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R&D Management Conference

2018: R&Designing Innovation

Digital innovation, the Internet of Things, Big Data and AI are reshaping and transforming society and business – the R&D Management Conference 2018 will provide a forum for new ideas and thinking on how to adapt management approaches to enable innovation in a dynamic environment.

This year we have a strong presence from industry with two sessions where senior executives give their perspectives and a number of sponsored thematic workshops looking at new developments impacting R&D.

The conference takes place 2-4 July 2018 at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and is preceded by a Doctoral Workshop on 30 June and 1 July.

Watch our introduction video below, or on YouTube here.

More information is available on www.rnd2018.polimi.it.

Day 1 – 2nd July 2018

Keynote 8.45 – 10.30 

The multifaceted roles of collaboration in innovation  –  Melissa Schilling – John Herzog Family Professor of Management and Organizations at New York University

Innovation in the Age of Smart Products & Services – Frank Piller, Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Perspectives from industry

  • Moleskine   – Arrigo Berni – Chairman
  • BIP, President Confindustria Assoconsult – Carlo Capè – Co-founder and CEO
  • The Adecco Group  – Manlio Ciralli, Chief Brand & Innovation Officer
  • SAES Group – Massimo Della Porta, Group CEO 
  • Oracle – Neil Sholay, Vice President Innovation

Thematic workshops  11.30 – 13.30

  • Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation and Business Transformation –  Sponsor: Microsoft
  • Innovation and the Future of Work  – Sponsor: Adecco
  • Digitally-Enabled Business Model Innovation: The Case of the Energy Sector  – Sponsor: Cesi

 

Day 2 – 3rd July 2018

Keynote 8.45 – 10.30 

Digital platforms and ecosystems: Innovation, competition, and power in the digital economy – Annabelle Gawer, Professor of Digital Economy at Surrey Business School, UK

Capturing value from innovations in digital environments – Gianvito Lanzolla, Professor of Strategy, Cass Business School, City University of London

Perspectives from industry

  • Microsoft – Carlo Purassanta, Area Vice President
  • Microsoft Research Cambridge – Christopher Bishop, Technical Fellow and Laboratory Director
  • Exaptive Inc. – Clive Higgins – COO
  • CESI – Matteo Codazzi, CEO
  • Edison SpA – Giovanni Brianza – Executive Vice President – Strategy, Corporate Development and Innovation

Thematic workshops  11.30 – 13.30

  • Orchestrating Platforms for Innovation Sponsor: Oracle
  • Open Innovation: New Challenges and Opportunities Sponsor: Pirelli
  • Making Collaborative Innovation Work: The Challenges of Managing R&D Projects Between Companies and Public Research Centers Sponsor: SAES Getters
  • Design Thinking: Blending Design, Creativity and Innovation Sponsor: BIP
  • Nurturing a successful startup ecosystem Sponsor: Gellify
  • Innovation in Additive Manufacturing Sponsor: Zeiss

Tracks

A full list of the tracks is now available 

We asked some of the track proponents to describe some of the most exciting developments in their field.  Their responses can be read here

  • Environmental sustainability, social impact and innovation
  • Innovation and R&D management in family firms
  • Innovation dynamics and organizational performance: novel strategies and approaches
  • Managing at the intersection between innovation and supply chain management
  • Circular economy put into practice: opportunities and challenges for innovative industrial paradigms
  • Digitally-enabled business model innovation
  • Finance for Innovation: New Tools and Approaches

Find out more about the Politecnico di Milano at www.polimi.it

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