4th Annual World Open Innovation Conference

WOIC 2017

San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront:
1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA 94010

 

WOIC 2017 Conference photos are now available.

 

Dr. Arati Prabhakar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford University;
Former Director,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Dr. David J. Teece

Director,
Tusher Center for the Management of
Intellectual Capital, UC Berkeley

William Ruh

CEO,
GE Digital

Thomas Kalil

(Former) Director of Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Senior Advisor, National Economic Council

Marisol Menéndez

 

Head of Open Innovation,
BBVA

 

Dr. Surendra Chawla

Senior Director,

Goodyear

Dr. ZuoZhi Zhao

CTO

Siemens Power & Gas

Ernesto Ciorra

 

Chief Innovability Officer

Enel

 

Lenny Joseph

 

Global Vice President,

Johnson Controls

Max Winograd

Director,

Open Innovation & Venture Investments,

Avery Dennison

Prateek Saxena

CEO,

Hygge Energy

The World Open Innovation Conference has been a sold-out event for three consecutive years! Innovation executives who attend benefit from:

  • Finding Solutions to specific challenges.
  • Latest research on innovation and business models from global experts.
  • Intensive engagement with innovation peers in leading companies

This year, our conference will have some new aspects:

  1. We will explore Digital transformations, led by GE’s Chief Digital Officer, Bill Ruh
  2. We will consider organizational moonshots, led by Arati Prabhakar, former head of DARPA, and Tom Kalil, former deputy director of the US Office on Science and Technology Policy.
  3. Featured plenary keynote from Berkeley’s own David Teece, on Dynamic Capabilities in the Platform Economy.
  4. Industry workshops, based on the best challenges we received from leading companies around the world.

Registration is open, so register now to reserve your place. Don’t wait until the last minute.

 

WOIC 2017 Speakers

Dr. Arati Prabhakar

Fellow, Center for Advanced Study
in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University; Former Director,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

William Ruh

CEO,
GE Digital

Dr. David J. Teece

Director, Tusher Center for the Management of
Intellectual Capital, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Thomas Kalil

(Former) Director of Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Senior Advisor, National Economic Council

Ernesto Ciorra

Chief Innovability Officer,
Enel

Marisol Menéndez

Head of
Open Innovation,
BBVA

Rajaram Balasubramanian

Tech Mahindra

Prateek Saxena

CEO,
Hygge Energy

Max Winograd

Director
Open Innovation & Venture Investments,
Avery Dennison

Lenny Joseph

Global Vice President Smart Buildings & BMS Commercialization, Johnson Controls

Dr. ZuoZhi Zhao

CTO,
Siemens Power & Gas

Dr. Surendra Chawla

Senior Director,
Goodyear

Henry Chesbrough

Professor,
Berkeley-Haas &
ESADE

Solomon Darwin

Industry Chair,
Executive Director,
Garwood Center

Marcel Bogers

Academic Chair,
Professor,
University of Copenhagen

Ann-Kristin Zobel

Associate Program Chair,
Senior Researcher,
ETH Zurich

Jonathan Sims

Associate Program Chair,
Assistant Professor,
Babson College

Alberto Di Minin

Policy Chair, WOIC,
& Associate Professor
at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna