Thought Leaders

INNOVATE™ Alberta

BRADLEY COWARD, CORPORATE ADVISOR & CO FOUNDER TRADEACE INC.

BRADLEY COWARD, CORPORATE ADVISOR & CO FOUNDER TRADEACE INC.

IT’S HUMAN NATURE TO RESIST CHANGEAccelerated change is the clarion cry of entrepreneurs and the Achilles heel of large organizations and industries. Many entrepreneurs today use the mantra: “Go big or go home,” and so it is with innovation. Innovation by its very nature needs to sit, enabled by technology,...

VOICES of the Future

DK SUGIYAMA

BRIDGING WORLDS: FROM TOKYO TO THE FUTURE

DK Sugiyama’s journey across continents shapes his vision of tomorrow. Our dialogue explores the profound insights of a man whose life story reads like a blueprint for global connectivity and cultural integration. Born in Tokyo and having spent his formative years in New York, DK’s current focus is on Dubai,...

INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2

DR MARC-ALAIN WIDDOWSON

DR MARC-ALAIN WIDDOWSON

DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

In August 2019, I was appointed as the director of The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp. I studied Anthropology and Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge University before specialising in epidemiology of infectious diseases. I have lived and worked in eight different countries and on projects around the world, with...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

CHRISTOPHER J. PALADINO

PRESIDENT, DEVCO

Mr. Paladino has served as President of the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) since 1994. Under his leadership, DEVCO has developed 8.3 million square feet in residential, commercial, academic, and institutional development projects valued at $3.5 billion. By establishing unique public-private partnerships, Mr. Paladino has successfully completed numerous projects to...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

JESSICA MEDEIROS & SUZANNE DUNCAN

FEMME GAMING

As women representing a mosaic of cultural diversity in the esports and the traditional sport industry, both Jessica Medeiros & Suzanne Duncan are no strangers to the heavy lifts asked of female leadership at executive tables in the gaming space. As the founders of Femme Gaming, we are both passionate...

INNOVATE® Georgia

DR. HANK CAPPS

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF INFORMATION AND DIGITAL OFFICER AT WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, PRESIDENT AT CATALYST BY WELLSTAR

Healthcare is personal. We are all one diagnosis away from being a patient. To a doctor, the relationship with a patient is one of the most sacred connections. To the patient, it is almost always a moment of anxiety and fear. As a family doctor, I’ve seen this moment of...

INNOVATION Quebec

LAYLA NASR

CEO, MAKILA AI

En Amérique du Nord comme en Europe, la collaboration entre le milieu de la recherche scientifique et le milieu de la pratique professionnelle contribue au développement d’un savoir essentiel et bénéfique pour l’ensemble de la société. En matière de technologies et notamment en ce qui concerne l’intelligence artificielle, la diversité...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

MIKAEL AHLSTRÖM

SPEAKER, FACILITATOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND CEO, THE PARK

One day in the mid-90s, while running a sports store in Stockholm, I was introduced to the internet, and a whole new world opened up. With an old friend from pre-school, we launched TheAlps.com with every ski resort, hotel, and thousands of slopes, and where passionate skiers and snowboarders could...

INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports

PHIL RANTA

PHIL RANTA

CEO, WORMHOLE LABS

ESPORTS ISN’T A SPORT, IT’S THE IDEA OF SPORTSSince the birth of video games, we’ve played to win. It began with high scores and simple 1v1 games, progressed through games with an objective of story completion and now, finally, an online free-for-all where a kid in Japan and an adult...

INNOVATION Quebec

KATHY MALAS

Adjointe au Président-directeur général, Pôle d’Innovation

Adjointe au Président-directeur général, Pôle d’Innovation, d’intelligence artificielle et de Projets, direction générale, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM). Membre du conseil d’admisnistration, Conseil de l’innovation du Québec. Membre du conseil d’administration, Quartier de l’innovation en santé. Chercheuse professionnelle de la santé, Axe Carrefour de l’innovation, CRCHUM. Professeure associée,...

INNOVATE® Minnesota

Henry Hintermeister

Henry Hintermeister

Publishing Partner - INNOVATE® Minnesota

Henry Hintermeister Publishing Partner – INNOVATE® Minnesota A century ago, my father and his Minnesota peers were making the switch from using horses to farm their land to new-fangled contraptions called tractors. Many of these Minnesota natives rarely left the state to travel, their lifestyle centered on dutiful labor that...

INNOVATE® Maryland

SETH GOLDMAN

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, JUST ICE TEA

My journey as a mission-driven entrepreneur began right here in Maryland where I led a youth service demonstration program in Baltimore. After graduating from the Yale School of Management, I returned to the state determined to build businesses that aligned profit with purpose. From launching Honest Tea out of my...

INNOVATE® Nashville

SAMUEL “BO” BARTHOLOMEW

SAMUEL “BO” BARTHOLOMEW

CEO, EVIDENCECARE

There is more access to information and opinions than ever before in history. With this historic access, you’d think there’d be more visibility to leaders making a difference in the world. Instead, we have more talking heads, self-proclaimed experts, and self-promoted leaders competing for our attention over the airwaves. So...

AI Québec

GILLES SAVARD

GILLES SAVARD

DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL -IVADO

Moteur d’innovation, les données sont au cœur de la transformation numérique qui s’impose partout. Liées à plusieurs technologies numériques habilitantes arrivant à maturité dont, l’infonuagique, l’internet des objets, le 5G, le 3D, la réalité augmentée, la robotique, etc., ces données et leur valorisation par l’analytique sont les véritables activateurs de...

Pierre Larouche

Pierre Larouche - Penser l’innovation | Innovation In Context

Penser l’innovation | Innovation In Context

  French: On entend souvent dire que nous vivons dans une époque sans précédent, ce qui justifierait de ne pas se préoccuper de l’histoire. L’innovation, dit-on, a atteint un rythme tel qu’elle propulse nos sociétés vers l’inconnu, vers un monde qui ne ressemble en rien à celui où les générations...

INNOVATE™ Flanders

KOEN KENNIS

ANTWERP VICE MAYOR FOR MOBILITY

Antwerp is a city in full change, once again, as it has been so many times over the past centuries. Now it is mobility shaping the future of the city, in the form of the Oosterweel works. For about two decades the plans for the completion of the ring road...

INNOVATE® Philadelphia

Jane Scaccetti

Drucker & Scaccetti - Thought Leader

Co-Founder & CEO

In Philadelphia, we know a thing or two about innovation. Among my favorite Philly innovations are the country’s first hospital, university, postal service, zoo and computer. Likewise, over time, we have seen our great City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love grow and emerge as a leading professional destination for millennials....

INNOVATE® Tampa Bay Vol.3

ERIC CARTER

ERIC CARTER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT FAST PATHWAY INC

As practicing physicians and frontline workers, my business partner and I were amazed to discover communications between surgical teams and the patient’s family members were not as frequent as they should be. While it can be difficult to communicate with the patient’s family during surgery, because the surgical team is...

INNOVATE™ Stockholm

Ann Molin

Hack for Earth - Founder & CEO

What if the next big breakthrough didn’t come from a boardroom or a lab, but from a team of global citizens with bold ideas? This is the essence of citizen-driven innovation—the foundation of the Hack for Earth movement that taps into the collective creativity of people from all around the...

INNOVATE® South Carolina

DR. TIM HARDEE

PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

When I reflect on what truly drives me—and what has guided my career in education and leadership—it always comes back to this: helping people discover their purpose and realize their potential. That’s what education is really about. Not just degrees, or job titles, or even economic development. At its core,...

INNOVATE® Milwaukee

Mara Lord

Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at MCW

Innovation is more than a buzzword—it’s a mindset, a movement; in Milwaukee, it’s a way of life. At the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), we’re not just imagining a healthier future—we’re building it. And we’re doing it with purpose, collaboration, and the grit that defines Wisconsin. Leading Through Collaboration Wisconsin...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

Robert J. Bardusch

Robert J. Bardusch

Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer - Valley National Bank

Valley Bank is built on a foundation of more than 90 years of history, strengthened by a legacy of local relationship building, exceptional risk management and meticulous credit underwriting. This has afforded us with a reputation of trust and reliability in the communities we serve. But for an organization with...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

THERESA TAYLER

OWNER AND FOUNDER, START ME UP PR

A renowned tech magnate once said, “If I were down to my last dollar, I would spend it on public relations.” Not to talk myself out of a job, but one rarely needs to spend their LAST dollar on PR if they just “keep it real” from day one. Growing...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

LING Y. HUANG

PRESIDENT & CEO, TECHNOLOGY NORTH CORPORATION

Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.” — Tom Freston The term ‘innovation’ often evokes visions of rockets bound for Mars, self-driving cars, or the alluring promise of fusion energy. Yet to me, innovation is as crucial in our daily lives...

BRADLEY COWARD, CORPORATE ADVISOR & CO FOUNDER TRADEACE INC.

BRADLEY COWARD, CORPORATE ADVISOR & CO FOUNDER TRADEACE INC.

IT’S HUMAN NATURE TO RESIST CHANGEAccelerated change is the clarion cry of entrepreneurs and the Achilles heel of large organizations and industries. Many entrepreneurs today use the mantra: “Go big or go home,” and so it is with innovation. Innovation by its very nature needs to sit, enabled by technology,...

DK SUGIYAMA

BRIDGING WORLDS: FROM TOKYO TO THE FUTURE

DK Sugiyama’s journey across continents shapes his vision of tomorrow. Our dialogue explores the profound insights of a man whose life story reads like a blueprint for global connectivity and cultural integration. Born in Tokyo and having spent his formative years in New York, DK’s current focus is on Dubai,...

DR MARC-ALAIN WIDDOWSON

DR MARC-ALAIN WIDDOWSON

DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

In August 2019, I was appointed as the director of The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp. I studied Anthropology and Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge University before specialising in epidemiology of infectious diseases. I have lived and worked in eight different countries and on projects around the world, with...

CHRISTOPHER J. PALADINO

PRESIDENT, DEVCO

Mr. Paladino has served as President of the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) since 1994. Under his leadership, DEVCO has developed 8.3 million square feet in residential, commercial, academic, and institutional development projects valued at $3.5 billion. By establishing unique public-private partnerships, Mr. Paladino has successfully completed numerous projects to...

JESSICA MEDEIROS & SUZANNE DUNCAN

FEMME GAMING

As women representing a mosaic of cultural diversity in the esports and the traditional sport industry, both Jessica Medeiros & Suzanne Duncan are no strangers to the heavy lifts asked of female leadership at executive tables in the gaming space. As the founders of Femme Gaming, we are both passionate...

DR. HANK CAPPS

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF INFORMATION AND DIGITAL OFFICER AT WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, PRESIDENT AT CATALYST BY WELLSTAR

Healthcare is personal. We are all one diagnosis away from being a patient. To a doctor, the relationship with a patient is one of the most sacred connections. To the patient, it is almost always a moment of anxiety and fear. As a family doctor, I’ve seen this moment of...

LAYLA NASR

CEO, MAKILA AI

En Amérique du Nord comme en Europe, la collaboration entre le milieu de la recherche scientifique et le milieu de la pratique professionnelle contribue au développement d’un savoir essentiel et bénéfique pour l’ensemble de la société. En matière de technologies et notamment en ce qui concerne l’intelligence artificielle, la diversité...

MIKAEL AHLSTRÖM

SPEAKER, FACILITATOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND CEO, THE PARK

One day in the mid-90s, while running a sports store in Stockholm, I was introduced to the internet, and a whole new world opened up. With an old friend from pre-school, we launched TheAlps.com with every ski resort, hotel, and thousands of slopes, and where passionate skiers and snowboarders could...

PHIL RANTA

PHIL RANTA

CEO, WORMHOLE LABS

ESPORTS ISN’T A SPORT, IT’S THE IDEA OF SPORTSSince the birth of video games, we’ve played to win. It began with high scores and simple 1v1 games, progressed through games with an objective of story completion and now, finally, an online free-for-all where a kid in Japan and an adult...

KATHY MALAS

Adjointe au Président-directeur général, Pôle d’Innovation

Adjointe au Président-directeur général, Pôle d’Innovation, d’intelligence artificielle et de Projets, direction générale, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM). Membre du conseil d’admisnistration, Conseil de l’innovation du Québec. Membre du conseil d’administration, Quartier de l’innovation en santé. Chercheuse professionnelle de la santé, Axe Carrefour de l’innovation, CRCHUM. Professeure associée,...

Henry Hintermeister

Henry Hintermeister

Publishing Partner - INNOVATE® Minnesota

Henry Hintermeister Publishing Partner – INNOVATE® Minnesota A century ago, my father and his Minnesota peers were making the switch from using horses to farm their land to new-fangled contraptions called tractors. Many of these Minnesota natives rarely left the state to travel, their lifestyle centered on dutiful labor that...

SETH GOLDMAN

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, JUST ICE TEA

My journey as a mission-driven entrepreneur began right here in Maryland where I led a youth service demonstration program in Baltimore. After graduating from the Yale School of Management, I returned to the state determined to build businesses that aligned profit with purpose. From launching Honest Tea out of my...

SAMUEL “BO” BARTHOLOMEW

SAMUEL “BO” BARTHOLOMEW

CEO, EVIDENCECARE

There is more access to information and opinions than ever before in history. With this historic access, you’d think there’d be more visibility to leaders making a difference in the world. Instead, we have more talking heads, self-proclaimed experts, and self-promoted leaders competing for our attention over the airwaves. So...

GILLES SAVARD

GILLES SAVARD

DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL -IVADO

Moteur d’innovation, les données sont au cœur de la transformation numérique qui s’impose partout. Liées à plusieurs technologies numériques habilitantes arrivant à maturité dont, l’infonuagique, l’internet des objets, le 5G, le 3D, la réalité augmentée, la robotique, etc., ces données et leur valorisation par l’analytique sont les véritables activateurs de...

Pierre Larouche

Pierre Larouche - Penser l’innovation | Innovation In Context

Penser l’innovation | Innovation In Context

  French: On entend souvent dire que nous vivons dans une époque sans précédent, ce qui justifierait de ne pas se préoccuper de l’histoire. L’innovation, dit-on, a atteint un rythme tel qu’elle propulse nos sociétés vers l’inconnu, vers un monde qui ne ressemble en rien à celui où les générations...

KOEN KENNIS

ANTWERP VICE MAYOR FOR MOBILITY

Antwerp is a city in full change, once again, as it has been so many times over the past centuries. Now it is mobility shaping the future of the city, in the form of the Oosterweel works. For about two decades the plans for the completion of the ring road...

Jane Scaccetti

Drucker & Scaccetti - Thought Leader

Co-Founder & CEO

In Philadelphia, we know a thing or two about innovation. Among my favorite Philly innovations are the country’s first hospital, university, postal service, zoo and computer. Likewise, over time, we have seen our great City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love grow and emerge as a leading professional destination for millennials....

ERIC CARTER

ERIC CARTER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT FAST PATHWAY INC

As practicing physicians and frontline workers, my business partner and I were amazed to discover communications between surgical teams and the patient’s family members were not as frequent as they should be. While it can be difficult to communicate with the patient’s family during surgery, because the surgical team is...

Ann Molin

Hack for Earth - Founder & CEO

What if the next big breakthrough didn’t come from a boardroom or a lab, but from a team of global citizens with bold ideas? This is the essence of citizen-driven innovation—the foundation of the Hack for Earth movement that taps into the collective creativity of people from all around the...

DR. TIM HARDEE

PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

When I reflect on what truly drives me—and what has guided my career in education and leadership—it always comes back to this: helping people discover their purpose and realize their potential. That’s what education is really about. Not just degrees, or job titles, or even economic development. At its core,...

Mara Lord

Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at MCW

Innovation is more than a buzzword—it’s a mindset, a movement; in Milwaukee, it’s a way of life. At the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), we’re not just imagining a healthier future—we’re building it. And we’re doing it with purpose, collaboration, and the grit that defines Wisconsin. Leading Through Collaboration Wisconsin...

Robert J. Bardusch

Robert J. Bardusch

Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer - Valley National Bank

Valley Bank is built on a foundation of more than 90 years of history, strengthened by a legacy of local relationship building, exceptional risk management and meticulous credit underwriting. This has afforded us with a reputation of trust and reliability in the communities we serve. But for an organization with...

THERESA TAYLER

OWNER AND FOUNDER, START ME UP PR

A renowned tech magnate once said, “If I were down to my last dollar, I would spend it on public relations.” Not to talk myself out of a job, but one rarely needs to spend their LAST dollar on PR if they just “keep it real” from day one. Growing...

LING Y. HUANG

PRESIDENT & CEO, TECHNOLOGY NORTH CORPORATION

Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.” — Tom Freston The term ‘innovation’ often evokes visions of rockets bound for Mars, self-driving cars, or the alluring promise of fusion energy. Yet to me, innovation is as crucial in our daily lives...

INNOVATE® Ecosystems