April 30, 2019
This PILOT research on research (ROR) project has taken a deep dive into how companies define, manage (or not), stigmatize (or not), and learn from (or not) failure. They will share the resources...
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May 01, 2019
This session will cover Uber’s self-driving cars, Vertical Takeoff and Landing technology in personal vehicles, and looking ahead to the future (and science) of people movement in society. https://...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: I was previously an academic, with a focus on East Asian politics. I was invited to join the Shell Scenarios team 25 years ago by Vince Cable. Vince convinced me to try working at Shell,...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Systems with a general intelligence similar to, and perhaps even greater than, that of human beings. Kurzweil (1999) contrasted “narrow AI” with “strong AI,” using the former to refer to...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: It’s 1880—should the son of a Pennsylvania farmer plan to take over the family farm, or move to Pittsburgh for a job in the new steel mills? It’s 1980—should a Pittsburgh high school...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Are you standing there waiting for the AI tsunami to hit you and wipe you out, or are you riding the big wave? Professional surfers spend 10–20 times as much time watching waves as they do...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence; in machine learning, computers learn patterns from data. It is a transformative technology for the business world. But currently,...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: AI is not just about computer algorithms and data. It’s about the people who will use AI for what it is: a tool. Over the next two years Dutch bank ING plans to train more than 3,000 of its...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Innovation leaders face the challenge of planning for their organizations’ future in a time of technological and economic upheaval; the rapid emergence and proliferation of intelligent...
May 06, 2019
Jaron Lanier is the inventor of virtual reality and a technologist with deep roots in the high-tech sector. Nevertheless, he has deep concerns about the consequences of some of the technical and...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Close to 85 percent of the world’s energy comes from burning fossil fuels. Hydrogen could theoretically replace it all. But even though hydrogen has been touted as an alternative to fossil...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Forget the hype about self-driving cars. The first autonomous vehicles likely to hit public roads on a regular basis will haul freight. Commercial carriers simply have more economic...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future—and always will be. That old joke has served for decades to illustrate the frustration of fusion plasma physicists and policymakers, who...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Partner or rival? That’s a question many German executives, entrepreneurs, and policymakers are struggling to answer these days as China continues to snap up prized national technology...
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Tuesday May 12, 2020 – Friday May 15, 2020
Check back here for more information about our upcoming IRI 2020 Annual Conference--Globalization Transformed: Revolutionizing Global Innovation. Tentative topics: Encouraging Autonomy and Empowering...