Innov8rs ConnectForesight & Trends, Ecosystem Engagement and StartupCollaboration 22-26 February

The Best & Latestin Corporate Innovation

As innovation leaders and professionals, we play a crucial role forour organizations in the current context. Yet often it feels like we’reliving on an island. We’re facing many new and old challenges, butwe’re all too busy to breathe.

Tons of questions. Time to get answers. Join 500+ cross-industry innovation leaders and professionals for the Innov8rsConnect series between November 2020 and April 2021.

You will✓ Understand what’s working in other companies✓ Benchmark your approach and performance✓ Explore new approaches and develop new skills

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You'll learn and do stuff.

Forget pointless powerpoints. You’ll roll up your sleeves and workwith peers and experts in interactive small group sessions.

Whatever your challenges are, and regardless of industry andinnovation maturity, you’ll leave with new, practical insights andan upgraded toolbox, to implement right away.

In the main week of the event, you can choose to join a diverserange of 35+ interactive small group sessions and peer circles asthey happen. You can also host your own sessions to ask forfeedback or share your approach.

Beyond the live sessions, from 12 February till 19 March you'll haveaccess to our community platform to check other relevant content.Plus you can easily tap into the expertise and experiences of peersand experts there as well: ask questions, join discussions andconnect with other participants

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Foresight & Trends,Ecosystem Engagementand Startup Collaboration

In the fourth event of this Innov8rs Connect series, we’ll lookoutside of our organizations.

How do you make sure you know what changes are happening inthe market, now and in the future, and are able to act upon themquickly? Beyond the initial ups and downs, what is working today incollaboration with startups? And with traditional industryboundaries blurring and value chains being disrupted, how toengage in ecosystems and collaborate to create new value?

During this event, we’ll discuss the best and latest on thesecrucial questions- and more. You'll find all sessions asscheduled during the main week of the event in this booklet.

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Foresight & Trends

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The Bavarian Automotive Industry in2030 - Insights From A Realistic,Software-based Scenario Analysis

Senior InnovationConsultant at ITONICSSenCo

Trend-Driven Innovation

Head of TrendWatchingAcademyHeaAca

Using Foresight to See Beyond thePrediction Horizon

Managing Partners at TheInovo Group

AI in Foresight and Innovation: 4Steps to Stress Test Your InnovationPipeline

Chief Commercial Officerat ITONICSChieat IT

Technology Scouting – How toUncover Emerging Technology andFind Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Head of TechnologyScouting at Ezassi

How To Build a Digital InnovationPlatform to Drive SuccessfulTransformation

Product Manager atITONICS

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EcosystemEngagement

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How to Design an Ecosystem ThatImproves the Performance of YourOrganization

Founder and CEO of theEuropean Centre forStrategic Innovation(ECSI) and ECSIConsulting

FoundeEuropeStrateg(ECSI)Consul

The Journey From Being a DigitalUnit to Becoming a DigitalEcosystem With Impact

Chief Ecosystem Officer atmantroChiefmant

Why Do Most Business EcosystemsFail?

Partner at BostonConsulting GroupPaCo

Paint the Future: How AkzoNobelInnovates in Ecosystems

Collaborative InnovationProgram Manager atAzkoNobel

The True Nature of Ecosystems.Lessons From the Wildside

Open Innovation SeniorEcosystem Builder atBBVA

The Best CEOs Are Chief EcosystemOfficers – How to ApproachEcosystem Strategy

Principal at hy - the AxelSpringer Consulting GroupPrincSprin

Building a Zero Gravity InnovationEcosystem

Chief Combobulator atCrazy Might WorkChieCraz

Axel Springer's Ecosystem StrategyTo Become The Leading DigitalPublisher In Europe

Senior Vice President at hy- the Axel SpringerConsulting Group

Innovation Ecosystem & Enterprise

Innovation & EmergingTechnology Lead atWalmart

The Entrepreneurial EcosystemEnabling Organization

CEO of Boundaryless andCreator of Platform DesignToolkit

Ecosystem Manager Demo

Managing Directors at AxelSpringer hy Technologies

Use An Ecosytem To Build AnEcosystem

CEO at IND.Academy

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StartupCollaboration

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How We Collaborate With Startupsat P&G Ventures

Senior Director ofCommunications at P&GVentures

Making Lots of Small Bets:Embracing Failure To AchieveRepeatable Innovation Success

Co-founders at The BakeryCo-

Accelerating Innovation ThroughTrue Partnerships BetweenCorporates and Startups

Vice PresidentAccelerated Innovation &Venturing at HusqvarnaGroup

How to Grow (More) Returns FromStartup Collaboration?

Managing Partner atScoutely

The Quest for the Next Billion-DollarOpportunity – Scaling SuccessfulCollaborations

Former Managing Director,Global Digital Innovation atKimberly-ClarkCorporation

Stone Soup Innovation - Involvingthe Core Business In YourInnovation Efforts

Vice President & FoundingDirector of New HorizonsStudio at Hyundai MotorGroup

Collaborating With Startups - HowWe Bridge The Scale Gap

Chief Foresighter & GlobalBreakthrough InnovationLead at Pepsico

WIWU (We Innovate With U) OpenInnovation at Covestro in China

Innovation Head AsiaPacific at Covestro

Gorillas Can Dance: HowCorporations Can PartnerEffectively With Startups

Professor of InternationalBusiness & Strategy atChina Europe InternationalBusiness School (CEIBS)

Corporations Can PartnEffectively With Startups

ProBusChiBus

The Corporate-Startup Playbook:Innovate With Startups the RightWay

Head of GlobalPartnerships at GANHeadPart

The Digital Transformation ofInnovation and Rise of CollaborativeNetworks

Founder and CEO atStartgrid

Lessons Learned - Avoiding Pitfallsin Strategic Partnering & OpenInnovation

Partner, CorporateInvesting at Mach49

Innovation

PaInv

Digital Healthcare And Pharma:What Are The Real OpportunitiesFor Startups?

Open Innovation Lead atNovo Nordisk

From Knowledge to Innovation: Howto Manage a Sustainable InnovationStrategy in the Sports Sector - TheBarça Innovation Hub Case

Barça Innovation HubDirector/Strategy &Innovation at FCBarcelona

Lead of the Global Fintechteam at ING

Creating a “Win-Win-Win” SituationThrough Open Innovation WithStartups

SVP, Head of SAP.iOFoundries EMEA at SAP

Why Corporate-StartupCollaboration is Trending and Howto Make it Work

Head of Open Innovationat HYPE InnovationHa

Strategic Partnerships &Open Innovation at RobertBosch Venture Capital

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