2nd Global Innovation Forum

About

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Global Innovation Forum is a dynamic meeting that brings together professionals with diverse backgrounds, great experience and knowledge. It creates the perfect opportunity to build a strong professional network, obtain new insights and share business practices. The event is inspiring and offers “hands-on”, innovative suggestions on how to find practical answers and generate own successful innovation strategies. The 2nd edition of the forum will offer even more interactivity, variety of sessions and an impressive speaker panel.

Speakers

Our presenters are some of the most influential policy makers and thought leaders across various industries. The event brings together engaging speakers with years based experience, willing to share best practices, give detailed examples and provide practical recommendations to problem solving in a well-structured, comprehensible way. Confirmed speaking companies include IBM, Philip Morris, BP, Novartis, Danone, GSK, Bayer, Unilever, Samsung, Volkswagen, Ebay, Nike, Huawei, Deutsche Telekom, Nike and Coca-Cola.

Key Topics

• Open Innovation and Partnerships
• Sustainability Innovation
• Design Thinking

• Culture of Innovation and Creativity
• Rewards and Recognition
• Social Tools to Drive Innovation

Content

• Presentations that share the latest innovation trends.
• Case Studies describing in detail a particular project.
• Brainstorming Session with increased interactivity.
• Break-out rooms for choosing the most relevant topic.

• Workshops for working in small groups.
• Panel Debate giving examples from different companies.
• Networking in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

Delegates

Attendees come from various industries worldwide. They represent a group of highly interested and devoted professionals who actively participate in discussions and openly share their experiences. The event is most suitable for SVPs, VPs, Directors, Heads, Managers and Executives in the area of Innovation, R&D, Product Development, Consumer Insights, Marketing and Technology.

Speakers

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Our presenters are some of the most influential policy makers and thought leaders across various industries. The event brings together engaging speakers with years based experience, willing to share best practices, give detailed examples and provide practical recommendations to problem solving in a well-structured, comprehensible way.

Ian McNairn, Program Director Innovation and Social Collaboration, IBM

Ian McNairn is the Program Director Innovation & Social Collaboration in the World Wide Business Integration organization within the Office of the IBM CIO, based in Scotland in a world wide role. He acts as a catalyst between innovators and implementers, facilitating the flow of ideas, best practices, standards and leadership and is an evangelist in the social software, collaboration and knowledge management arenas, regularly chairing and presenting at conferences around the world. Previously he managed a global development team in IBM as well as having worked in both the sales and marketing organizations. Before joining IBM he was the Global IT Strategy Director for the global insurance broker Sedgwick (Marsh & McLennan), and prior to that was a lecturer and researcher at the University of Witwatersrand. Ian has lectured on KM, Web2.0, Innovation, and Social Computing at the Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham, Sheffield, Surrey, Glasgow, Warwick, Westminster, the Chalmers University, Sweden and the IMD Business School, Lausanne.

Jonathan Reeves, Director New Businesses Unit, Global Technology and R&D Strategy, Unilever

Over 10 years of management experience in Unilever across Home & Personal Care and Foods Categories. Responsible for directing the portfolio of market disrupting innovations through building new businesses for Unilever across multiple key focus areas, reporting to Unilever’s Global Chief Technology Officer. In parallel Jonathan reports to the Chief R&D Officer, leading the development of Unilever’s R&D long term strategy as well as driving disruptive technology roadmaps into long term Category pipelines. His specialism lies in the ability to develop and drive strategy and project/program execution within and outside of Categories, across developing and developed markets and driving a portfolio approach to decision making at R&D and Category board level.

Nicole Russell, Director Open Innovation, GlaxoSmithKline

Nicole has worked for GlaxoSmithKline Nutritional Healthcare for 18 years in a variety of roles, predominantly in R&D but also in Marketing. She is currently working as Open Innovation Director which is the GSK Nutrition Category arm of their Consumer Healthcare Open Innovation group. The focus of the group’s activities is the quest for new knowledge, technologies and products from outside the business, developing the external network to extend the company’s capabilities as well as leveraging existing contacts and networks to identify new opportunities. Prior to GSK Nicole worked for the New Zealand Dairy Industry (now Fonterra) in Microbial Genetics, Sensory Evaluation and Product Development.

Manuel Peitsch, VP Biological Systems Research, Philip Morris

Before joining Philip Morris International R&D four years ago, Manuel Peitsch has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over fifteen years, following seven years in academia. His work has mainly been in the areas of Computational Life Sciences (incl. bioinformatics) and Experimental Biology (incl. genomics and proteomics) in Drug Discovery. Manuel holds several patents related to proteomics, genomics and computer science and has published over 120 articles in top ranking scientific journals (cited over 12000 times). Manuel is a ComputerWorld Honors Laureate and a recipient of several awards including the New England Business and Technology Award and the UnitedDevices Grid Visionary Award. Manuel holds a BSc in Life Sciences, a MSc in Physical Chemistry and a PhD in Biochemistry. He is also a Professor for Bioinformatics at the University of Basel.

Clive Goodwin, Senior Creative Director, Samsung Design Europe, Samsung

Clive has over 20 years of experience in the design business having worked with and for many of the leaders in the industry. In his capacity of in-house, freelance, consultant and joint partner his experience has spanned diverse projects such as trains to baths and mobiles. Over the last 10 years Clive has been instrumental in promoting European sensibilities within an Asian culture expanding the studio from purely ID to an advanced UX research consultancy.

Joe Franses, Director, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Coca-Cola Enterprises

CCE manufactures and distributes products for The Coca-Cola Company (and a number of other brand owners) in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden. Joe oversees CCE’s Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability strategy (CRS) and is responsible for CCE’s CRS management and stakeholder engagement. He has been with CCE since 2005 and has worked within CCE’s Public Affairs and Communications team in both Great Britain and Europe. Joe is an experienced sustainability practitioner with over 15 years experience in managing corporate responsibility and sustainability issues. CCE has recently launched its new sustainability plan and vision, Deliver for Today, Inspire for Tomorrow. www.ccesustainabilityplan.com

Rita Ramos, Principal Scientist, Novartis

Novartis provides healthcare solutions that address the evolving needs of patients and societies – products to prevent and treat diseases, ease suffering and enhance quality of life. The Novartis portfolio focuses on science-based healthcare sectors that are growing and reward innovation, such as pharmaceuticals, eye care, generics, vaccines and diagnostics, over-the-counter (OTC) and animal health. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis Group companies employ approximately 121,000 associates and operate in more than 140 countries around the world.

Robert Sorrell, VP Public Partnerships, BP

Robert is responsible for managing BP’s European interests in public private technology partnerships as well as acting as BP’s technology policy adviser. Robert joined BP in 1987 from Durham University having earlier completed his PhD at Cambridge University. During his early career, he held a number of research, business and market development roles. He has been Marketing Director for Europe and Asia, Technology Strategy Manager for Refining & Marketing, Technology Vice President for Business Marketing and Vice President for Refining & Marketing Technology Strategy. Robert oversees BP’s interests in the UK Energy Technology Institute. He is on the Board of Breathing Buildings, a natural ventilation company, as a non-executive Director. He recently was appointed to the board of the UK Technology Strategy Board.

Mandy Ayres, Director of Sustainable Business & Innovation, Nike

NIKE, Inc., a consumer products company, engages in the design, development, and marketing of footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products worldwide. It designs athletic, casual, and leisure footwear for men, women, and children. The company sells its products to retail accounts, through its owned retail stores, and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees, as well as through Internet Web site, nikestore.com. As of May 31, 2007, it operated 254 retail stores in the United States and 232 retail stores internationally. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.

Dr. William Westlake, Director Strategy Planning and Foresight, Huawei

As part of his role within Huawei, William is building new businesses with new ‘operators’, creating the consortium’s business models with thought leadership and totally new ways of doing business as well as taking innovation and turning it into commercially sensible offerings. Will has a Ph.D. in Physics and has championed the delivery of innovation across a variety of companies and in many new markets. Starting his career in the semiconductor industry, he took his innovation experience to C&W in 2000. Moved to start his own company to deliver consultancy to the MNO’s on the opportunities posed with the new breed of smartphones. Latterly became part of the new management team in a Pan-European independent telecom, before moving to BT where he worked on the smartphone based “Office Anywhere”, Global Services to deliver a step change in mobile products and Mobile and Consumer Strategy for BT Retail.

Stefan Jakob, Director Innovations, Danone Game-Changer, Danone

Stefan is currently working as the Director Innovation in the Danone Game-Changer Program (Danone Central Europe). The Game-Changer process generates new growth opportunities by stimulating and nurturing breakthrough business innovation through unleashing entrepreneurship. Danone Game-Changer helps idea-owners to de-risk their ideas and to bring them to a proof-of-concept level. Previously, Stefan was responsible for the Science & Nutrition management for the Danone Central Europe Zone and he had the global responsibility for the Science & Health Benefits management of one of the biggest Danone brands. Stefan holds a PhD in biology from the University of Hohenheim, Germany.

Helmut Haning, Head Global Innovation Sourcing, Bayer

After doctoral and postdoctoral education in organic chemistry, Helmut Haning joined the pharmaceutical industry in the field of Medicinal Chemistry. Here, over the last 17 years, he held roles with increasing responsibility in Germany and the US from project leader to Head of Medicinal Chemistry. He is the inventor of a marketed product and brought several additional compounds into development.
In 2010 he was appointed the Head of Global Innovation Sourcing, the partnering and collaborations function of Global Drug Discovery, Bayer HealthCare´s research and early development organization.

Dominik Zins, Product Manager Mobile, ebay

Founded in 1995 in San Jose, California, eBay connects millions of buyers and sellers globally on a daily basis through eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, and PayPal, which enables individuals and businesses to securely, easily and quickly send and receive online payments. The company also reaches millions through specialized marketplaces such as StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, and eBay classifieds sites, which together have a presence in more than 1,000 cities around the world.

Caroline Rudzinski, Future Affairs, Group Research, Volkswagen

Caroline V. Rudzinski works at the future affairs department of the Volkswagen Group Research. In her work she focuses on Open Innovation and the interface between Crowdsourcing, Strategy and Organization. She is also writing her Ph.D. on “Open Strategy”, where she applies the Crowdsourcing approach to a strategy process. She also holds a lecture at the University of Witten/Herdecke.

Hakan Nordkvist, Head of Sustainability Innovation, IKEA

Håkan currently works as Head of Sustainability Innovation, within the IKEA Group. His role is to establish an innovation culture within IKEA and set up innovation projects across IKEA units, with the aim of introducing new technologies, new innovative solutions and creating new business opportunities. Håkan joined IKEA close to 20 years ago, and has worked as Global Quality & Environmental Manager for IKEA Purchase, Global Quality & Environmental Manager for IKEA Supply chain operations, Global Business Compliance Manager IKEA Indirect Material & Services (IMS) and latest Global Category Manager Operations IMS. Håkan still acts as senior advisor to IMS. He has been on the advisory boards of IKEA purchase organizations in Greater China and South Asia. Håkan has a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and has written a book on quality management “ISO 9000 – The way to success”.

Raimund Schmolze, Vice President Research & Innovation, Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom AG is one of the world’s leading telecommunications and information technology service companies. It has almost 200 million customers and offer them all kinds of products and services for connected life and work. Deutsche Telekom provides network access, communications services and value-added services with ever increasing bandwidth via the fixed and mobile networks. The Group thus supports personal and social networking using innovative products and services. In addition to its core business (classic fixed-network and mobile access business), the company is specifically tapping new growth areas through investments in intelligent networks and its portfolio of IT, Internet and network services.

Pricing/Registration

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Sponsorship

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Participating in the Global Innovation Forum as a sponsor is a great opportunity to introduce and increase awareness of your latest products and services to an audience of dedicated and enthusiastic innovation experts. For more information about our Sponsorship Packages please contact us directly.

Selectiva International Ltd
Address: “Ivan Vazov” street 44, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Phone: +359 32 660 548
Fax: +359 32 660 548
E-mail: info@selectiva-international.com

Media Partners

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For more information about being a Media Partner please contact us directly.

Selectiva International Ltd
Address: “Ivan Vazov” street 44, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Phone: +359 32 660 548
Fax: +359 32 660 548
E-mail: info@selectiva-international.com

Innovation Management

Innovation Management is The Online Knowledge Center for Innovation Management Practitioners. Our mission is to share knowledge to drive innovation. We provide insights, case studies and practical solutions for fueling your innovation pipeline, business model, services and customer engagement. We provide only original content written by leading innovation experts and practitioners with global perspectives for management dealing with the day-to-day challenge of changing competitive conditions. www.innovationmanagement.se

Innovation Leadership Forum

Dr. Bettina von Stamm created the Innovation Leadership Forum to catalyze the innovative spirit and action in large organisations. You’ll also find many useful tools, resources and activities, as well as consultative support that is helpful to senior level executives. Through Membership in the ILF Networking Group, senior-level executives have the opportunity to share existing knowledge on innovation, and to create and activate new knowledge. www.innovationleadershipforum.org

Venue

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Grand Connaught Rooms, London, UK

The Grand Connaught Rooms is one of the most superior and innovative conference, meeting and banqueting rooms in Central London. Their history dates back to 1775 and has formed a habit of hosting top business and social events and occasions. Opulent, stylish, sophisticated and glamorous. The venue stands out from the crowd and is made to impress. It is located near Covent Garden in central London and offers a top business destination. www.grandconnaughtrooms.com

Address

Grand Connaught Rooms
61-65 Great Queen Street
London
WC2B 5DA

Access

By rail: The nearest train station to the Grand Connaught Rooms is at Charing Cross. From here head northbound on the Northern line to Tottenham Court Road and then go eastbound on the Central line to reach Holborn underground station. London Euston and St Pancras International stations are under a thirty minute walk from the hotel or a short taxi ride

By underground: Holburn is the closest underground stop to the Grand Connaught Rooms, while Covent Garden is also nearby. Both stations are found on the Piccadilly line. From Holburn turn left out of the station to walk along Kingsway, then take the second right onto Great Queen Street. The Piccadilly line connects Kings Cross station with London Heathrow Airport, by central London. The Central line connects Essex to West London via the City and central London.

By air: London Heathrow is nearest airport, only 18 miles away. Please click on the airport you are using for further travel information: Heathrow; Gatwick; City; Stansted; Luton

By car: Satellite navigation coordinates: 51.515567, – 0.120687 (post code WC2B 5DA). The nearest car park is on the corner of Drury Lane and Parker Street and is only a two minute stroll.

Accomodation

If you require accommodation, you can book a room at the sister property Hotel Russell, which is just over a 10 minute walk to the Grand Connaught Rooms. For a special corporate rate please contact us directly.

Organizer

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2nd Global Innovation Forum is organized, administered and delivered by Selectiva International. Selectiva is an internationally active company specializing in the organization of business-to-business events, strategic meetings and cross-industry seminars. Our forums are specifically designed for top senior executives from the most renowned global corporations. We provide a practical platform for like-minded professionals to network as well as to share knowledge and information on topics that reflect the most up-to-date industry trends.
In Selectiva, quality is at the basis of everything we do. Professionalism and attention to detail are the leading forces of every aspect of our work. We stay close to our customers and provide original solutions to their needs. Following our core values, the young and highly motivated team of Selectiva creates innovative events that inspire critical improvements in the everyday business activities of our clients.

Selectiva International Ltd
Address: “Ivan Vazov” street 44, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Phone: +359 32 660 548
Fax: +359 32 660 548
E-mail: info@selectiva-international.com
Web: www.selectiva-international.com

FAQ

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:42:39 +0000

What does the registration fee for the event include?

• Standard Package registration fee includes a license to attend all speeches listed in the agenda for the specific event, all digital documentation related to it, refreshments, lunch and evening reception. Full Package additionally includes two nights accommodation at the event venue and taxi transfer from the airport to the venue and vice versa.

Are travel expenses or other personal costs included in the fee?

• NO. Packages do NOT include travel expenses, travel insurance or any other personal expenses incurred by attendees.

Is there a discount for group attendance?

• Yes, there are attractive discounts depending on the number of people attending. Please refer to the “Pricing/Registration” section of the website for more information or contact us directly.

What are the payment methods accepted?

• You can pay with Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Bank Transfer. Please note that there is 2% surcharge for Visa/MasterCard and 3.5% surcharge for American Express.

What is the refund policy in case I decide to cancel my participation?

• Cancellations must be received prior to the event in writing either by email, post or fax. In case of cancellation, delegates are entitled to:
A credit voucher which could be used for a future event within 1 year.
OR
80% refund of the total fee paid if cancelled before 10th of June, 2012;
50% refund of the total fee paid if cancelled between 11th of June, 2012 and 31st of July, 2012;
20% refund of the total fee paid if cancelled between 1st of August, 2012 and 14th of October, 2012;
NO refund if cancelled after 14th of October, 2012.

Can I send a colleague to replace me if I am registered but hindered to join?

• Delegate substitutions from the same company are possible at no extra charge at any time before the event date.

In case I need a Visa, is this going to be arranged for me?

• Participants are responsible for making their own travel, accommodation and visa arrangements. Please apply for your visa in good time. Selectiva International is ready to assist you with an invitation letter to support your visa application.

Who is the organizer of the 2nd Global Innovation Forum?

• The event is organized, administered and delivered by Selectiva International, Registered offices: Selectiva International Ltd, Ivan Vazov 44, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria, VAT number: BG200085807.

1st Edition

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The 1st edition of the Global Innovation Forum took place on 22nd and 23rd February in London, UK. It was composed of extensive networking opportunities, keynote presentations, practical case studies and an insightful panel debate. Speaking companies were Intel, The Future Agenda, Lux Research, Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, Market Gravity, Google, British American Tobacco, PepsiCo, GlaxoSmithKline, Microsoft, EADS, Z_Punkt, Philips, Abn Amro, Procter & Gamble, Skype, Nokia, L’Oreal, Pfizer and Shell. Covered topics included open innovation and partnerships, advantage through sustainability, latest trends in digital media, crowdsourcing, promoting a culture of innovation, idea generation, efficient use of customer insights, big future challenges, etc.

1st edition Event Agenda
1st edition Event Overview
1st edition Event Photos

Contacts

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