| INNOVATION IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AN EXECUTIVE'S GUIDE | | 9:00 - 9.30 | The Ballroom |
| DRAWING ON RECIPES FROM THE WORLD'S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES (FROM ALPHABET TO SALESFORCE), THIS SESSION HOW VALUE CREATION IS SUPERCHARGED WITH DATA: BOOSTING EXPERIMENTATION, AUTOMATING CREATIVITY, ACCELERATING PRODUCT / MARKET FIT, REIMAGINING BUSINESS MODELS, AND TRANSFORMING USER EXPERIENCES
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| Bridging Physical and Technological Capabilities to Enhance the Human Experience | | 09:30 - 10:00 | THE BALLROOM |
| Jan discusses the ways in which global financial companies can bridge physical and technological capabilities to enhance human experience. |
| Augmented Reality Augmenting Value? | | 10:00 - 10.30 | THE BALLROOM |
| Francis Phan will discuss the state of AR in 2018 and how this emerging technology could usher in a step change of product innovation. Will AR, as Apple’s Tim Cook states, “change the way we use technology forever” or will it be years before the promise and monetization potential of this technology be unlocked?
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| Mastering Your StrategySuccessful Innovation Results in Something Customers Care About | | 10.30 - 11.00 | THE BALLROOM |
| At Amazon Web Services (AWS) we work backwards from our customers in order to identify opportunities where we can increase their business agility and innovation velocity. Working backwards starts with understanding your customer so you can seek ways in which you can improve your product or service on their behalf. Using actual customer engagements this session will provide prescriptive guidance on implementing this approach at your organization or with your customers. |
| ROUNDTABLE SURGERY | | 11.00 - 11.15 | THE BALLROOM |
| IN THIS SESSION, THE 'PATIENT' WILL SHARE HE/HER BIGGEST PAIN EXPERIENCING AT WORK. 'TABLE SURGEONS', AKA THE REST OF THE TABLE, WILL DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND TREAT THE ISSUE. |
| COFFEE BREAK | | 11.15 - 11.45 | THE FOYER |
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| The Quest for Sustained Innovation | | 11.45 - 12.15 | THE BALLROOM |
| In today’s dynamic business environment, "disrupt or be disrupted" has never been more true. However, whilst 84% of CEOs state that innovation is a top priority, a staggering 66% admit that they don’t have a well-defined innovation strategy.
During this session, Alaina Jones, Regional Director at Spigit, will share insights from Spigit’s 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Report that demonstrate how successful companies are driving measurable business value from their innovation programs.
Join Virginia to hear her expand upon:
Creating and scaling a receptive culture for innovation
Mitigating key risk areas for program success
How programs evolve to demonstrate business outcomes
The intersection of employee engagement and innovation |
| PANEL SESSION - HOW ICONIC BRANDS CAN STAY RELEVANT AMID CHANGING CONSUMER PREFERENCES | | 12.15 - 1.00 | THE BALLROOM |
| Dutta Satadip - Head of Global Customer Operations, Pinterest
Maura Tuohy - Head of Global Social & Experiential Marketing, Mozilla
Larissa Pommeraud - Global General Manager, Art.com
Vijay K. Swamy - Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, MIT |
| Breaking Down Innovation Barriers: “The Art of Making Babies” | | 1.00 - 1.30 | THE BALLROOM |
| Everyone talks about innovation, but do we really understand it? Many organizations have innovation goals, but achieving those goals and setting your teams up for success is easier said than done. In this talk we’ll discuss,
· 3 key innovation barriers every organization faces
· Specific innovation challenges in the consumer products space
· 5 tips to open innovation success
· Innovation “contraceptives” and challenges with adoption |
| LUNCH | | 1:30 -2:30 | THE FOYER |
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| Lightweight globalization of innovations | | 2:30 - 03.00 | THE BALLROOM |
| A lot of innovations take a lot of time and testing and iterating to get the first successful version launched, but then die on the vine when it comes to scaling them geographically. Especially in the Bay Area, we generate a lot of great startups and prototypes, but often have trouble with the investment decisions to make them international winners. I’ll share a few examples of taking a US innovation global, across the spectrum from “too slow and heavy” to “too quick and light” to “just right” levels of investment and resulting return. |
| Startup DNA at Corporate Scale | | 03:00 - 3.30 | THE BALLROOM |
| 96% of corporate innovation initiatives fail. Another form of innovation, startups, actually fare worse with less than 1% succeeding. Yet over the last 80 years, the startup/venture capital industry has consistently generated outsized returns from investments in innovation. This session will provide an overview of the battle-tested startup and VC-inspired tools and techniques corporations need to leverage to drive operational excellence at innovation, cultural transformation, and reliable returns from innovation spending.
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| ROUNDTABLE SURGERY | | 3.30 - 03.45 | THE BALLROOM |
| IN THIS SESSION, THE 'PATIENT' WILL SHARE HE/HER BIGGEST PAIN EXPERIENCING AT WORK. 'TABLE SURGEONS', AKA THE REST OF THE TABLE, WILL DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND TREAT THE ISSUE. |
| COFFEE BREAK | | 3.45 - 4.15 | THE FOYER |
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| PANEL SESSION - BUILDING CUSTOMER CENTRIC STRATEGY | | 4.15 - 05.00 | THE BALLROOM |
| Sabrina Cherubini - Marketing Director, KMart
Krista Kokjohn-Poehler - Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Good Corps
Teddy Zmrhal - Senior Managing Director, Strategic Innovation, Salesforce
Emily Olson - Chief Creative & Strategy Officer, Whole Health Marketing |
| Peer Insight Workshop | | 4.15 - 05.00 | BREAKOUT ROOM |
| You have an innovative concept that aligns with your strategy and has been field tested with customers. Your customers love it…now what? You’ve used human-centered design techniques to test for customer desirability, but how do you prototype and test the business model? |
| CLOSING REMARKS | | 5:00- 5:10 | THE BALLROOM |
| The chairperson closes the event |
| OPEN BAR NETWORKING DRINKS | | 5:10 - 07:00 | THE FOYER |
| Drink up and network responsibly... |
