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Photos and presentations from the Innovation Leadership Summit
July 12, 2010
Tom Crawley
The Innovation Leadership Summit was organised by Spinverse and Technology Academy Finland, and took place during the Millennium Technology Week on 8th June 2010 at the Finnish National Opera. The event gathered together the Millennium Technology Prize Laureates with the companies that have brought their technologies to market.
EVENT SUMMARY
| Innovation Leaders: The Ultimate Drivers of Innovation Performance Professor Deschamps argued that a successful innovation leader requires four qualities; a balance of emotion and realism, an acceptance of risk and failure, the ability to build and steer winning teams, and they must be open to external ideas. Jean-Philippe Deschamps, Professor of Technology & Innovation Management, IMD |
| The ARM Microprocessor Professor Furber, the developer of the ARM microprocessor, was joined in this session by Warren East, CEO of ARM Holdings; a five hundred million dollar company which licenses ARM technology, and Jörgen Lantto, CTO of ST Ericsson. Session was Moderated by Yrjö Neuvo, Professor, Research Director, Aalto University |
| Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Millennium Prize 2010 Winner Professor Michael Grätzel spoke about the development and potential of dye-sensitized solar cells. Also is this session was Kevin Tabor, Director of Science and Research at G24 Innovations, who brought the first dye sensitized solar cell produce to market late last year, and Gavin Tulloch, President of Dyesol. Session was Moderated by Pekka Koponen, CEO, Spinverse |
| The Morality of Technology Paul Bennett spoke about contribution as the new consumption, arguing that “Some companies have learned that customers want higher purposes from the brands that they consume.. We are moving from consumption to contribution. Companies should ask themselves, are we making the pie bigger or are we just after our slice?” Paul Bennett, Managing Partner and Co-creative Officer, IDEO |
| Plastic Electronics Professor Sir Richard Friend’s plastic electronics have given rise to OLED screens, e-readers, and are paving the way towards true rollable displays. Martin Jackson, Plastic Logic’s VP of Technology, explained how the company is putting Sir Richard’s invention to work in its just-released QUE ProReader. Petri Kokko, Director of Global Sales at Google’s Learning & Development department, spoke about the key drivers for innovation being culture, resources and infrastructure. Session was moderated by Juha-Pekka Raeste, Business & Economic Editor, Helsingin Sanomat |
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