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Open Innovation Tour 2008
Senior Innovation Programme
Stimulating new thinking with leading organisations
Programme overview and objective
The Innovation Programme to California was a
result of the request by members of the H-I Network to gain
insights to the current view of technologies and innovation
approaches in other leading organisations.
The objectives of the tour were to:
- Gain insight into technologies and methods
of US based new business developers and corporate venturers
- Get a view of technology trends
- Provide an update on the VC market and on Corporate Venturing
- Attend the IBF Corporate Venturing and Strategic Investing
Conference
- Network with senior executive peers from other leading
organisations
The programme included visits to:
- Tesla Motors – Innovative electric
car company which is based on a Lotus design
- Xerox Palo Alto Research Center –
New technology markets and open Innovation in research labs
- SRI (Stanford Research International)
– Advanced research and approaches to product and
services development
- Applied Ventures – Corporate venturing
and managing investments with leading technology research
- Physic Ventures – Insights to
Unilever’s Technology fund
- Solfocus – An innovative solar
panel business which expanded with PARC and three rounds
of VC funding
- Strategic Venture Association dinner
with very lively discussion
- IBF conference – Capturing Innovation
through Corporate Venturing & Strategic Investing
Participating organisations
A key component of the tour was the participation of
senior executives responsible for new business development,
corporate venturing and corporate venture capital in leading
global organisations. These included BAE systems, Eon, Linde,
Philips, Procter & Gamble and Syngenta.
Participants also attended a dinner with the
Strategic Venture Association and executives from BASF, Sony,
Panasonic, Kodak, Honda and Wilson Sonsini Goodfrich &
Rosati.
The conference provided an opportunity to listen
to and network with over 200 executives from leading corporates
and VCs.
Participants comments
“A very effective and time
efficient crash course on the world of VC! Highly recommended.”
P&G, Director Corporate R&D, EMEA
"The info gained and
informal discussion provided strong support to our understanding
of corporate venturing in the US compared to Europe"
Director of Venturing
“Great way to dive in
to the world of corporate venture. Highly recommended.”
Linde Healthcare gases , Head of Innovation
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