CONFERENCES : OPEN INNOVATION, a response to faster paced innovation challenges
because "Innovation from outside is a real source of significant value"
Speakers
The 2009 conference program features a top flight panel of leading experts, academic brains and top management representatives from leading international companies.
Through keynotes and case studies, the GIF 09 conference will examine :
- the basic principles of open innovation and how to get started
- how labs, start ups and large corporations can jointly benefit from open innovation
- what successes and failures advanced practionners have experienced with open innovation
- how large companies have set an open innovation organization and culture
- how start ups and labs often practise open innovation but are unaware they are doing so !
AIR LIQUIDE
Martha HEITZMANN, Vice President, Research and Development
Biography
Dr. Heitzmann is Vice President, Research & Development, for Air Liquide, the world's leading supplier in gases for industry, health and environment. She defines strategic direction and leads the Group's R&D activities at the global level (5 major R&D centers, 3 continents).
Air Liquide's researchers work to improve methods of production and distribution of industrial and medical gases. They also develop new applications for gases, in industries ranging from food to photovoltaics and nano-electronics. Improving energy efficiency through process changes, and developing low-carbon energy solutions are major subjects of research.
- Founding member of the Board of the Air Liquide Foundation for Sustainable Development
- Advisory Board of the Air Liquide subsidiary, Seppic (specialty chemicals, from cosmetics to vaccines)
- Advisory Board of Air Liquide Santé France (medical gases and services)
- Steering Committee of the European Biofuels Technology Platform
- Advisory Council of the ETP-ZEP (European Technological Platform for Zero Emissions Power Production)
- Advisory Board of the French National Association for Technical Research (ANRT),
- French Inter-ministerial Commission on Environmental Research (COMOP Research)
- Advisory Board for development of France’s Strategy for Research and Innovation
- Steering Committee of the French National Research Agency (ANR)’s Carbon Capture and Sequestration Programme
- Executive Board, American Chamber of Commerce in Paris
- Vice President of International School Board (Sections Internationales de Sèvres)
- President’s Council, American University in Paris
Dr Heitzmann holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Harvard University (1996).
French Ministry of Higher education and Research
Frédérique Sachwald, Head of the Business R&D unit
Biography
She has studied at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris and at Cambridge University (UK) and holds her PhD. in Economics from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
HASSELT University
Wim VANHAVERBEKE , Professor Strategy and Innovation
Biography
Wim Vanhaverbeke is professor Strategy and Organisation at the University of Hasselt in the faculty of Business Economics. He teaches Strategy, Innovation Management, Corporate Venturing new business development and International Management.
He published in international journals as Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science and Organization Studies and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Strategic Organization, and the International Journal of Technology Marketing.
He is co-editor with Henry Chesbrough and Joel West of Open Innovation : Researching a New Paradigm, a book about the research challenges related to Open Innovation. He is extanding research about open Innovation and open business models by setting up the European Center for Open and Collaborative Innovation and by doing joint research with different universities around the globe.
He is currently working on a book about "Managing and organizing open innovation".
MOVEA SA
Sam GUILLAUME, Chairman & CEO
Biography
17 years experience in microelectronic Industry. Held management positions in R&D, production, Sales and Marketing in Germany, USA and France. Sam holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
NOKIA
Pia ERKINHEIMO-MENNANDER, Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy
Biography
Pia came to Nokia fall 2007 after working closely with Nokia as Capgemini senior consultant for more than a year.
Prior to that she worked for a start-up company in the multimedia e-learning and mixed reality domain and as a researcher in the field of Innovation and Knowledge Management (Ph.D. studies LTT Research Ltd + special studies in at the University of California, Haas School of Management). Pia teaches in the University of Helsinki Open University and she has been acting several times as independent expert when developing EU's IST and other research activities and evaluating research proposals. Pia's master's degree contains studies from University of Helsinki (adult education, practical philosophy), Helsinki University of Technology (corporate strategy and industrial engineering) and from University of Minnesota.
ORACLE
Vasu BRIQUEZ, Vice President, Innovation & Core Technology Industry Solutions
Biography
Vasu is responsible for driving “innovation” as a core process of Oracle EMEA across the Industry, Solution sales and the Consulting business units since October 2000, and chairs the Oracle EMEA Innovation Board. Vasu also heads up the strategy and business development of Oracle's Industry Solutions based on its leading-edge core technology platforms, for EMEA.
Vasu is a member of the Senior Leadership Team of Oracle EMEA.
In all, Vasu has 30 years of experience in the IT industry and holds degrees in Physics and Computer Science. Vasu is based in
ROCHE
Eric De La Fortelle, Global Head, External Research and Technologies
Biography
Eric is scientist by training, with contributions in the field of structure-based drug design. He has extensive experience of negotiating pharma/biotech alliances (both from the Biotech and the Pharma side). He was trained as an engineer and a physicist at Ecole Centrale de Paris, holds a PhD in Biophysics from Paris XI University, and an MBA from INSEAD.
Ville de Grenoble
Michel DESTOT, Member of the French National Assembly and Mayor of Grenoble (Isere)
Biography
XEROX
Monica BELTRAMETTI, Vice President Xerox Research Centre Europe
Biography
Dr. Monica Beltrametti is vice president of the Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) with headquarters in
She helped build up the centre creating an international scientific community of about fifteen nationalities. For two years she was vice president and general manager of the Xerox Worldwide Process, Consumer and Utilities Business, with responsibility for the Pharmaceutical, Petroleum & Chemical, Consumer and Utilities industry segments within Xerox Global Services. From 2006 to 2008, Beltrametti was head of Global Technology and Offering Development (GTOD) at Xerox Global Services, a role she took on while continuing her leadership at XRCE.
XRCE's unique competencies in analysing text and images in documents are at the heart of many of the components in the ‘Smarter Document ManagementSM suite and have led to the creation of several new technology-based service offerings at Xerox and Xerox start-ups. Others have been sold to companies with whom Xerox nurtures a business partnership.
She has received awards and fellowships from Xerox, the German, US and Canadian governments, and from research institutions such as the Max Planck Institute. Beltrametti has a PhD in theoretical Astrophysics from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in
Moderators
October 22nd : Chris Townsend
October 23rd : Aurélie Barbaux
I-NOVA SOFTWARE
Chris TOWNSEND, VP Marketing
Biography
Chris Townsend currently serves as VP Marketing for I-Nova Software, an enterprise innovation software and services company based in Lyon, France.
In this position, Chris is responsible for market strategy, product planning, solutions development, strategic partnerships, and publicity channels. Before I-Nova, Chris worked as a Researcher at Forrester Research, where his coverage focused on innovation management best practices at major corporations around the world. Chris has also led Forrester research projects on technology trends in emerging markets such as China and India, and he previously directed survey planning for Forrester’s Business Data Services product.
Usine Nouvelle
Aurélie BARBAUX, Journalist
