DRIVING PRODUCT DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION WITH A SMART AI STRATEGY

Speaker: Sridhar Solur, Executive Vice President and General Manager/Chief Product Engineer, SharkNinja

Leveraging Machine Intelligence to deliver bespoke software to IoT devices/Robots

Examine how Shark Robotics, maker of intelligent advance navigation robotic vacuum cleaners, leverages AI to drive greater consumer satisfaction through data harvesting and analytics.

FROM CONCEPT TO COMMERCIALIZATION

Speaker: Hector Barea, Senior R&D Engineer and Product R&D Manager, Tupperware Brands Corporation

The session will cover the challenges of developing globally sourced new products from napkin sketch to launch.

HOW NIKE BROKE THE 2-HOUR MARATHON

Speaker: Sean McDowell, Former Vice President of Design, Innovation & Sustainability, Converse, Nike

We all face big challenges. It can be very difficult to innovate while reporting quarterly growth to investors. This discussion will focus on tools to identify and set big hairy audacious goals (BHAG) for the company. We will explore Nike’s strategy on what it took to break the 2 hour marathon.

SELECTING THE BEST METRICS FOR YOUR PD & INNOVATION TEAM’S SUCCESS

Speakers: Cecil Wiese, Innovation Catalyst, AdventHealth Innovation Lab
Matias Meirelles van Vliet, Experience Designer, AdventHealth Innovation Lab
Karen Tilstra, PhD, Co-founder, Advent Health Innovation Lab; Founder, Creativity Effect

How do you gauge if you are doing meaningful work and doing it effectively; if both you and your projects are effecting change? How do you act differently when looking at specific vs. portfolio metrics for success? Experience what it’s like to develop project-specific measures of success and get ideas on how to standardize portfolio metrics along with your goals in order to measure the effectiveness of your innovation team.