June 10-12, 2024 Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport
SUPERCHARGE INNOVATION
8 REASONS YOU CAN’T MISS FEI: FRONT END OF INNOVATION 2024
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SUPERCHARGE INNOVATION
“Innovation transcends functions. It thrives in the spaces between disciplines. If you’re not engaging across functions, you’re missing out on true innovation. That’s why I’m eagerly anticipating the interdisciplinary interactivity at FEI 2024.” Miranda Helmer, VP, Innovation Discovery, The Clorox Co. +
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Hundreds of GenAI Use Cases 2 “I spend all my time looking at innovations from the exclusive point of view of my own industry. FEI is incredibly valuable to me because it expands my mind by showing me how other companies and industries are embracing innovation and change. I always come away with new viewpoints and inspirations that I never would have gotten if I’d stayed in my own little box.” Leslie Shannon, Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting , Nokia In “The Innovator’s Dilemma”, the late Clayton Christensen (FEI’s first keynote) discussed how “new technologies cause great firms to fail.” This year, we’ll provide solutions to the innovator’s dilemma through GenAI Use Case Roundtables and in key sessions throughout the event.
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DISCIPLINARY INTELLIGENCE: Corporate Change-Maker Custom Tracks Strategy & Transformation Process People & Culture AI, Data, Analytics & Insights R&D, Product Development, Design Customer/Future Trends
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INTERDISCIPLINARY INTELLIGENCE: Innovation Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum 4 “The FEI agenda this year is truly remarkable, covering all the hot-button issues top of mind for innovators. From collaboration to AI to people and talent, I’m eager to dive into the learning, sharing, and the collaborative spirit that defines this event. Here’s to another inspiring and insightful FEI!” Gus Valen, CEO & Entrepreneur , The Valen Group • As innovation has been democratized, interdisciplinary interactivity is needed for organizational evolution. • We’ll help solve this challenge with interactive Best Practice Roundtables and other key sessions.
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“FEI 2024 is building a community not just running an event. It’s evolved from a parade of speakers to an issues-driven initiative. I’m glad to continue to be part of it.”
Mohan Nair, Former SVP, Chief Innovation Officer , Cambia Health and FEI 2024 Mentor Network Member
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NEXT GENERATION INTELLIGENCE
FEI 2024 also boasts a focus on inter-generational interactivity. Through sessions like the Net Zero Emissions Competition and the Gen Z Focus, we highlight the future by involving our newest thinkers.
“The FEI 2024 program looks immensely powerful, I’m excited to be invested in this year’s event.” Ujwal Arkalgud, EVP and Group Director for Consumer Innovation , Lux Research
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MANDATE INTELLIGENCE
Net Zero Emissions is a consistent cross-industry goal for leading organizations in 2024. Start-ups that help corporations achieve net zero emissions compete for your vote in a live, entertaining, and enlightening competition.
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COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Round out the intelligence gathered at FEI 2024 by gaining Collective Intelligence, the blending of machine and human intelligence, to benefit your organization.
A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE We can’t wait to welcome you to FEI 2024! You’ll experience three days of action-packed learning and collaboration to help your drive innovation forward.
Each year, FEI: Front End of Innovation convenes innovators from R&D and product development to strategy, transformation and analytics and data science across the innovation value chain in Boston for three full days of inspiration, interactivity, and
insights to chart a future path for innovation as a discipline and the benefit of our organizations. . Secure your pass now!
Seth Adler Head of Innovation & Intelligence, Informa Connect
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THANK YOU ADVISORY BOARD & COMMITTEES
Liza Sanchez Vice President, Research & Development , Procter & Gamble
Milan Ivosevic Global VP of R&D and Innovation, CooperSurgical
Christian Saclier VP Design Innovation PepsiCo
Serene Hamsho President The American Offshore Wind Academy
Dr. Don High Chief Data Scientist Internal Revenue Service
Erin Mays CEO, Co-Founder Ebco
Omar Eleryan Founder & CEO, Cleo Robotics
Ujwal Arkalgud EVP Lux Research
Carmel Dibner Principle, Co-Owner, Applied Marketing Science
Oksana Sobol Senior Director, Insights Lead, The Clorox Co.
Cherie Leonard Head North America Insights, Colgate-Palmolive
Leslie Shannon Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting, Nokia
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CORPORATE CHANGE-MAKERS, UNITE!
Lisa Costello Director, Head of Platform, Prologis Ventures, Prologis
Nevada Sanchez Co-Founder & VP, Core Tech. Eng., Butterfly Network, Inc
Michael Nevski Director, Global Insights, Visa
Michele Sandoval Director of Innovation, E&J Gallo Winery
Kevin Pratt Marketing Director, Black Swan Data
Carley Hart Director of Corporate Partnerships, Cornell Tech, Cornell University
Claudia Reuter Dir., The Roberts Innovation Fund, Yale Ventures, Yale University
Marci Ruman Global Innovation Strategist, Kimberly Clark
Tammy Butterworth R&D Expert
#FEI24
Harsh Wardhan Innovation Program Lead Google
Gail Martino Former NA Lead, Strategy, Agile Transformation Unilever
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THANK YOU SPEAKERS
Amal Irgashev Generative AI Engineer Berklee College of Music
Anu Sundaram VP Business Analytics Rue Guilt Groupe
Bodhi Patil Ocean Health and Human Health (OHHH), Entrepreneur
Jhansi Kandasamy Net Zero Program Director Strategic Council Idaho National Laboratory
Kyne TikTok Math Queen Social Influencer
Kate Carruthers Head BI, UNSW AI Institute Chief Data & Insights Officer University of New South Wales
Miranda Helmer VP, Innovation Discovery The Clorox Company
Olga Diamandis Senior Executive Innovation, Foresight TE Connectivity
Michael Bagalman VP, Business Intelligence & Data Science, Starz
Serena Huang Chief Data Officer ABE.work
Sebastian Osswald Director, Emerging Technologies Lab Miele
Serene Hamsho President The American Offshore Wind Academy
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CORPORATE CHANGE-MAKERS, UNITE!
Charles Smith EVP, Quality, Regulatory, Life Sciences and Innovation CooperSurgical
Dakota Crow Head of Innovation Programs, U.S. Bank
Isabel Varela Science Director HEET
Mark Slavens President and Chief Operating Officer, Nano-Yield
Lisa Fawcett Executive Vice President Strategy & Market Development CooperSurgical
Maximiliano Just VP Data Governance & Shared Platforms Fortune 100
Runako Gentles Student Program for Innovation, Science, and Engineering (SPISE), MIT
Samantha Johnson Founder & CEO Tatum Robotics
Ophelia Chiu Vice President, Strategic Innovation Memorial Sloan Kettering
Steve Wallace National Sales Director E & J Gallo Winery
Tori Deems Manager, Head of Community Prologis Ventures, Prologis
Sonya Sklaroff Associate Professor Parsons School of Design
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THANK YOU
ROUNDTABLE MODERATORS
Anthony Mills Executive Director GInI - Global Innovation Institute
Chris Adderton Former Senior Vice President CSCMP
Betsy Brunner Net-Zero Program Business Development & Financial Strategist, Idaho National Laboratory
Jeremiah Oneil Director - Consumer Insights, Colgate- Palmolive
Elena Savelyeva Senior Manager R&D Software Development CooperSurgical
Emmanuel Probst Author, Assemblage
Michelle Wee Food Trend Director Global Strategy and Innovation, Ferraro
Mike Vladimer Lead Product Manager for Innovation, Fortune 250
Manuel Rincon Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Woxsen University
Pete Dulcamara Former Chief Scientist Kimberly-Clark
Paul Greenberg CEO ButterWorks
Phil Sage Senior Director:
Design & Innovation HUB North America, Pepsico
Su-Feng, Kuo Sr. Director, Global Clients Insights & Analytics, Visa
Sarah Princehorn Transformational Innovation Manager, Welch’s
Sharon Gai Former Head of Global Key Accounts, Alibaba
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CORPORATE CHANGE-MAKERS, UNITE!
Virginia Mencher Sr. Dir. R&D, Upstream Portfolio & Innovation Capability, P&G
Divya Harpalani Product Manager B&H
Dr. Ron Berman Doctor of Business Admin. Program Chair Grand Canyon University
Jimena Muzio Research Associate MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, MIT
Kaja Tretjak, J.D., Ph.D. Senior Manager Experience Research, Schwab
Kevin Ertell Former VP Global Retail Operations, Nike
Mohan Nair Former SVP, Chief Innovation Officer Cambia Health
Paris Smalls, PhD Co-Founder & CEO Eden Geo Power
Paige Palmieri Innovation Sr Scientist Welch’s
Sammy Munuswamy Sr Director of Operations Engineering, Operation Technology & Innovation, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
Prapti Jha Former Design Strategy & Research Design Thinking & Innovation, Harvard
Robert Fetell President Resilience Youth Network
Francesco Fazio Strategic Growth & Innovation, Partner, T&Co by Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC
Zeinab Ali Former VP R&D Transformation, Campbell Soup Company
Termeh Rassi Chief Strategy Officer & Editorial Director, Leonardo
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A LOOK INSIDE FEI: FRONT END OF INNOVATION 2024
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DAY 1 AGENDA
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Strategy & Transformation Breakout Sessions
Process Breakout Sessions
People & Culture Breakout Sessions
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DAY 2 AGENDA
AI, Data, Analytics & Insights Breakout Sessions
R&D, Production Development, Design Breakout Sessions
Customer 2024 / Future Trends Breakout Sessions
DAY 3 AGENDA
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Session Spotlight Gus Valen, Chief Executive Officer & Entrepreneur , The Valen Group
Session Spotlight Ujwal Arkulud, EVP , Lux Research
Session Spotlight Kristyn Corrigan, Principal , Applied Marketing Science, Inc.
Session Spotlight Erin Mays & Kalyn Rozanski, Ebco
Session Spotlight Amanda Pizarek, Director of Research , Watch Me Think
Session Spotlight Seth Adler, Head of IMI Innovation & Intelligence
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AI Meets Innovation Emmanuel Probst, Global Lead, Brand Growth & Thought-Leadership , Ipsos ; WSJ Best-Selling Author
Innovate with Purpose Gail Martino, VP Partnerships , 387Labs
Data Driven Kate Carruthers, Chief Data & Insights Officer , UNSW Planning & Performance , UNSW Sydney
Investing in Innovation Michele Sandoval, Director of Innovation , E&J Gallo Winery
Aligning Goals Lisa Costello, Director and Head of Platform , Prologis Ventures
Winning the Race Harsh Wardhan, Innovation Program Lead , Google
Looking Outside-In Jim Kalbach, Author , “The Jobs to Be Done Playbook”
Building a Foundation Michael Nevski, Director, Global Insights , Visa
Back to Basics Milan Ivosevic, VP R&D and Innovations , CooperSurgical
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Powering Breakthroughs Nik Pearmine, Chief Strategy Officer , Black Swan Data
Bridging the Data Gap Leslie Shannon, Head of Trend & Innovation Scouting , Nokia
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Breakfast
7:00AM
FEI 2024 Welcome
8:00AM
Interdisciplinary Innovation Best Practice Roundtables Liza Sanchez - R&D Vice President, The Procter & Gamble Co. Christian Saclier - VP Design Innovation, PepsiCo
8:30AM - 9:30AM
Dakota Crow - Head of Innovation Programs, U.S. Bank Tammy Butterworth - Product Innovation Director, Welch’s
Insights From Actual Humanity-Centric Innovation Milan Ivosevic - VP of R&D and Innovation, CooperSurgical Lisa Fawcett - Executive Vice President, Strategy & Market Development, CooperSurgical Charles Smith - Executive Vice President, Quality, Regulatory, Life Sciences and Innovation, CooperSurgical
9:30AM - 10:00AM
Networking Break
10:00AM - 10:30AM
STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION
PROCESS
PEOPLE & CULTURE
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Mastering The Corporate-Startup Partnership Process Lisa Costello - Director, Head of Platform, Prologis Ventures, Prologis Tori Deems - Head of Community, Prologis Ventures AI-Powered Insights: How to Get Your NPD Process Down to a Science Nik Pearmine - VP Client Strategies Black Swan Data
Business Transformation in a World of Technological Blast: Design Thinking, Systems thinking, Change Management & Cultural Evolution To Drive Growth Christian Saclier - VP Design Innovation, PepsiCo
Mastering An Upfront R&D Strategy: An Innovation Culture Case Study Liza Sanchez - Vice President, Research & Development, Procter & Gamble
Collaborative Edge: Research Partnerships Fueling Innovation
Agile Insights Unleashed: AI and Anthropology Transform Buzz into Reality
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Kofi Gyasi, CEO - NotedSource Alexis O’Connor - Senior Product Development Scientist, General Mills From Idea To GTM: Innovation & Sales Uniting For Growth Michele Sandoval - Director of Innovation, E&J Gallo Winery
Cheryl Auger - Senior Director of Research for Predictive Anthropology, Lux Research
Supercharging Innovation Discovery with AI Miranda Helmer, Vice President, Innovation Discovery Oksana Sobol, Sn. Dir, Insights Lead, The Clorox Co.
Innovation As A Pathway To Increased Organizational Throughput Donald High - Chief Data Scientist, Internal Revenue Service
11:30AM - 12:00PM
Steve Wallace - National Sales Director, E & J Gallo Winery
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Lunch & Networking
From Innovation Strategy To Enterprise Transformation Ophelia Chiu - Vice President, Strategic Innovation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Innovation As Catalyst: Optimizing Processes To Achieve Net Zero Emissions By 2031 Jhansi Kandasamy - Net Zero Program Director, Idaho National Laboratory
Zero To N Innovation: Attaining Ambidexterity Harsh Wardhan - Innovation Program Lead, Google
1:00PM - 1:30PM
Igniting Innovation: Harnessing the Power of Consumer Insights Laima Widmer - VP, Market Research, Suzy Alex Forman - Manager, Consumer Insights, Keurig Dr. Pepper
1:30PM - 2:00PM
Session delivered by Qmarkets
Late-Breaking Partner Session
Blending Science & Art Through Process
Self-Disruption: Balancing Short Term Gain With Long Term Meaningful Value Mark Slavens - President and Chief Operating Officer, Nano-Yield
Putting The Talent Puzzle Together In Next Generation Technologies Serene Hamsho - President, American Offshore Wind Academy
Unleash Innovation in 6 Weeks: More Doing, Less Talking Tucker Fort - Partner, Smart Design Ryan Fleming - Senior Director of Innovation, Central Garden and Pet Michael Bagalman - VP, Business Intelligence & Data Science, STARZ Sonya Sklaroff - Associate Professor, Parsons School of Design
2:00PM - 2:30PM
Innovating Beyond Products: Strategies for Creating Value Through Business Model Innovation Gus Valen - CEO & Entrepreneur, The Valen Group
2:30PM - 2:45PM
Late-Breaking Partner Session
2:45PM - 3:15PM
Networking Break
Onsite Workshop: Let’s Fill Your Innovation Pipeline Erin Mays - CEO & Co-Founder, Kalyn Rozanski - Chief Visionary Officer, The Ebco
3:15PM - 5:30PM
The Innovation Trail Offsfite Experience 1
Innovation District Offsite Experience 2
Prompt Engineering Mindset Workshop Amal Irgashevm - Generative AI Engineer, Berklee College of Music and special guests.
5:30PM - 6:00PM
Cocktails Sponsored by Sopheon
6:00PM
Monday, June 10, 2024 Day 1: Key Sessions
8:30AM - 9:30AM Interdisciplinary Innovation Roundtables
The entire FEI 2024 delegation of Innovation, R&D, Product Development, Strategy, Transformation, Marketing, Insights, Design, Analytics and Data Science leaders will collaborate to surface interdisciplinary- infused innovation best practice. Using Chatham House Rules for anonymity, all share what’s working. ‘Who’ shares ‘what’ remains anonymous. You’ll walk away from this session with hundreds of answers to burning questions posed by key industry leaders. Roundtable moderators include Sopheon. Speakers:
Tammy Butterworth Product Innovation Director, Welch’s
Dakota Crow Head of Innovation Programs, U.S. Bank
Christian Saclier VP Design Innovation, PepsiCo
Liza Sanchez R&D Vice President, The Procter & Gamble Co.
9:30AM - 10:00AM Insights From Actual Humanity-Centric Innovation
FEI’s Interdisciplinary Plenary Panel brings together Innovation, R&D, Strategy, Marketing disciplinarians who discuss how they best collaborate to ensure humanity-centric innovation. The CooperSurgical team showcases principles principles taken forward into interactive roundtable discussions which directly follow. Once you’ve experienced this panel along with the roundtables that follow, you’ll have a blueprint of how to better engage interdisciplinary innovation at your organization. Unpacking key questions that face humanity itself.
Understanding distinct innovation theses from interdisciplinary peers. Discovering the various metrics that matter to further the innovation journey. Realizing outcomes that prove success within each perspective. Building on interdisciplinary collaboration for corporate and societal evolution. Speakers:
Lisa Fawcett Executive Vice President, Strategy & Market Development CooperSurgical
Charles Smith Executive Vice President, Quality, Regulatory, Life Sciences and Innovation CooperSurgical
Milan Ivosevic VP of R&D and Innovation CooperSurgical
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10:30AM - 11:00AM Business Transformation in a World of Technological Blast: Design Thinking, Systems thinking, Change Management & Strategy & Transformation Breakout Sessions
Cultural Evolution To Drive Growth Christian Saclier - VP Design Innovation, PepsiCo
Within PepsiCo, our brands serve as cultural touchstones, shaping lifestyles and preferences. Adapting our core portfolio and refining brands isn’t just about staying relevant; it’s a necessity in a dynamic marketplace where consumer tastes evolve rapidly. Delve into the imperative to embrace change, exploring how Design Thinking and Systems thinking can revitalize our offerings, while emphasizing the artful fusion of Branding with Innovation to meet the evolving demands of our audience. Additionally, take away how integrating new technologies isn’t just about efficiency, but about enabling meaningful collaboration in a workplace transformed by AI, ensuring our brands remain at the forefront of consumer consciousness. Ensuring a dual and continual focus on brand leadership and business transformation as levers of business growth Unpacking the difference between systemic thinking and design thinking Adopting new technologies in the way that people actually collaborate Examining cultural needs by breaking down silos and getting the interdisciplinary business units, departments and teams to work together Ensuring the organization is all ‘signing from the same hymn sheet’ - continually evolving the organizational approach to design thinking 11:00AM - 11:30PM Agile Insights Unleashed: AI and Anthropology Transform Buzz into Reality Cheryl Auger - Senior Director of Research, Predictive Anthropology, Lux Research ‘Agile research’ has become a prominent buzzword, signaling a shift towards more dynamic and iterative methodologies in market research. However, achieving true agility involves bridging the gap between the acclaim of the concept and its practical application. This session explores the pivotal role of the synergy between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and in-depth anthropological research in actualizing genuine agile research. We argue that this unique combination not only propels research methodologies forward but also deeply understands and navigates the complexities of human behavior and societal trends. Our session will: Demonstrate the transformative impact of AI and anthropological insights working in tandem to redefine research agility. Present case studies and practical examples where this integration has successfully translated insights into actionable strategies, showcasing AI’s role in enhancing the scope of anthropological exploration. Emphasize the importance of this confluence for scaling agile research methodologies, adept at addressing the intricacies of today’s global landscape.
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Day 1: Monday, June 10, 2024
11:30AM - 12:00PM Supercharging Innovation Discovery with AI Miranda Helmer - Vice President, Innovation Discovery, The Clorox Co. Oksana Sobal - Sn. Dir, Insights Lead, The Clorox Co.
As part of its journey to become more consumer-obsessed, leaner and faster, The Clorox Company reinvented its approach to Innovation Discovery with AI and people at the center. Join Miranda Helmer, VP of Innovation, and Oksana Sobol, Head of Insights, to learn how the company leveraged cutting-edge data and technology to reduce cycle time by 70% while getting more and bigger ideas. Understanding the pre-AI-infused innovation discovery process Identifying where AI comes in based on a thorough an understanding of the people/process/ technology interworkings Implementing and realizing how the discovery process runs now Discovering what we anticipate moving forward
1:00PM - 1:30PM From Innovation Strategy To Enterprise Transformation Ophelia Chiu - Vice President, Strategic Innovation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering has had an internal innovation team for over a decade. This session aims to share how we are maturing our innovation capability to support enterprise transformation.
Come learn about: The basic foundations of applying human centered design within a complex organization Supporting innovation across the organizational ecosystem Fostering & cultivating innovation culture
1:30PM - 2:00PM Self-Disruption: Balancing Short Term Gain With Long Term Meaningful Value Laima Widmer - VP, Market Research, Suzy Alex Forman, Manager, Consumer Insights, Keurig Dr. Pepper Innovation doesn’t happen in a silo, and a great product or idea can only go so far on its own. Tapping into the pulse of your consumer is key to taking your innovation from concept to product. Join Suzy and a major brand as they discuss how to use consumer insights to fuel their innovation research. At this session, you’ll learn:
How a major brand approaches innovation research When to use mixed methodology in research studies Tips and tricks for your own research
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Strategy & Transformation Breakout Sessions Continued
2:00PM - 2:30PM Self-Disruption: Balancing Short Term Gain With Long Term Meaningful Value Mark Slavens - President and Chief Operating Officer, Nano-Yield Regenerative agriculture. Stewarding the land. Thinking about the future. Doing great things to take care of the earth, while increasing efficiencies. These have always been the central tenants of the farming community. Mark and his team are developing nano particle technology to increase quality and yield, leading to solid ROI for those very farmers. Improved yields are now apparent, which is leading to farmers ability to reduce or eliminate more expensive outputs. This session explores the application of next generation technology in a traditional industry like farming and provides a blueprint for utilizing those same principles in any industry. Realizing that you can only be sustainable if you run a sustainable business
Understanding optimized operational efficiencies is half the battle Conceptualizing that relying on AI and tools to innovate is a fool’s errand Engaging in self-disruption to ensure growth and resilience
2:30PM - 2:45PM Innovating Beyond Products: Strategies for Creating Value
Through Business Model Innovation Gus Valen, CEO & Entrepreneur, The Valen Group
While product innovation is important, true competitive advantage often lies in business model innovation. This session explores how organizations can unlock new sources of value by reimagining their business models. Key discussion points include: Understanding the components of a robust business model canvas and how to leverage it for strategic decision-making Leveraging customer insights and market trends to identify opportunities for business model innovation Embracing uncertainty by understanding the limits of traditional strategic planning and the need for agility in the face of constant change Infusing flexibility in strategy execution through agile methodologies to iterate quickly, test assumptions, and pivot as needed Overcoming common barriers to business model innovation, including organizational resistance and structural challenges that affect resource allocation and decision-making
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Process Breakout Sessions
10:30AM - 11:00AM Mastering The Corporate-Startup Partnership Process Lisa Costello - Director, Head of Platform, Prologis Ventures, Prologis Tori Deems - Head of Community, Prologis Ventures
Organizations everywhere claim to always be innovating, but what does that really mean or look like? Especially as disruptive technologies such as GenAI and automation take center stage, it has become essential for companies to adapt to remain competitive. Prologis, the largest global provider of industrial real estate, is orchestrating AI solutions internally and on behalf of their customers to drive efficiencies and keep the company ahead of what’s next. Join us to hear multiple case studies from Prologis Ventures, the company’s VC and innovation arm, about how they:
Partner with internal business units to understand pain points that AI and other technology can solve for
Discuss 2 use cases: - Generative AI-based site planning to determine the feasibility of a land parcel - AI stitching drone-based imagery to identify necessary paving/roofing enhancements
Invested in early stage startups that could solve for internal BU needs around AI
Designed milestone-based pilots that were a win-win for the business and for the startups
Identified key stakeholders and beta testers in the organization to ensure the right people were experiencing the solution Completed commercial agreements that have a lasting impact
11:00AM - 11:30AM AI-Powered Insights: How to Get Your NPD Process Down to a Science Nik Pearmine - VP Client Strategy, Black Swan Data
We’ve entered a new era of product innovation. Instead of asking a handful of consumers survey questions, we can harness what millions of people are actively talking about online to scientifically answer the big and small questions along the innovation process. Join Nik Pearmine as he delves into the transformative power of AI, and how it’s revolutionizing the speed, precision, and NPD success rates for industry leaders like PepsiCo, Heineken, and General Mills.
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Strategy & Transformation Breakout Sessions Continued
11:30AM - 12:00PM Innovation As A Pathway To Increased Organizational Throughput Donald High - Chief Data Scientist, Internal Revenue Service
Strategy, Transformation and Data Science leaders know that- as we speak- the value from automation and/or AI is not provided through the reduction of talent. The value of automation and AI is provided by on- the-ground experts disseminating their tacit human knowledge so that new process can be put in place with the benefit of new technology. That process- coupled with a strategy and a plan, provides the pathway for enterprise value in the form of human + machine or collective intelligence. Reviewing lessons learned from robots and drones Taking a walk to the parking lot and looking at a pile of wood (really) Using AI first to find out what needs to be done Using optimization next to ensure talent and resources are best placed Continuing to move the needle in efficiencies by looking into what’s being done that’s just not smart
1:00PM - 1:30PM Net Zero by 2031: Really. Jhansi Kandasamy - Net Zero Program Director, Idaho National Laboratory
Innovation As Catalyst: Optimizing Processes To Achieve Net Zero Emissions By 2031 Operating an organization that’s almost size of Rhode Island with all of the aspects of an operating city (trash, public transit, roads, fire station, security, 300 buildings, and energy intensive with research facilities and supercomputers) is a tall order. Ensuring that organization reaches net zero emissions in less than seven years is an even tougher task. That said, Jhansi Kandasamy has identified the areas of concern and is orchestrating a a plan of attack on all fronts. Understanding that purchased electricity accounts for more than 50% of emissions Examining fleet transition innovations like eClimaCoach and lessons learned Discussing the net zero implications of managing sage brush and performing restoration work Doing responsible math by building a bank account taking more emissions out of the atmosphere than are emitted. Looking forward to the FEI 2024 NZE Start-up Competition to generate new ideas and implement new solutions
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Day 1: Monday, June 10, 2024
1:30PM - 2:00PM Session delivered by Qmarkets
2:00PM - 2:30PM Blending Science & Art Through Process Michael Bagalman - VP, Business Intelligence & Data Science, STARZ Sonya Sklaroff - Associate Professor, Parsons School of Design
What if a scientist and an artist had to complete an objective within 30 minutes? How would each approach the work? What would be distinct differences? What might be surprising similarities? We’ll find out. A data scientist writes an algorithm while an artist paints a piece. Join this session to gain lessons learned in working with data scientists and creatives. Providing an objective for the session to a scientist and an artist Quickly reviewing the process and method as explained by a data scientist Realizing a creative method as explained by an artist Seeing each objective come to fruition and discussing lessons learned
2:30PM - 2:45PM Unleash Innovation in 6 Weeks: More Doing, Less Talking Tucker Fort - Partner, Smart Design Ryan Fleming - Senior Director of Innovation, Central Garden and Pet
Tired of innovation roadblocks? Traditional timelines can stall progress. Learn how Smart Design and Central Garden & Pet slashed front end innovation cycles from 12 weeks to 6 without sacrificing internal momentum or infusing the voice of the consumer. This fast-paced, 15-minute talk dives into best practices for: Rapidly identifying opportunities: Crowdsource insights & gather inspiration from competitors and analogous markets. Streamlined strategy integration: Combine user experience, branding, technology, and channel considerations for efficient concept generation. Agile user research: Utilize mobile platforms to gather user needs and co-create solutions across diverse demographics – in days. High-impact workshops: Facilitate focused, half-day sessions to build cross-functional buy-in and momentum. Building a winning pipeline: Prioritize ideas based on business readiness, time, complexity, and risk. Visually impactful concepts: Generate beautiful, clear concept and prototypes for powerful internal and external communication.
Leave with actionable strategies to:
Break through innovation bottlenecks. Drive faster time-to-market. Fuel creativity and team alignment.
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People & Culture Breakout Sessions
10:30AM - 11:00AM Mastering An Upfront R&D Strategy: An Innovation Culture Case Study Liza Sanchez - Vice President, Research & Development, Procter & Gamble
Tying strategy together with culture has always been a challenge. Balancing the need for growth, overall direction from leadership, mission critical information from stakeholders, insight from current customers and managing the team, all while coveting contemporary methodologies for end-to-end innovation is difficult, to say the least. Long-time FEI Advisory Board Member, Liza Sanchez has done it, she shares her successes and provides hard-earned lessons learned along the way. Discussing the funnel Coming at innovation with an integrated interdisciplinary mindset from Day 1 Benefiting from being an R&D driven company Continually facilitating seamless communication between technical and commercial communities
11:00AM - 11:30AM Collaborative Edge: Research Partnerships Fueling Innovation Kofi Gyasi - CEO, NotedSource Alexis O’Connor - Senior Product Development Scientist, General Mills
Join this session with NotedSource and General Mills to dive deep into the ways that corporate innovation has evolved in recent years. Hear from General Mills about the pain points they’ve experienced with innovation partnerships, and hear from NotedSource about why partnerships with academics can be especially valuable. You’ll come away with actionable solutions for successful research collaborations.
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11:30PM - 12:00PM From Idea To GTM: Innovation & Sales Uniting For Growth
Michele Sandoval - Director of Innovation, E & J Gallo Winery Steve Wallace - National Sales Director, E & J Gallo Winery
Innovation people and sales people usually speak different languages. They’re usually informed by seamingly divergent goals. But it’s unusual times. And unusual times call for unusual alliances. Having said that, in the Spirits industry- that alliance isn’t unusual. This session showcases how very easily innovation and sales can acheive impressive organizational returns. If you’ve never been in a session that features a Spirits salesperson, it’s literally worth the price of admission to the entire event to experience it for the first time. Beyond that, you’ll be able to take back tried and true principles of tying together front-end and back- end innovation for end-to-end results. Understanding how Innovation and Sales can work in an integrated fashion Realizing that sales drives GTM in the spirits industry and how other industries can benefit from lessons learned Diving into a VMC case study to understand how innovation and sales collaborated for success Building messaging and communication from early development through bringing it to market Rinsing and repeating with innovation and sales on the same page to attain further market share
1:00PM - 1:30PM Zero To N Innovation: Attaining Ambidexterity Harsh Wardhan - Innovation Program Lead, Google
Delivering quarterly results is a must. Providing long-term vision is mandatory. Accomplishing both isn’t easy. And so, finding the magical assimilation of short-term and long-term process to deliver on BOTH short-term and long-term growth is the goal. With the benefit of being informed by an organization that has accomplished this goal, Harsh Wardhan brings tried and true concepts to the stage for your benefit. 0:1 is of course important for revenue and for the present Focusing on ROI of course helps innovation Instilling a balance of short term and long term though ensures a focus on not only the present, but the future Keeping a focus on the ever changing reality of 5-20 years hence provides the opportunity to outpace disruption Understanding that outpacing disruption is now table stakes
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People & Culture Breakout Sessions Continued
1:30PM - 2:00PM Late-Breaking Partner Session
We’re leaving a bit of breathing room in the agenda to ensure that late-breaking sessions can be placed. Please contact elizabeth.hinkis@informa.com if interested in joining us.
2:00PM - 2:30PM Putting The Talent Puzzle Together In Next Generation Technologies Serene Hamsho - President, American Offshore Wind Academy
Transformative disruption takes place when new technologies are utilized within burgeoning industries by inventive change agents who understand the real-time evolution of human behavior. While business model transformation takes years, applying anti-disruption measures through talent can help bridge the gap with iterative change brought on by dynamic intrepreneurial change makers. Wind energy stalwart Serene Hamsho discusses a talent gameplan informed by lessons learned in a burgeoning industry utilizing AI. Reviewing key innovations in offshore wind Understanding the impact of AI and other tools within the space Ramping up talent training to outpace disruption and keep up with regulations Providing a resource for accessing key talent Applying recent lessons learned in offshore wind to other industries
11:00AM - 11:30AM Late-Breaking Partner Session
We’re leaving a bit of breathing room in the agenda to ensure that late-breaking sessions can be placed. Please contact elizabeth.hinkis@informa.com if interested in joining us.
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Experience Opportunities & Workshops Day 1: Monday, June 10, 2024
3:45PM - 5:30PM Onsite Workshop Let’s Fill Your Innovation Pipeline Erin Mays, CEO & Co-Founder, Ebco Kalyn Rozanski, Chief Visionary Officer, Ebco
We go through a Full Innovation Program in 90 Minutes and Give You 5 Key Trend Areas to Leverage Now. Spend time with Ebco’s founders, Erin Mays and Kalyn Rozanski, and learn how to turn trends into innovation opportunities. We will go through a full innovation program in 90 minutes. You’ll hear opportunities for CPG to the latest in health and wellness and tech. We’ll share the top trends today through 2026, including hot trends crossing various verticals and industries. You will walk away from this workshop with an actionable roadmap for how to bring these ideas to life for your category.
3:45PM - 5:30PM The Innovation Trail Offsite Experience 1 Join us for 3 bespoke stops on the Innovation Trail of Greater Boston :
Broad Discovery Center at the Broad Institute Located at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the Broad Discovery Center is an active, public educational space that showcases how researchers in Kendall Square and around the world are seeking to understand and treat human disease. During this 15-min tour the group will get an overview on how researchers at Broad are teaming up with collaborators across the globe to chase down the basis of psychiatric conditions, cancer, infectious diseases, and more, develop new strategies for treatment, and build datasets and technologies to share with scientists everywhere. The tour will be led by Discovery Center staff Rebecca Devereaux.
Draper Labs As a nonprofit engineering innovation company, Draper serves our nation’s interests and security needs; advances technologies at the intersection of government, academia, and industry; cultivates the next generation of innovators; and solves the most complex challenges. Multidisciplinary teams drawn from a broad and deep talent pool of engineers and scientists collaborate to develop first-of-a- kind solutions. Our unbiased approach enables us to focus on our customers’ needs and to deliver new capabilities to them.
3:45PM - 5:30PM The Innovation District Offsite Experience 2 MIT Museum On October 2, 2022, the MIT Museum re-opened in a new location at 314 Main Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reinvented with new exhibitions and programming, an enlarged Museum Store, and more, all within a 56,000 square foot space, the MIT Museum aims to make innovation and research available to all by presenting the best of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math). The MIT Museum turns MIT inside-out, inviting visitors to take part in on-going research and demonstrate how science and innovation will shape the future of society. Highlights of the Museum include freshly conceived exhibitions featuring objects from the Museum’s prodigious collections of over 1 million objects, along with loans of art and artifacts; The Exchange event and meeting space for public dialogue and conversation; and a hands-on Maker Hub, where audiences can experiment with putting scientific ideas into action.
Boston’s Seaport by WS Development is the city’s new downtown—an urban waterfront neighborhood spanning 33 acres across 20 city blocks where innovation and lifestyle intersect. Home to some of the world’s most innovative companies in technology and life sciences, Seaport has 2.8 million square feet of office and research space and another 1.6 million SF permitted for construction. More than 350 companies, including 200+ start-ups, have set up shop in the neighborhood since 2010. Learn more about Boston’s Innovation District.
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Breakfast
7:00 - 8:00AM
The Front End of Universal Interaction Kate Carruthers - Head BI, UNSW AI Institute, Chief Data & Insights Officer, University of New South Wales
8:00AM - 8:30AM
Resilience Through Collective Intelligence Chris Davies - Vice President, Audio, Sonos, Inc. GenAI: Lessons Learned From Early Adopters Bradley Shimmin, Chief Analyst AI Platforms, Analytics & Data Management, Omdia Natalia Nygren Modjeska, Research Director, AI & Intelligent Automation, Omdia
8:30AM - 9:00AM
9:00AM - 9:30AM
9:30AM - 10:30AM
GenAI Use Case Roundtables
Networking Break
10:30AM - 11:00AM
R&D, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN
AI, DATA, ANALYTICS & INSIGHTS
CUSTOMER 2024 / FUTURE TRENDS
11:00AM - 11:30AM
Intrepreneurial Value Creation Via New Product Innovation Milan Ivosevic - VP of R&D and Innovation, CooperSurgical
Near Future Trend: Transitioning to an Equitable and Efficient Geothermal Networks Isabel Varela - Science Director, HEET From Buzzworthy Trends to Bite-Sized Bliss Erin Mays - CEO & Co-Founder, Kalyn Rozanski - Chief Visionary Officer, The Ebco
Analytics For Innovation Anu Sundaram - Vice President, Business Analytics, Rue Gilt Groupe
Creating Customer Magic: Harnessing Generative AI to Fuel Insights for Innovation Kristyn Corrigan, Principle & Co-Owner, Applied Marketing Science High performance: Marrying Profession & Passion Through Data Maximiliano Just - Vice President - Data Governance and Shared Platforms, Fortune 100
Who. How. WOW. Product Communication - Where Science and Marketing Collide. Mike Thomas - CEO, Upstream360
11:30AM - 12:00PM
Guidance From Virtual Natives & Interconnected Realties Leslie Shannon - Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting, Nokia
12:00PM - 12:30PM
Partnering With Your Disruptor Marci Ruman - Global Innovation Strategist, Kimberly Clark
Lunch & Networking
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Corporate Innovation: Internal & External Best Practice Carley Hart - Director of Corporate Partnerships, Runway Startups, Cornell Tech
Capturing Actionable Insights And Ultimately Saving Lives Omar Eleryan - Founder and CEO, Cleo Robotics
Test & Learn For Data-Driven Decision-Making Serena Huang - Chief Data Officer, ABE.work
1:30PM - 2:00PM
From Insight to Impact: Lessons Learned from AI for Innovation-Led Growth Christian Muhlroth, CEO, ITONICS
2:00PM - 2:30PM
Late-Breaking Partner Session
Late-Breaking Partner Session
Evolving R&D, Product Development, and Innovation to Outpace Disruption Sebastian Osswald, Director, Emerging Technologies Lab, Miele
Actively Solving For Generational Realities
Collective Intelligence: Partnering For Success Through Data In Healthcare Josh DeFonzo - Co-founder and CEO, Mendaera, Inc.
2:30PM - 3:00PM
Olga Diamandis - Senior Executive, Innovation, Foresight, TE Connectivity
Influenced: Traditional Cleaning Brands And How TikTok Is Driving Their Replacement Amanda Pizarek, Director of Research, Watch Me Think
Generative AI Adoption in Innovative Enterprises Katie Trauth Taylor - CEO + Cofounder, Narratize AI
3:00PM - 3:15PM
Late-Breaking Partner Session
3:15PM - 3:45PM
Networking Break
Accelerate your Transformation Journey: An Interactive Workshop Rick Palmer - Senior Director of Strategic Partner Innovation and Business Development, Appian Daniel Krauss - Partner, Transformation Platform Leader, Global Consulting Products & Platforms, EY
3:45PM - 5:30PM
MassRobotics Offsite Experience 1
Harpoon Brewery Offsite Experience 2
Net Zero Emissions Start-up Competition Leslie Shannon - Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting, Nokia Claudia Reuter - Director, The Roberts Innovation Fund, Yale Ventures, Yale University Lisa Costello - Director, Head of Platform, Prologis Ventures, Prologis Carley Hart - Director of Corporate Partnerships, Runway Startups, Cornell Tech Jhansi Kandasamy - Net Zero Program Director, Strategic Council, Idaho National Laboratory Ernesto Martinez-Villalpando - Head of Corporate Development and Innovation MassChallenge
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Cocktail Reception
6:30PM - 7:30PM
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Day 2: Key Sessions 8:30AM - 9:00AM Resilience Through Collective Intelligence The creative community is at the center of what Sonos does. The company’s commitment is to represent the artist’s intent. Following 100 years of technology evolution, Sonos continues to drive innovation to deliver on that commitment. Chris takes us through his current exploration into how far the organization can stretch computational power to gain artificial intelligence to add their well-earned human intelligence. And ultimately attain organizational resilience through collective intelligence. Roundtable moderators include Treacy & Co. Speakers:
Chris Davies Vice President, Audio Sonos, Inc.
9:00AM - 10:00AM GenAI Use Case Roundtables
Using Chatham House Rules for anonymity, the entire delegation will share GenAI use cases. ‘Who’ shares ‘what’ remains anonymous. But everything from global operationalization to improved team-based or even personal efficiencies will be surfaced. We’ll populate these real-time Gen AI use cases into a post- show report, where you’ll see hundreds of actual real-time Gen AI use cases which can be implemented immediately. Roundtable moderators include Treacy & Co. 5:30PM - 6:30PM Net Zero Emissions Start-up Competition Net Zero Emissions is a consistent cross-industry goal for leading organizations in 2024. Start-ups that help corporations achieve net zero emissions compete for your vote in a live, entertaining and enlightening competition. Speakers:
Claudia Reuter Director, The Roberts Innovation Fund, Yale Ventures Yale University Carley Hart Director of Corporate Partnerships, Runway Startups Cornell Tech
Jhansi Kandasamy Net Zero Program Director, Strategic Council, Idaho National Laboratory
Leslie Shannon Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting Nokia
Ernesto Martinez-Villalpando Head of Corporate Development and Innovation, MassChallenge
Lisa Costello Director, Head of Platform, Prologis Ventures Prologis
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AI, Data, Analytics & Insights Breakout Sessions
11:00AM - 11:30AM Analytics For Innovation Anu Sundaram - Vice President, Business Analytics, Rue Gilt Groupe
How can businesses power their innovation journey with data and analytics? While Data and analytics are now table stakes to run a successful business, it has the potential to be much more than that, to unlock new opportunities. The range of impact is wide as it can easily identify tactical improvements to large revenue driving or cost savings initiatives. Businesses can continuously test, iterate, and improve upon these ideas, again leaning on data and analytics to quantify incremental impact and highlight areas that are successful or need improvement. In this session, we will discuss how businesses have successfully leaned into analytics to power innovation, and what have they learned in the process. Beginning with where you are as a business along with the commensurate business needs Identifying the most impactful area for further work Fine tuning what can be done to get the most important things solved through data and analytics Continually coming back to your theses and reorienting to what is needed most
11:30AM - 12:00PM Creating Customer Magic: Harnessing Generative AI to Fuel Insights for Innovation Kristyn Corrigan, Principle & Co-Owner, Applied Marketing Science
Knowing your customers better than anyone else creates an incredible opportunity for competitive advantage. Voice of the Customer (VOC) has been a best practice front end of innovation activity for decades, but executing systematic VOC is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Applied Marketing Science (AMS), in partnership with Professor Artem Timoshenko from the Kellogg School of Management, is exploring how custom Gen AI can accelerate and enhance VOC insights. The central question: can Gen AI produce detailed and actionable customer needs – the beyond-the-obvious, qualitative insights necessary for front-end innovation? Explore how Gen AI is propelling brands’ ability to obtain robust, actionable VOC insights for innovation. Discover how generative AI can unearth customer needs, even in complex, highly technical, or nuanced categories. See examples of how AI gathers comprehensive and detailed lists of customer needs. Hear about the future of Gen AI for VOC and what this could mean for the innovation community
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