Managing Complex Innovation-based Business

Venue: The Swedish Exhibition & Congress centre
Monday May 30 at 13:30-17:00
Tuesday May 31 at 13:30-17:00

There should be no doubt that the world is perceived as becoming increasingly more volatile, uncertain and complex, and that this trend is expected to continue.  Within the theme of Managing complex innovation-based business, participants at CIP FORUM 2011 will explore how both public and private actors deal with an increasingly complex innovation landscape characterized by industry convergence, increasingly rapid product life-cycles, and near-instant global access to knowledge and innovation.

What capabilities and tools are needed to successfully benefit from collaborative research and development? What are open innovation and open business models, when you go beneath the surface of the buzzwords? How do large, traditional companies transform themselves and their business models to meet new challenges? How can SME’s design their business models to prepare for rapid scalability, and how can they come up with and test the assumptions that will help them redefine their business as they and their contexts evolve? These are some of the questions that will be discussed in the four sessions during Monday and Tuesday afternoon

Session 1
Large-scale collaborative innovation – why it will build Europe’s future competitiveness. Monday, May 30, 13:30-15:00

Moderator: Jens Bördin, CEO and Co-Founder, CIP Professional Services AB

Panelists:

• Prof. Karin Markides, President, Chalmers University of Technology
• Dr. Anders Ekblom, EVP Global Medicines Development, Astra Zeneca R&D
• Lars-Göran Rosengren, Vice President Innovation Strategy & Policy, AB Volvo

Session 2
Transforming 20th century industry into 21st century knowledge based business. Monday, May 30, 15:30-17:00

Moderator: Duane Shulthess, Commercial Director, Science|Business

Panelists:

• Alan Begg, Senior Vice President, Group Technology Development, SKF
• Bernard Munos, Chief Apostle, Breakthrough Innovation, InnoThink Center for Research in Biomedical Innovation
• Hans Persson, SVP, Technology & Innovation, Volvo Technology
• Ruud Peters, CEO of Philips Intellectual Property & Standards and Executive Vice President of Philips International BV

Session 3
The Future of the Knowledge-Based Firm: Are knowledge-based business models sustainable? Tuesday, May 31, 13:30-15:00

Moderator: Peter Spours, Head of Intellectual Property, TomTom

Panelists:

• Damon Matteo, VP and CIPO, Palo Alto Research Center
• Fergal Clarke, Director of IP Strategy, Rambus
• Pinaki Ghosh, CIPO, Infosys

Session 4
Research based SME’s – Choosing the non obvious business model. Tuesday, May 31, 15:30-17:00

Moderator: Anders Sundelin, VP Business Operations, CIP Professional Services

Panelists:

• Fredrik Lindgren, CEO, KaroBio
• Andreas Martsman, VP Business Development, Oxeon
• Sunil Maheshwari, Co-founder, Mango Technologies