Frankie James of General Motors, Jeff Welser of IBM, and Beth Devin of Citi Ventures discuss how their Silicon Valley innovation labs are inventing the future.
Bastiaan de Goei, Head of AXA Next US, leads a whiteboard session.
Attendees network at a pre-conference event.
Attendees had the opportunity to make their own Impact t-shirt.
Bernardita Chirino, Innovation Manager, Technical Research & Development at GDD Novartis.
James Sherrett gave participants a tour of the Slack headquarters.
Some attendees went on an Italian food tour prior to the start of the event.
Fiona Grandi, National Managing Partner, Innovation & Enterprise Solutions at KPMG LLP.
Fuat Koro, Head of Corporate Strategy & Ventures at Bose Corporation, leads a whiteboard session on governance and the ideal organizational structure for innovation groups
Chris Chapman, Innovation Catalyst, Formerly of Disney, leads a whiteboard session.
Alexis Rolloff, Director of Innovation at Cambia Health Solutions.
Irina Kozlovskaya, Design Director of Industrial Design at FitBit, lead an interactive session on empathy.
Joey Hasty, Head of Innovation & Transformation at Royal Caribbean, leads a session.
Ali Geramian, Managing Director of Innovation & Enterprise Solutions at KPMG LLP, leads a skill-building workshop.
Doug Williams, Director of Professional Services at Planview, leads a session.
Lisa Bonacci, Director of Innovation at Merchants Fleet, co-leads a session with CEO Brendan Keegan.
Steven Rader, Deputy Director for the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Attendees participate in an interactive skill-building workshop led by Planbox.
Collective Next illustrator Bree Sanchez created graphical notes for several of the sessions at the event.
Burunda Prince Jones, Managing Director of Comcast NBCUniversal The Farm, leads a session on how “original disrupters” affect corporate innovation.
Colette Matthews, VP of Innovation and Marketing at Alpha Guardian.
Susannah Hallagan, Research Manager, CX at MasterCard.
Shashi Jain, Strategic Innovation Manager at Intel, leads a session on how to think about measuring innovation programs.
Algernon Callier, Consulting Innovation Practitioner at Platypus Labs, Formerly VP Strategic Innovation & Emerging Technology at Universal Parks & Resorts.
Safi Bahcall, Author of “Loonshots,” and Former CEO at Synta Pharmaceuticals; and Hugh Molotsi, Author, Entrepreneur, and Former Intuit Executive, discuss driving growth in established companies.
Caitlin Harper, Event Producer and Communications Coordinator at Innovation Leader; and Erin Robertson, Fashion Scientist and Project Runway Season 15 Winner.
Linda Yates, Founder & CEO of Mach49.
Shannon Lucas, former EVP, Head of Emerging Business at Ericsson, leads a session.
Drinkworks, the on-demand cocktail maker, joined us at the Impact Awards reception.
Jodi Benson, Chief Innovation, Technology and Quality Officer at General Mills; and Dan Wheeler SVP of Marketing & Innovation at Wahlburgers, discuss what’s next for what we eat.
Some of the Impact 2019 award winners pose for a photo.
Scott Burns, Head of Innovation/Customer Experience, and GM, Home Services/Security at Reliant Energy.
Josh Macht, Chief Product and Innovation Officer at Harvard Business Publishing, and Chris Anderson, CEO of 3D Robotics, discuss the future of autonomous vehicles.
The Innovation Leader team.
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Innovation Leader brought together 350 strategy, innovation, and R&D executives from around the world last month in San Francisco for Impact 2019.
We learned from innovators at companies like General Mills, Slack, Cisco, Clorox, Impossible Foods, Fitbit, Nationwide, NASA, Royal Caribbean, and more!
Thanks to everyone who led sessions and participated — and especially our sponsors and site hosts.
Impact 2020 happens October 19-21 in Boston. We hope to see you there, or at another upcoming event.
