Management Fundamentals for Scientists and Researchers, Madrid (Spain)

2014 - 2015 Edition (starts October 2014). Many technical professionals, while experts in their fields, have little background in business management. Managerial and business skills however make scientific projects and research implementable, expand professional opportunities, and realize leadership potential.Management Fundamentals for Scientists and Researchers provides participants with much-needed managerial skills, with modules on strategic ...

World Open Innovation Forum 2014, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

26 - 27 November, 2014

26 - 27 November, 2014. This event will gather top-level open innovation professionals from research institutes and universities, as well as companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Novartis, Merck Serono, Siemens, AstraZeneca, DSM, and much more. Participants will gain insight into the past, present and future of innovations, gain new ideas from different industries, learn how to choose business partners strategically and much more....

5th Annual Process Driven Innovation Conference, Philadelphia (US)

16 - 17 September, 2014

16 -17 September, 2014. Join cross-industry innovation executives from Under Armour, The Walt Disney Company, PepsiCo, and many others at the 5th Annual Process Driven Innovation Conference. Building on the success of the marcus evans innovation conference series, this program will deliver groundbreaking methodologies to effectively manage a multi-tiered innovation portfolio, empower employees to increase engagement in the innovation process, an...

BEI: Back End of Innovation, Las Vegas (US)

06 - 08 October, 2014

6 - 8 October, 2014. 100% Focused on Innovation - Immerse Yourself in InnovationBEI: Back End of Innovation - where it's all about the execution. How do you best optimize the back end of innovation process? How do you build a system to ensure innovation is a repeatable process, rather than a one-off occurrence? What does it really take to move innovation from a trendy buzz-word to a sustainable competitive advantage? Save 20% with code BEI14Innog...

The BioFIT's 3rd edition, Lille (France)

02 - 03 December, 2014

2 - 3 December, 2014. BioFIT, with an exclusive partnership with EBD Group, is the only international partnering event in Europe dedicated to technology transfer and collaborative research in Life Sciences sector, gathering the right mix of attendees to boost up licensing deals and research collaborations.With one third of TTOs and academia, one third of pharma, biotech, medtech and one third of VCs, service industries and clusters, BioFIT alread...

The Open Innovation Summit 2014, Chicago (US)

30 - 31 October, 2014

30 - 31 October, 2014. The Open Innovation Summit is taking place in Chicago. With 20+ keynote  presentations this summit provides the perfect platform to hear how leading organizations like Swarovski, Salesforce, Sanofi, Mattel, NASA...are approaching external collaboration to accelerate their own innovation process....

MOOI forum on managing and organising Open Innovation. 2014

Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Nadine Roijakkers invite you to cooperate in the MOOI forum on managing and organising Open Innovation.MOOI is an online forum where practitioners, service providers and academics of Open Innovation can talk, meet each other, and build a knowledge base around several themes. Every month for a year, we present the latest on a certain sub-topic of OI and the rest of the month is dedicated to having the member...

Innovation Excellence, Barcelona (Spain)

20 - 21 November, 2014

20 - 21 November, 2014. The Innovation Excellence Summit is targeted to: General Managers, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Head of Research and Development, Innovation, Business Development, Strategy and Corporate Development, Competitive Intelligence, Market Insights, Product Management, New Product Development, Research and Development, Scientific community, Strategic and Development…Content and Key points: Open Innovation Customer-centric app...

Digital Marketing Innovation Summit, London (UK)

16 - 17 October, 2014

16 - 17 October, 2014. Expanding reach and increasing engagement is essential for any digital marketing campaign. But that’s easier said than done. This summit explores sophisticated initiatives and ways to create a relationship with the consumer that has depth and relevance, with speakers from the NHS, Oxfam, RFU, Disney & many more....

Digital Strategy Innovation Summit, London (UK)

16 - 17 October, 2014

16 - 17 October, 2014. This summit will gather the world’s most dynamic and senior executives operating in the area of digital strategy. With speakers from the likes of Skype, Comic Relief, Nationwide, Travelzoo & more, the role of the digital strategy leader has become more important for ensuring successful digital strategy implementation and execution....

The Sports Performance & Tech Innovation Summit , Manchester (UK)

05 - 06 November, 2014

5 - 6 November, 2014. The Sports Performance & Tech Innovation Summit provides a unique opportunity for sports professionals to gain a thorough understanding of this groundbreaking discipline, which has a powerful influence in all areas of high performance sport....

The Chief Technology Officer Summit, Miami (US)

12 November, 2014

12 - 13, November, 2014. The Chief Technology Officer Summit provides a unique opportunity for senior executives to discuss and debate the technology, trends and innovations shaping the future of enterprise business....

The fourth annual FT Innovate America Summit, New York City (US)

20 March, 2014

9th December, 2014. Reinventing Opportunity: Corporations, Machines and HumansIntroducing new ideas, essentially innovating, is frequently seen as the solution for companies to be competitive. For traditional multinationals in particular, it is seen as the answer to ensuring they remain relevant. However, how do you ensure that a new idea is a good one? The fourth annual FT Innovate America Summit will focus on innovation practices for the C-suit...

The Meeting of Entrepreneur Scientists, Granada (Spain)

12 - 14 November, 2014

12 - 14 November, 2014. The Meeting of Entrepreneur Scientists (Encuentro de Científicos Emprendedores –ECE- ) is a unique gathering of scientist and students motivated by their desire to become entrepreneurs and to stablish their start-up companies. This event, which includes as its main activity the 2nd National Congress of Scientific Entrepreneurs of the AEEC (Spanish Association of Scientific Entrepreneurs), will be held in conjunction wit...

Intrapreneurship Conference 2014, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

10 April, 2014

The 4th edition, 10-12 December 2014, will be held in The Netherlands. We bring together experienced intrapreneurs, and intrapreneurship experts, to guide innovation directors, C-level execs and HR managers through the current and future landscape of implementing and leveraging intrapreneurship....