Upcoming Sessions - Members Only

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Upcoming Sessions - Events/Open

These are upcoming sessions as part of our Innov8rs Connect online events. You always get further instructions by email from community@innov8rs.co, but you could already register for sessions of your choice by opening the session page and then clicking on the RSVP link.

2 May, 10:00 - 12:30 WET

How To Keep Innovating During An Economic Crisis
Tendayi Viki
Associate Partner at Strategyzer
2 May, 10:00 - 12:30 WET

The Next Legacy
Rui Coutinho
Executive Director at Nova SBE Innovation Ecosystem
2 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 WET

Venture Building In A Corporation: An Unexpected Journey
Susana Jurado
Head of Wayra Builder at Telefónica
2 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 WET

5 Years Incubating New Businesses In A Large Corporation: What Have We Learnt?
Marion Mesnage
EVP New Business Incubation at Amadeus
2 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 WET

Innovation On The Edge: Choosing The Right Set-Up For Corporate Innovation
Line Lyst
Chief Entrepreneur at GN Group
2 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 WET

V1 Succesful And Data-based Business Building
Karina Rempel
Head of Innovation Excellence in Digital Industries at Siemens AG
2 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 WET

How To Fail By Design
Claus von Riegen
Vice President and Head of Business Model Innovation at SAP SE
2 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 WET

Cruising Through Corporate-Startup Partnerships
João Mil-Homens
Innovation and Sustainability Director at Jose de Mello Group
2 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 WET

Setting Up The Basis For Corporate Innovation, In A Global Environment
Marta Rufino
Global Innovation Director at Sigma
2 May, 16:30 - 18:00 WET

The Trojan Innovator: The Subtle Questions That Can Turn Innovation Professionals Into Powerful Cultural Catalysts
Elvin Turner
CEO at Lean Scaleup
2 May, 16:30 - 18:00 WET

Getting Started With Innovation Accounting: First Steps Towards Measurig Innovation.
Dan Toma
Co-Author The Corporate Startup & Innovation Accounting and Partner at OUTCOME
2 May, 16:30 - 18:00 WET

Lean Scaleup: The 12 Modules For Corporate Business Building Excellence
Frank Mattes
CEO at Lean Scaleup
3 May, 8:00 - 9:00 WET

Painful Or Delightful? How To Booster Innovation Impact With The ISO56002 Innovation Management System
Dennis Boecker
Global IoT Innovation Lead at Bosch Group
3 May, 8:00 - 9:00 WET

“Innovation-to-business” at Schaeffler – The Goal Leads The Way
Tomas Smetana & Lysander Weiss
Senior Vice President Advanced Innovation at Schaeffler AG | Partner at venture.idea
3 May, 8:00 - 9:00 WET

Ask Me Anything with Tendayi
Tendayi Viki
Associate Partner at Strategyzer
3 May, 9:30 - 12:30 WET

Bridging Innovation Strategy And Execution: Why Most Companies Get It Wrong And What To Do About It
Dafne Sartorio | Idus de Boer | Jasper Sturtewagen
Director of Venture Building at oneUp | Managing Director at oneUp | Principal Business Designer at oneUp
3 May, 9:30 - 12:30 WET

How Can You Successfully Engage Your Communities In Your Innovation Program?
Céline Degreef
CEO at Yumana
3 May, 9:30 - 12:30 WET

"What's Your Problem?!" Building A Unicorn Battle Plan
Dennis List
Senior Venture Builder at Mach49
3 May, 9:30 - 12:30 WET

Can Competitors Be Your Best Innovation Partner?
Ana Ferreira
Global Business Development Director at Beta-i
3 May, 9:30 - 12:30 WET

Transform Your Corporate Innovation Capability In 75 Minutes
Jacob Dutton
Co-Founder & CEO at Future Foundry
3 May, 9:30 - 12:30 WET

5 Ways Creative AI Will Shape The Future Of Innovation
Tiffany Vasilchik & Vincent Pirenne
Chief Growth Officer | Head of Global Partnerships
3 May, 9:30 - 12:30 WET

The Innovation Equation
Louise Kyhl-Triolo
Principal at Heidrick & Struggles
3 May, 9:30 - 12:30 WET

The Innovator’s Blueprint: Mindset, Skillset And Toolset For Success
Stijn Smet
Managing Director at Verhaert Innovation Academy
14 September 2022, 11:30 - 13:00 CEST

Six Shifts Shaping the Future of Innovation
Tiffany Vasilchik
Chief Growth Officer at Board of Innovation
14 September 2022, 11:30 - 13:00 CEST

Idea Management Is Dead, Long Live Idea Execution
David Hengartner
CEO & Co-Founder at rready
14 September 2022, 11:30 - 13:00 CEST

Innovation Leadership: It‘s About People? It Always Has Been!
Yannic Metz
Managing Director at mantro product studio
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Cisco’s Incubation Zone: New Business Creation, Year Two
Mathilde Durvy
Innovation Lead at Cisco
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

From Blockchain Banking to Autonomous Automotive: My Lessons From Innovating in Different Domains
Maarten Korz
Head of Innovation Lab, Commercial Vehicle Division at ZF
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

An Early Stage Open Innovation Approach at Telefónica
Susana Jurado Apruzzese
Head of Wayra Builder & Head of Telefónica Open Innovation Campus
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Upgrading A Business Model Incubator to Diligent Entrepreneurship
Steve Kopp
Head at Nexwave Incubation Office, Chairman at the Amadeus Executive Incubation Board at Amadeus
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Ambidextrous Organizations: Venture Building at Migros
Timo Hahn
Chief Venture Officer at Sparrow Ventures
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

An Intro to Innovation Network Design
Shachaf Snir
Director of Internal Innovation at Clalit Health Services
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Danilo Raponi
Danilo Raponi
Group Head of Innovation at Generali, Managing Director of Generali’s Innovation Fund
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

How To Get Pre-Scaling Validation Right
Frank Mattes & Steve Kopp
Co-Founder at The Lean Scaleup I Head at Nexwave Incubation Office, Chairman at the Amadeus Executive Incubation Board
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

Innovation Talent Can 3x Your Business Results. Are You Using Yours?
Suzan Briganti & Rainer Petek
CEO & Founder at Swarm Vision | Strategic Advisor & Keynote Speaker
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

Organizing A Scalable Engine for Innovation
Stijn Smet
Managing Director at Verhaert Academy
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

Start Executing Employee Ideas Today With KICKBOX
Dave Hengartner & André Riner
CEO & Co-Founder at rready I Account Executive at rready
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

How To Engage Your Communities With Certainty: A Proven Methodology To Ensure The Success Of Your Innovation Program
Céline Degreef
CEO at Yumana
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

Setting Up Your Second System- The Basics of Innovation Accounting In Practice
Esther Gons
CEO and Co-Founder at GroundControl and co-author of Innovation Accounting
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

The Decade of "Business Ecosystems" - How To Avoid 7 Common Traps
Alex Pesjak
Initiator and Co-founder at ANDfutureproof
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

From Silos to Collaboration: The Story of a 150-Year-Old Insurer
Joel Agard & Stuart Domingos
Innovation Director at Zurich Group Innovation / Head of Group Innovation at Zurich Insurance Group
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Innovation In Regulatory-Driven Organizations – How to Break the Rules Without Breaking Them
Sascha Doelker
Head of Digitization Management at Deutsche WertpapierService Bank
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Open Innovation – How Corporates and Startups Can Successfully Work Together
Claudia Bienentreu & Ivan Brustlein
Head Open Innovation at AXA Switzerland / CEO & Founder at Swibeco
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

Dimensional Design - A New Approach to Targeting Your Best Consumers
Vincent Pirenne
Partner - Head of Global Partnerships at Board of Innovation
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

Foresight-Driven Innovation: From Futurist Visions to Getting Stuff Done
Tobias Heger
Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Creative Dock Group
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

Bridging Innovation Strategy and Execution: Why Most Companies Get It Wrong and What To Do About It
Dafne Sartorio, Gabriel Faerstein & Jasper Sturtewagen
Director of Venture Building at oneUp I Venture Builder at oneUp I Senior Business Designer at oneUp
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

How to Establish Effective Innovation Management in Mid-Sized Companies – Insights from SPIEGEL-Gruppe
Dr. Kerstin Fröhlich
Head of Innovation and New Business @ SPIEGEL-Gruppe
15 September 2022, 09:00 - 15:30 CEST

Grow Beyond Core With Blue Ocean Strategy
Ioan Carpus
Innovation Partner at Six Paths Consulting
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Hej, Ciao, Hallo and Hello! – Joining Cross-Company Forces to Solve Common Challenges In An International Innovation Lab
Christoph Hunziker
Head of Innovation at La Mobilière
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Intrapreneurship - a Magnifying Glass for Innovation Blockers
Aleks Petkov-Georgieva
Senior Innovation Manager at Raiffeisen Bank
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

An Idea Execution Program in the Insurance Industry
Dominic Brügger & Luca Ambühl
Innovation Consultant Transformation & Technology at Zurich Insurance / Senior Business Architect P&C Transformation & Technology at Zurich Insurance
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Developing New Business Models With KICKBOX
Karel van Eechoud
Senior Innovation Manager at Implenia
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

How to build a Green Innovation Strategy
Patricia Kroondijk
Director of Strategy and Business Development at Hitachi
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Bang for the Buck: Your KPI's to Measure Intrapreneurship Success
Michael Hunkeler
Head of Intrapreneurship at Swisscom Kickbox
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

A Framework For De-Risking Innovation, Towards Sustainable Success
Tonja Hofer-Erismann
Global Head of Research, Insights & Incubation at SAP Intelligent Enterprise Institute
14 September 2022, 11:30 - 13:00 CEST

Portfolio Management for Effective Innovation
Huub Rutten
Co-founder and Vice President Product Research and Design at Sopheon
14 September 2022, 14:00 - 17:30 CEST

Transformation in Times of Crises
Stephanie Naegeli
Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer at SV Group
12 October 2022, 17:30:00 SGT/11:30 CEST

A Look Inside Danone's Innovation Realization Office
Laurence Tournerie
Senior Vice President Danone Innovation Realisation Office at Danone
1 November 2022, 11:15am-12:45pm

Six Shifts Shaping the Future of Innovation
Tiffany Vasilchik
Chief Growth Officer at Board of Innovation
2 November 2022, 9am-4pm

Turn your employees into CEOs - Idea Execution with KICKBOX
David Hengartner & Tizian Mössner
CEO & Co-Founder at rready I Sales Development Representative at ready
2 November 2022, 9am-4pm

Innovation Accounting: When the CEO Questions your ROI
Tristan Kromer
Innovation Coach & Founder at Kromatic
2 November 2022, 9am-4pm

Scaling Change for Sustained Impact
Douglas Ferguson
President at Voltage Control
2 November 2022, 9am-4pm

How to Design Innovative Cultures
Erica Marrari
Head of Strategy and Operations at Gapingvoid Culture Design Group
1 November 2022, 1:45-5:15pm

How to Make a Corporate Venture Studio Successful
Shige Ihara
President and CEO at NEC X Inc.
2 November 2022, 9am-4pm

ABCs of Innovation
Paul Heller & Derald Kopren
Chief Evangelist at Sopheon | VP, Global Presales at Sopheon
1 November 2022, 1:45-5:15pm

Innovation Starts With Your People- Your Platform Scales it to Success
David Miller
Chief of Innovation at U.S. Department of Justice