Thought Leaders

INNOVATE™ Bristol & Bath

RocketMakers - Richard Godfrey

It seems only yesterday that I was sitting in an empty office at the Bath Innovation Centre having just left an amazing role, a talented team and great stock options and benefits at Microsoft to satisfy my burning desire to create a startup. I felt that if I didn’t do...

INNOVATE® Chicago Vol.1

WILL BEOGLIN

WILL BEOGLIN

CEO, TIMEDOC HEALTH

The healthcare sector is renowned for breathtaking innovations and technological advancement. We receive news of breakthroughs thought impossible a handful of years ago every day. The reality on the ground is slightly different. Roughly 10,000 new patients age into Medicare each day, drastically outnumbering the staff capable of serving their...

INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2

JUDITH SHEFT

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CSIT

Jump Into New Jersey’s Innovation EcosystemAcross the globe, countries are seeking to harness the power of the invention to innovation pipeline to drive economic growth and address a wide range of societal issues including national security, health, inequity, education, and environmental challenges. It is estimated that 85% of a country’s...

INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2

MARK MCCLAIN

MARK MCCLAIN

CEO & CO-FOUNDER, SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES

A Perspective on InnovationInnovation can take many forms. For the tech industry, innovation is abusiness tool. This entails engineering new solutions to old problems,designing different approaches and different processes, and creating newstrategies and products to keep the company competitive. Austin hasnurtured a culture of innovation and groomed its tech industry...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

ANDREW DOWNS

FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAGE AUTOMATION

While Australia finds itself in a critical skills shortage, young people who embrace a career in the trades, are finding endless opportunities. When we ask our children what they want to be when they grow up, we hope they will dream big, and pursue a career of enjoyment and meaning....

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

GREG JOHANSEN

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO, AUSHEALTH

Since our formation, I have been constantly motivated by the impact that medical research can have on our community. It’s a challenging field, and it requires a lot of hard work, dedication, and perseverance – sometimes years in the making – but the positive results we see makes it all...

INNOVATE® Kansas City

PHIL ABRAHAM

THE VISION OF BRILLIANCY QUANTUM BRANDS

VISIONARY “BRILLIANCY COMPLEXITY SCIENCE METHODOLOGIES” INTEGRATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), BLOCKCHAIN, AND QUANTUM TECH TO DELIVER SOLUTIONS THAT ESCAPE TODAY’S LIMITS WITH TOMORROW’S CAPABILITIES In the fast-paced world of frontier technologies, Phil Abraham stands out as a transformative leader, expertly connecting legacy systems with cutting-edge innovations. As the visionary founder of...

INNOVATION Quebec

CHRISTIAN BLANCHETTE

RECTEUR CHEZ UQTR - UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS-RIVIÈRES

Dès sa fondation, en 1969, l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) a déployé ses activités dans plusieurs villes environnantes des régions de la Mauricie, du Centre-du-Québec et de Lanaudière. Plus de cinquante années d’ancrage régional facilitent la création de maillages entre l’Université et une diversité de milieux. La proximité entre...

INNOVATE® Minnesota

Angelina Lawton

Founder - Sportsdigita

Experience Selling Is Here To StayWith the creativity of design professionals combined with the power of web-based analytics, we’ve been able to give leaders in organizations across the spectrum unparalleled opportunities to make presentations come alive. How? By transforming information and design into experiences that viewers can hear, see, and...

INNOVATE® Seattle

EMER DOOLEY

PHD, MBA, CREATIVE DESTRUCTION LAB (CDL), UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.

Yet only a small fraction of these ideas, inventions, and potentially game-changing solutions ever make it off campus. Institutions likethe University of Washington have a responsibility to help more of them make it out into the world. Human health, the environment, theeconomy, and society depend on it. In this spirit,...

INNOVATE® Tampa Bay Vol.3

Greg Ross Munro

Greg Ross-Munro

Founder And Chief Executive Officer - Sourcetoad

  Greg Ross-Munro, Founder And Chief Executive Officer – Sourcetoad That’s when one of the marketing managers from a completely different office walked over to chat with the IT director. She had an idea for integrating marketing data from the CMS into the shipboard signage system that was running on...

INNOVATE™ Adelaide

NOEL J. LINDSAY

NOEL J. LINDSAY, PROFESSOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMERCIALISATION, DEAN OF BUSINESS

THE PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS UNDERPINNED BY INNOVATIONInnovation is a term frequently used but often not fully understood. Innovation occurs when something new is created that creates value. It is a key contributor toward improving productivity and quality of life. “Innovation” and “invention” are sometimes used...

AI Québec

ANNE-MARIE HUBERT

ANNE-MARIE HUBERT

LEADER, MARCHÉ DE L’EST

La notoriété de l’écosystème d’innovation en intelligence artificielle (IA) du Québec repose sur trois grandes raisons : un bassin de talents phénoménal, des partenariats collaboratifs et un engagement marqué à l’égard du design éthique. En fait, c’est ici qu’a été lancée la déclaration de Montréal pour un développement responsable de...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

STEPHAN EKBERGH

TRAVELSTART - FOUNDER

Travel is the most important industry in the world....

VOICES of the Future

KAY VAN-PETERSEN

THE BUILDER

In my pursuit to unravel the mysteries of what the future holds, I had the privilege of interviewing Kay Van-Petersen, an avant-garde thinker and a trailblazer in the realm of finance and technology. His insights, not just on where we are heading but on how we can shape our trajectory,...

INNOVATE™ South Africa

ANA CARRAPICHANO

ANA CARRAPICHANO

CEO & FOUNDER, MEDIOLOGY

MY PASSION FOR AFRICAThe streets of South Africa have something about them… a unique rhythm that is the heartbeat of our rainbow nation. With great natural beauty, cultural diversity, incredible resilience – South Africa is a land filled with vitality, creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit. I work and live in...

INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2

Erin Mays & Kalyn Rozanski

Erin Mays & Kalyn Rozanski

CO-CEOs - Ebco

Thought leaders in the truest sense, Erin Mays and Kalyn Rozanski of Ebco are completely reenvisioning and disrupting the trend and innovation research space with unique and differentiated products and services that support global Fortune 1000 companies. Coming from design thinking and qualitative research backgrounds, Mays shares “we no longer...

Global Innovation Spotlight

DR. JOE PEREZ

SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BALANCING ART AND SCIENCE: THE POWER OF DATA STORYTELLING IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEAs a seasoned thought leader in the realm of data analytics and business intelligence, I am passionate about communicating the innovative role of data storytelling in effectively communicating data-driven insights. While different perspectives exist on its nature, some viewing...

INNOVATE™ Alberta

MIK ALLA

MIKE ALLAN

PRESIDENT & CEO, ROUTEIQUE™

Fostering a Culture of Innovation at Routeique™The core of our approach to innovation at Routeique™ is that we see ourselves as problem-solvers rather than service or technology providers. Whether it’s warehouse layouts or inefficiencies in last-mile delivery, our philosophy is that it’s essential to look at issues from new perspectives,...

INNOVATE® Philadelphia

JOE VOLPE

CO-FOUNDER, CESCAPHE

As the co-founder of Cescaphe, I never set out to disrupt the hospitality and events industry, I set out to create an experience I couldn’t find elsewhere. When we launched Cescaphe, the traditional wedding and event model was fragmented, making for an unpleasant client experience, when it should be a...

VOICES of the Future

MARIA DA CONCEICAO

CLIMBING NEW HEIGHTS FOR HUMANITY

Maria Da Conceicao’s eyes sparkle with an intensity that reflects a life of profound challenges and extraordinary achievements. Born in Portugal, Maria’s story began with adversity. At just two years old, her mother fell ill, and an African immigrant cleaner, Maria Cristina Matos, took her under her wing. This new...

INNOVATE® Miami

Andres Hurtado Rangel

Andres Hurtado Rangel

Founder CEO

The hybrid cloud is a powerful combination of public and private clouds, has revolutionized the way enterprises do business. It enables employees and customers to realize an unparalleled user experience, new business models and substantially enhanced productivity. SynerTechCloud gives you all the benefits of using the Hybrid Cloud by identifying...

INNOVATE® Nashville

NATALIE M. CURCIO

NATALIE M. CURCIO

M.D., M.P.H., M.M.H.C.CEO & FOUNDER, CURCIO DERMATOLOGY, P.C

My late father will always be my original mentor and the embodiment of everything I have wanted to be…a successful doctor and business professional with a limitless heart for caring for others, an unending passion for giving to those less fortunate, and an unbounded love of being a parent. Losing...

INNOVATE® Blockchain

ANDREW BATEY

FOUNDER AND CO-CEO, BEATDAPP

Vancouver has the potential – and opportunity – to become a significant player in the global tech ecosystem. For emerging tech hubs like Vancouver, companies must prioritize collaboration and cross-functional effort to compete with established cities like Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, and Miami. Beatdapp highlights this opportunity and...

RocketMakers - Richard Godfrey

It seems only yesterday that I was sitting in an empty office at the Bath Innovation Centre having just left an amazing role, a talented team and great stock options and benefits at Microsoft to satisfy my burning desire to create a startup. I felt that if I didn’t do...

WILL BEOGLIN

WILL BEOGLIN

CEO, TIMEDOC HEALTH

The healthcare sector is renowned for breathtaking innovations and technological advancement. We receive news of breakthroughs thought impossible a handful of years ago every day. The reality on the ground is slightly different. Roughly 10,000 new patients age into Medicare each day, drastically outnumbering the staff capable of serving their...

JUDITH SHEFT

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CSIT

Jump Into New Jersey’s Innovation EcosystemAcross the globe, countries are seeking to harness the power of the invention to innovation pipeline to drive economic growth and address a wide range of societal issues including national security, health, inequity, education, and environmental challenges. It is estimated that 85% of a country’s...

MARK MCCLAIN

MARK MCCLAIN

CEO & CO-FOUNDER, SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES

A Perspective on InnovationInnovation can take many forms. For the tech industry, innovation is abusiness tool. This entails engineering new solutions to old problems,designing different approaches and different processes, and creating newstrategies and products to keep the company competitive. Austin hasnurtured a culture of innovation and groomed its tech industry...

ANDREW DOWNS

FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAGE AUTOMATION

While Australia finds itself in a critical skills shortage, young people who embrace a career in the trades, are finding endless opportunities. When we ask our children what they want to be when they grow up, we hope they will dream big, and pursue a career of enjoyment and meaning....

GREG JOHANSEN

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO, AUSHEALTH

Since our formation, I have been constantly motivated by the impact that medical research can have on our community. It’s a challenging field, and it requires a lot of hard work, dedication, and perseverance – sometimes years in the making – but the positive results we see makes it all...

PHIL ABRAHAM

THE VISION OF BRILLIANCY QUANTUM BRANDS

VISIONARY “BRILLIANCY COMPLEXITY SCIENCE METHODOLOGIES” INTEGRATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), BLOCKCHAIN, AND QUANTUM TECH TO DELIVER SOLUTIONS THAT ESCAPE TODAY’S LIMITS WITH TOMORROW’S CAPABILITIES In the fast-paced world of frontier technologies, Phil Abraham stands out as a transformative leader, expertly connecting legacy systems with cutting-edge innovations. As the visionary founder of...

CHRISTIAN BLANCHETTE

RECTEUR CHEZ UQTR - UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS-RIVIÈRES

Dès sa fondation, en 1969, l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) a déployé ses activités dans plusieurs villes environnantes des régions de la Mauricie, du Centre-du-Québec et de Lanaudière. Plus de cinquante années d’ancrage régional facilitent la création de maillages entre l’Université et une diversité de milieux. La proximité entre...

Angelina Lawton

Founder - Sportsdigita

Experience Selling Is Here To StayWith the creativity of design professionals combined with the power of web-based analytics, we’ve been able to give leaders in organizations across the spectrum unparalleled opportunities to make presentations come alive. How? By transforming information and design into experiences that viewers can hear, see, and...

EMER DOOLEY

PHD, MBA, CREATIVE DESTRUCTION LAB (CDL), UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.

Yet only a small fraction of these ideas, inventions, and potentially game-changing solutions ever make it off campus. Institutions likethe University of Washington have a responsibility to help more of them make it out into the world. Human health, the environment, theeconomy, and society depend on it. In this spirit,...

Greg Ross Munro

Greg Ross-Munro

Founder And Chief Executive Officer - Sourcetoad

  Greg Ross-Munro, Founder And Chief Executive Officer – Sourcetoad That’s when one of the marketing managers from a completely different office walked over to chat with the IT director. She had an idea for integrating marketing data from the CMS into the shipboard signage system that was running on...

NOEL J. LINDSAY

NOEL J. LINDSAY, PROFESSOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMERCIALISATION, DEAN OF BUSINESS

THE PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IS UNDERPINNED BY INNOVATIONInnovation is a term frequently used but often not fully understood. Innovation occurs when something new is created that creates value. It is a key contributor toward improving productivity and quality of life. “Innovation” and “invention” are sometimes used...

ANNE-MARIE HUBERT

ANNE-MARIE HUBERT

LEADER, MARCHÉ DE L’EST

La notoriété de l’écosystème d’innovation en intelligence artificielle (IA) du Québec repose sur trois grandes raisons : un bassin de talents phénoménal, des partenariats collaboratifs et un engagement marqué à l’égard du design éthique. En fait, c’est ici qu’a été lancée la déclaration de Montréal pour un développement responsable de...

STEPHAN EKBERGH

TRAVELSTART - FOUNDER

Travel is the most important industry in the world....

KAY VAN-PETERSEN

THE BUILDER

In my pursuit to unravel the mysteries of what the future holds, I had the privilege of interviewing Kay Van-Petersen, an avant-garde thinker and a trailblazer in the realm of finance and technology. His insights, not just on where we are heading but on how we can shape our trajectory,...

ANA CARRAPICHANO

ANA CARRAPICHANO

CEO & FOUNDER, MEDIOLOGY

MY PASSION FOR AFRICAThe streets of South Africa have something about them… a unique rhythm that is the heartbeat of our rainbow nation. With great natural beauty, cultural diversity, incredible resilience – South Africa is a land filled with vitality, creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit. I work and live in...

Erin Mays & Kalyn Rozanski

Erin Mays & Kalyn Rozanski

CO-CEOs - Ebco

Thought leaders in the truest sense, Erin Mays and Kalyn Rozanski of Ebco are completely reenvisioning and disrupting the trend and innovation research space with unique and differentiated products and services that support global Fortune 1000 companies. Coming from design thinking and qualitative research backgrounds, Mays shares “we no longer...

DR. JOE PEREZ

SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BALANCING ART AND SCIENCE: THE POWER OF DATA STORYTELLING IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEAs a seasoned thought leader in the realm of data analytics and business intelligence, I am passionate about communicating the innovative role of data storytelling in effectively communicating data-driven insights. While different perspectives exist on its nature, some viewing...

MIK ALLA

MIKE ALLAN

PRESIDENT & CEO, ROUTEIQUE™

Fostering a Culture of Innovation at Routeique™The core of our approach to innovation at Routeique™ is that we see ourselves as problem-solvers rather than service or technology providers. Whether it’s warehouse layouts or inefficiencies in last-mile delivery, our philosophy is that it’s essential to look at issues from new perspectives,...

JOE VOLPE

CO-FOUNDER, CESCAPHE

As the co-founder of Cescaphe, I never set out to disrupt the hospitality and events industry, I set out to create an experience I couldn’t find elsewhere. When we launched Cescaphe, the traditional wedding and event model was fragmented, making for an unpleasant client experience, when it should be a...

MARIA DA CONCEICAO

CLIMBING NEW HEIGHTS FOR HUMANITY

Maria Da Conceicao’s eyes sparkle with an intensity that reflects a life of profound challenges and extraordinary achievements. Born in Portugal, Maria’s story began with adversity. At just two years old, her mother fell ill, and an African immigrant cleaner, Maria Cristina Matos, took her under her wing. This new...

Andres Hurtado Rangel

Andres Hurtado Rangel

Founder CEO

The hybrid cloud is a powerful combination of public and private clouds, has revolutionized the way enterprises do business. It enables employees and customers to realize an unparalleled user experience, new business models and substantially enhanced productivity. SynerTechCloud gives you all the benefits of using the Hybrid Cloud by identifying...

NATALIE M. CURCIO

NATALIE M. CURCIO

M.D., M.P.H., M.M.H.C.CEO & FOUNDER, CURCIO DERMATOLOGY, P.C

My late father will always be my original mentor and the embodiment of everything I have wanted to be…a successful doctor and business professional with a limitless heart for caring for others, an unending passion for giving to those less fortunate, and an unbounded love of being a parent. Losing...

ANDREW BATEY

FOUNDER AND CO-CEO, BEATDAPP

Vancouver has the potential – and opportunity – to become a significant player in the global tech ecosystem. For emerging tech hubs like Vancouver, companies must prioritize collaboration and cross-functional effort to compete with established cities like Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, and Miami. Beatdapp highlights this opportunity and...

INNOVATE® Ecosystems