2020 VIRTUAL Annual Conference
Globalization Transformed--the Next Practices to Revolutionize Global Innovation
Corporations, universities, and federal labs alike must take proactive measures to manage their innovation in the global community. New technological advances have made it easier than ever to connect with teams and partners all over the world, which fosters new challenges and opportunities. Corporations who take advantage of these new technologies and best practices stay ahead of their competitors in a fast-moving global community. These strategies, tools, and case studies of success (and even cautionary tales of failure) were explored at IRI's 2020 Virtual Annual Conference. Sessions explored many facets of managing innovation in a global community, such as choosing the best business model, adapting your company’s culture, utilizing the latest tools and structures to lead your teams, building relationships with startups and universities around the world, and assessing where to assign your resources.
Watch recordings of sessions from our 2020 VIRTUAL Annual Conference, May 12-May 22, 2020. Session slides and notes are available in the "resources" tab of each session.
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Week 1
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
| Alexa Dembek, Chief Sustainability & Technology Officer, DuPont | |
| Sustainability: Opportunities & Challenges of Leveraging Global Innovation Teams |
Anne Berthereau, Vice President of Innovation, Owens Corning, Shailesh Nema, Vice President & Managing Director, India, Michelman, Inc., Rick Michelman, Chief Technology Officer & EVP, Americas and Printing & Packaging, Michelman, Inc., Pascale Nelly Wautelet, Vice President, Global Research and Development, Innovation & Sustainability, Labels & Graphics Materials Avery Dennison; Sharon Nagler, R&D Section Manager, HP Indigo
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
| Building a Global Technology Innovation Network (John Deere) |
Pushpa Manukonda, Manager Technology Innovation Strategy, John Deere; Alex Foessel, Consultant, formerly Lead Architect, Automation To Autonomy at John Deere; John Reid, Vice President, Technology Enterprises, Brunswick
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| Global R&D Funding Models & Making Them Work |
Dan Abramowicz, Chief Technology Officer, Crown Holdings
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| Case Study: Aligning Innovation Structure & Strategy in a Diverse, Global Company | Joel Schall, Director of Innovation & Technology, General Manufacturing & Maintenance Adhesives, Henkel Corporation |
Thursday, May 14, 2020
| Cultivating a Robust International Innovation Culture | Tucker Norton, Innovation & Strategy Director, DuPont; Yati Waghray, Senior Marketing Manager, Kraton Corporation |
| Culture as a Catalyzer: How to Harness Culture to Optimize Innovation |
Kerry Slade, Associate Professor, Department of Strategic Management & Assistant Academic Director of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI), Temple University
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Friday, May 15, 2020
| Anita Friis Sommer, Senior Innovation Manager, LEGO Group | |
| Educating Industrial-Strength Innovation Masters |
Rob Williams, Temple University, Fox School's Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (IME) Program
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| 2020 Achievement Award Winner: Jet Fuel Derived from Ethanol | John Holladay, Co-Director of the Bioproducts Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Laurel Harmon, Vice President of Government Relations, LanzaTech |
Week 2
Monday, May 18, 2020
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Craig Slavtcheff, Executive Vice President - Global Research & Development, Campbell Soup Company
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| Advancing Creativity, Environmental Sustainability and Economic Resilience through Biomimicry |
Emily Barbara Kennedy, Director of External Relations, Biomimicry Research & Innovation Center, the University of Akron; Carol Thaler, Co-Director, Great Lakes Biomimicry
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| The Never-ending Journey towards Globalization | Ted Farrington, IRI Emiritus |
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
| Partnering with International Startups: Examples from Government, Research Universities, and Large Corporations |
Blandine Chantepie-Kari, Vice President of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, European American Enterprise Council; Todd Abrams, Senior Director, New Ventures & Business Development, Office of the Vice President for Research - Technology Commercialization, Temple University; Godfrey Nazareth, President and CEO, X-Biomedical, Inc.; Joseph Conrad III, Senior Technology Transfer Manager, NCI Technology Transfer Center, National Institutes of Health; Benjamin Pascale, Chief Business Officer, Invisible Sentinel, Inc., bioMerieux's Company; Micahel Salgaller, Supervisor, Invention Development & Marketing Unit, Technology Transfer Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
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| Building Productive Global Partnerships and Capabilities |
Summer Locke, Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing Research & Technology
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| A Methodical Approach to Deliver Exponential Value by CoInnovating with International Startups | Raju Goteti, Vice President, Co-Innovation Network (COIN), TATA Consultancy Services |
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
| Managing Global R&D: Critical Issues, Lessons Learned & Future Prospects | Joseph Cheng, Research Professor of Innovation & International Business, University of Illinois, Gies College of Buisness; Michael Holmes, Jim Moran Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Florida State University; John Reid, Vice President, Technology Enterprises, Brunswick Corporation |
| Ideation to H2 Opportunity Portfolio |
Stephanie Hartwig, Senior Advisor, Grayscale; Scott Mathews, IRI Emiritus
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
| Kevin Stolarick, Senior Research Associate; Lou Musante, Founder, Echo Strategies | |
| IRI's Digital Transformation Community Thought Leader Interview: Eric Chaniot |
Eric Chaniot, Digital Operations Officer & Senior Vice President, Michelin
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| Interventions to Create Stronger Regional Manufacturing Ecosystems | Tulsi Patel, Principal, Estolano Advisors; Martine Neider, Director, Manufacturing Operations, Bay Area Urban Manufacturing Intiative, SFMade; Katy Stanton, Operations & Program Director, Urban Manufacturing Alliance; Jessica Hemmer, Founder, Hemmer Design & Creative Director of Queen City Mask Collective; Moriah Heaney, Community Investments Manager, Mountain BizWorks |
Friday, May 22, 2020
| 2020 Holland Award Winners: Making Design Thinking Work | Didier Boulet, Group Chief Designer Officer, THALES Design Center; Sebastian Fixson, Professor & Associate Dean, Babson College; Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini, Associate Professor, HEC (Paris, France) |
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