Past Events

Drees & Sommer SE
Klaus Dederichs | Partner and Head of ICTFebruary 2021
Digitalization and artificial intelligence revolutionize the real estate industry
Klaus Dederichs will address the new challenges in the real estate industry due to digitalization. His knowledge is based on numerous professional successes. As Head of ICT – Information and Communication Technology and Partner at Drees & Sommer SE, Klaus Dederichs is responsible, among other things, for the topics of digitalization, business transformation and the so-called Industry 4.0, and Data Center.

Institute for Technology and Innovation Management
Prof. Frank Piller | Christian GülpenJanuary 2021
Organizational Resilience for Innovation and Growth:A Management Framework
Organizational Resilience has evolved as one of the core performance drivers in 2020. While conceptually an old idea, many companies still struggle a lot to prepare for, adapt to, and learn from changes in their environment. In most recent times, digitalization and AI/ML offer new opportunities to manage resilience strategically.
Making maximum use of these, however, requires a holistic management approach in addition to technological capability. Based on our latest research, we present in our talk a framework of three different levels of creating a resilient AND innovative organization – and illustrate it with different case studies from various organizations.

Covestro idea.lab
Rebecca Heil | Innovation ExcellenceDecember 2020
Physical and Digital Innovation Spaces at Covestro
Innovation at Covestro is not limited to the R&D facilities. They want to unleash the full creative potential of their diverse global workforce, in every work area and across all levels of responsibility.
For that purpose, they have initiated several platforms and event formats that give all colleagues the opportunity to come up with innovative ideas, exchange their views on them, and work together on their realization. The presentation shared insights on the way Covestro is using digital and physical collaboration spaces to foster innovation within the company.

RWTH Innovation Factory GmbH
Dr. Casimir Ortlieb | Executive Board MemberNovember 2020
What defines the right ecosystem for disruptive innovations?

Zehetner Patentanwälte
Ericsson
Gabriele Mohsler | VP Patent DevelopmentDr. Andrea Zehetner | Founder
October 2020
How to protect Innovation –
Active commercialization or keeping as trade secret?

HOTEL TOTAL
Kreativ- und Eventagentur
Patricia Yasmine Graf | Managing DirectorSeptember 2020
Zukunft total - Only the brave

WhatAVenture GmbH
Franziska Korn | Partner GermanyAugust 2020
Minimum Viable Company:
The path from prototype to profitable company

eSAT GmbH
Markus Wellensiek | Managing DirectorJune 2020
How to innovate in a highly regulated market

CAE
Dr. Arnd Helmetag | Solutions DevelopmentMay 2020
Innovation in Flight Training

Monokel Consulting
Daniel HerrmannApril 2020
Mutants or superheroes –
what happens when you cross cellar kids and business clowns?

INFORM Gmbh
Adrian Weller | CEOFebruary 2020
Digital Decision Making

Startup Spirit
Rob AaldersJanuary 2020
Why Lean Startup can make or brake your enterprise?

IMP³rove
Martin Ruppert | Managing DirectorMarius Müller | Consultant
December 2019
Value Innovation

Saint-Gobain Research Germany
Karl-Josef Ollfisch | DirectorNovember 2019
Innovation in a 354-year-old French company
Innovation ARchitecT
Dr. Dorothea ErnstOctober 2019
BITs for Blossom

QIAGEN
Dr. Thorsten Harzer | Head of Digital AcceleratorJuly 2019
Next generation sales @QIAGEN:
Creating an experience beyond Amazon

Philips Personal Health
Dr. Maarten van den Boogaard | Open Innovation LeaderMay 2019
How Philips is utilizing open ecosystems for innovation

Aconity3D
Dr. Yves Hagedorn | Managing DirectorApril 2019
Innovation Management in 3D printing:
How to leverage completely new ideas towards commonly accepted solutions?

oculavis GmbH
Martin Plutz | Managing DirectorMarch 2019
Augmented Reality. Hype or Hope?

DSA Daten- und Systemtechnik GmbH
Dr. Simon Becker | Head of Development Vehicle ManufacturingFebruary 2019
Digital Factory & Connected Vehicle:
Leveraging new technologies for a flexible vehicle production

MedCom International GmbH
Frank Leyhausen | CEOJanuary 2019
Silver Innovation, or:
Don't fear the walking dead -
Innovation for the fastest growing and most misunderstood consumer market segment

Institute for Technology and Innovation Management
Prof. Dr. Frank T. Piller | Head of GroupNovember 2018
Innovation 4.0:
What will be Trends and Developments in Innovation Management in 2019?

Grünenthal
Dr. Achim Kless | Scientific DirectorOctober 2018
Implementation strategies for open innovation in pharmaceutical industry

e.go Digital
Dr. Michael Riesener | CEOJuly 2018