Thought Leaders
INNOVATE™ Antwerp Vol.2
WALTER EEVERS
VITO - DIRECTOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
WALTER EEVERS DIRECTOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, VITO And when we speak of sustainability, VITO is the key player in this arena. With about 1,000 employees, VITO is an independent Flemish research organization with top researchers working on cleantech and sustainable development. Antwerp is a place where innovation is also massively...
INNOVATE® Austin Volume 2
Rob Fry
CTO - JASK (Now Sumo Logic)
I started in the technology field back in 1996 doing computer and network setups for regional city governments who could not afford or did not know what to ask for when needing help. I ended up riding the “Internet Revolution” shortly after and found myself in Silicon Valley in 2005...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
Chaya Pamula
President & Ceo - Pamten
I’ve always believed that, with anything you do in life, it’s important to find your passion. Once you find that passion and set short- and long-term goals, you can transform your dream into a reality. Today’s technology gives us the unique opportunity to find and follow our path in more...
INNOVATE™ Montréal
Catherine Mounier
Vice-Rectrice à la Recherche, à la Création et à la Diffusion | Vice-President Research - UNIVERSITÉ
English: UQAM joined the university landscape in 1969 and quickly distinguished itself through its commitment to serving society. Fostering entrepreneurship and social impact innovation, the University believes in the concerted ability of social actors to bring about change in response to issues as they arise. Building knowledge together Like many...
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...
VOICES of the Future
LOUBNA IMENCHAL
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY
Loubna Imenchal’s insights are compelling and profound. As VP of Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, and Central Asia at Logitech, her journey is one of resilience, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of dreams. It extends far beyond her corporate success; it is a narrative of ambition and determination with a...
INNOVATE® Orlando
Pat Geraghty
GuideWell
GuideWell is driven by our mission to help people and communities achieve better health, which is why our enterprise is not content that today’s health care industry will serve the needs of people tomorrow. Better health demands better interactions with consumers, deeper knowledge of what health needs are, and...
INNOVATE® Utah
Clint Betts
Executive Director - Silicon Slopes
Growing up, I spent countless hours throwing a baseball as hard as I could against the side of our family’s cinder block garage. If a better way of spending time existed, the world did a great job of keeping it secret. I thought “cinder block ball” was the official pastime...
INNOVATE® Maryland
JARED SMITH, PRESIDENT & CEO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The world’s most competitive economies do not happen by accident. They are built through collaboration and the shared commitment of strategic partners to create the conditions for growth and opportunity. That is what we are doing in Montgomery County, Maryland. As President and CEO of the Montgomery County Economic Development...
INNOVATE® Philadelphia: 250 Years of Innovation
LYNETTE SUTTON
MANAGING PARTNER, GIRL CONCRETE INC.
America’s infrastructure is increasingly digital—and scaling at an extraordinary pace. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud computing are reshaping how we work and connect, yet we often talk about this infrastructure as if it exists in code—weightless, instant, everywhere at once. But the cloud is not floating. It is physical. It...
Global Innovation Spotlight
LAUREN S MOORES
PHD DIGITAL INNOVATION LEADER, TEACHING FELLOW AT HARVARD BUSINESS ANALYTICS PROGRAM, USA FOR UNHCR
Digital transformation is a 20th century phenomena. As an early adopter of new technologies – and the digital age – I quickly embraced digital data structures and tend to think in data matrices, looking for the data keys to join data and discover new patterns. When I look to create...
VOICES of the Future
DR. MARK ESPOSITO
BEYOND THE HORIZON
Dr. Mark Esposito is a luminary at the intersection of economics, strategy, and the future. In our conversation, he unfolds our future, offering an insightful exploration into the themes of technological transformation, human-centric systems, and the architecture of tomorrow’s global systems. As a distinguished figure in the discourse of the...
INNOVATE® Philadelphia: 250 Years of Innovation
CHRIS SCAFARIO
PRESIDENT & CEO, DELAWARE VALLEY INDUSTRIAL RESOURCE CENTERVALLEY INDUSTRIAL RESOURCE CENTER
I believe innovation ignites the flame of progress. It mobilizes change and sparks breakthroughs that travel from sector to sector and nation to nation. In manufacturing, it is the ultimate force multiplier—accelerating advancements in medicine, advanced materials, submarines, and spacecraft. This tradecraft of our best and brightest minds carried America...
INNOVATE® Kansas City
JESSICA POWELL
OWNER OF SOCIAL BALANCES
I’ve always believed that the most successful people—whether founders, investors, or community leaders—aren’t the ones who know the most or have the most. They’re the ones who give first. They show up, offer help, make introductions, and invest in others long before expecting anything in return. And over time, the...
INNOVATE® Gaming & Esports
KATHRYN DE SHIELDS-MOON
CO-FOUNDER, DIVERTEGA
My ideal future for this industry is one rich in diversity and equality, from developing games and the content within them to more comprehensive professional representation in gaming and esports for minorities and gender minorities. It will take all of us working together to make this reality, and there is...
INNOVATE™ Toronto
WELCOME TO INNOVATE TORONTO
MAYOR JOHN TORY
From within these pages you will be introduced to many of the visionaries and innovators who call our city home and are changing the world through work and research being done at some of our world renowned institutions such as MaRS Discovery District, the University of Toronto, and University Health...
VOICES of the Future
DR. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH
NAVIGATING THE WHEEL OF CHANGE
Professor Marshall Goldsmith stands as a paragon of leadership and executive coaching, his name synonymous with transformative change in business and personal development. As a two-time winner of the Thinkers 50 award for the #1 Leadership Thinker in the World and the world’s #1 Executive Coach, his influence stretches across...
VOICES of the Future
ALLAN PEASE
MEET MR. BODY LANGUAGE
Hon. Professor Allan Pease, acclaimed as ‘Mr. Body Language,’ is an international best-selling author and body language expert. His expertise, spanning advising executives to authoring bestsellers, provides valuable insights into human interactions. He is a distinguished speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and one of the world’s leading authors with 18 Top 10...
INNOVATE® Nashville
HARRY ALLEN
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF RELATIONSHIP OFFICER, STUDIO BANK
A NATIVE’S PERSPECTIVEI love Nashville. As a fifth-generation native, Nashville is the only place I’ve ever called home. And while it’s not the town I grew up in, today’s Nashville has certainly kept me engaged and excited. So I’ve continued to choose Nashville as the place to build my family,...
INNOVATE™ Stockholm
ROBERT FALCK
FOUNDER, EINRIDE
The road freight industry stands at a defining moment. Once constrained by the limits of diesel and incremental change, the $4.6 trillion global market is now poised for disruption at unprecedented scale. The catalyst is clear: artificial intelligence is rapidly redrawing the boundaries of what is possible in logistics, and...
INNOVATE™ Alberta
DEREK ARMSTRONG
MANAGER OF INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS, PRAIRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANADA (PRAIRIESCAN)
I obviously knew of the proximity to the Rocky Mountains, but I didn’t know about all the wonders such as the Drumheller Valley, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park and Jasper National Park. I also didn’t know that Calgary is the third most diverse major city in Canada. Or that in 2022 it...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
Mahn Consulting, LLC
CEO & FOUNDER
Regardless of how technology manifests and grows, the cornerstone of any company and its ability to succeed depends on its strong leadership and culture. The people in the company are the most important. Finding key people to fill those opportunities is important, and technology assessment tools can help with that...
INNOVATE® New Jersey Vol.2
Dr. Gregory Olsen
GHO Ventures
In order to understand what GHO Ventures is, we need to talk about Dr. Gregory Olsen. Greg started the company EPITAXX, a fiber-optic detector manufacturer in 1984 together with Vladimir Ban. It was sold in 1990 for $12 million. He then founded Sensors Unlimited, a near-infrared camera manufacturer in 1992...
WALTER EEVERS
VITO - DIRECTOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
WALTER EEVERS DIRECTOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, VITO And when we speak of sustainability, VITO is the key player in this arena. With about 1,000 employees, VITO is an independent Flemish research organization with top researchers working on cleantech and sustainable development. Antwerp is a place where innovation is also massively...
Rob Fry
CTO - JASK (Now Sumo Logic)
I started in the technology field back in 1996 doing computer and network setups for regional city governments who could not afford or did not know what to ask for when needing help. I ended up riding the “Internet Revolution” shortly after and found myself in Silicon Valley in 2005...
Chaya Pamula
President & Ceo - Pamten
I’ve always believed that, with anything you do in life, it’s important to find your passion. Once you find that passion and set short- and long-term goals, you can transform your dream into a reality. Today’s technology gives us the unique opportunity to find and follow our path in more...
Catherine Mounier
Vice-Rectrice à la Recherche, à la Création et à la Diffusion | Vice-President Research - UNIVERSITÉ
English: UQAM joined the university landscape in 1969 and quickly distinguished itself through its commitment to serving society. Fostering entrepreneurship and social impact innovation, the University believes in the concerted ability of social actors to bring about change in response to issues as they arise. Building knowledge together Like many...
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...
LOUBNA IMENCHAL
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY
Loubna Imenchal’s insights are compelling and profound. As VP of Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, and Central Asia at Logitech, her journey is one of resilience, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of dreams. It extends far beyond her corporate success; it is a narrative of ambition and determination with a...
Pat Geraghty
GuideWell
GuideWell is driven by our mission to help people and communities achieve better health, which is why our enterprise is not content that today’s health care industry will serve the needs of people tomorrow. Better health demands better interactions with consumers, deeper knowledge of what health needs are, and...
Clint Betts
Executive Director - Silicon Slopes
Growing up, I spent countless hours throwing a baseball as hard as I could against the side of our family’s cinder block garage. If a better way of spending time existed, the world did a great job of keeping it secret. I thought “cinder block ball” was the official pastime...
JARED SMITH, PRESIDENT & CEO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The world’s most competitive economies do not happen by accident. They are built through collaboration and the shared commitment of strategic partners to create the conditions for growth and opportunity. That is what we are doing in Montgomery County, Maryland. As President and CEO of the Montgomery County Economic Development...
LYNETTE SUTTON
MANAGING PARTNER, GIRL CONCRETE INC.
America’s infrastructure is increasingly digital—and scaling at an extraordinary pace. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud computing are reshaping how we work and connect, yet we often talk about this infrastructure as if it exists in code—weightless, instant, everywhere at once. But the cloud is not floating. It is physical. It...
LAUREN S MOORES
PHD DIGITAL INNOVATION LEADER, TEACHING FELLOW AT HARVARD BUSINESS ANALYTICS PROGRAM, USA FOR UNHCR
Digital transformation is a 20th century phenomena. As an early adopter of new technologies – and the digital age – I quickly embraced digital data structures and tend to think in data matrices, looking for the data keys to join data and discover new patterns. When I look to create...
DR. MARK ESPOSITO
BEYOND THE HORIZON
Dr. Mark Esposito is a luminary at the intersection of economics, strategy, and the future. In our conversation, he unfolds our future, offering an insightful exploration into the themes of technological transformation, human-centric systems, and the architecture of tomorrow’s global systems. As a distinguished figure in the discourse of the...
CHRIS SCAFARIO
PRESIDENT & CEO, DELAWARE VALLEY INDUSTRIAL RESOURCE CENTERVALLEY INDUSTRIAL RESOURCE CENTER
I believe innovation ignites the flame of progress. It mobilizes change and sparks breakthroughs that travel from sector to sector and nation to nation. In manufacturing, it is the ultimate force multiplier—accelerating advancements in medicine, advanced materials, submarines, and spacecraft. This tradecraft of our best and brightest minds carried America...
JESSICA POWELL
OWNER OF SOCIAL BALANCES
I’ve always believed that the most successful people—whether founders, investors, or community leaders—aren’t the ones who know the most or have the most. They’re the ones who give first. They show up, offer help, make introductions, and invest in others long before expecting anything in return. And over time, the...
KATHRYN DE SHIELDS-MOON
CO-FOUNDER, DIVERTEGA
My ideal future for this industry is one rich in diversity and equality, from developing games and the content within them to more comprehensive professional representation in gaming and esports for minorities and gender minorities. It will take all of us working together to make this reality, and there is...
WELCOME TO INNOVATE TORONTO
MAYOR JOHN TORY
From within these pages you will be introduced to many of the visionaries and innovators who call our city home and are changing the world through work and research being done at some of our world renowned institutions such as MaRS Discovery District, the University of Toronto, and University Health...
DR. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH
NAVIGATING THE WHEEL OF CHANGE
Professor Marshall Goldsmith stands as a paragon of leadership and executive coaching, his name synonymous with transformative change in business and personal development. As a two-time winner of the Thinkers 50 award for the #1 Leadership Thinker in the World and the world’s #1 Executive Coach, his influence stretches across...
ALLAN PEASE
MEET MR. BODY LANGUAGE
Hon. Professor Allan Pease, acclaimed as ‘Mr. Body Language,’ is an international best-selling author and body language expert. His expertise, spanning advising executives to authoring bestsellers, provides valuable insights into human interactions. He is a distinguished speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and one of the world’s leading authors with 18 Top 10...
HARRY ALLEN
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF RELATIONSHIP OFFICER, STUDIO BANK
A NATIVE’S PERSPECTIVEI love Nashville. As a fifth-generation native, Nashville is the only place I’ve ever called home. And while it’s not the town I grew up in, today’s Nashville has certainly kept me engaged and excited. So I’ve continued to choose Nashville as the place to build my family,...
ROBERT FALCK
FOUNDER, EINRIDE
The road freight industry stands at a defining moment. Once constrained by the limits of diesel and incremental change, the $4.6 trillion global market is now poised for disruption at unprecedented scale. The catalyst is clear: artificial intelligence is rapidly redrawing the boundaries of what is possible in logistics, and...
DEREK ARMSTRONG
MANAGER OF INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS, PRAIRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANADA (PRAIRIESCAN)
I obviously knew of the proximity to the Rocky Mountains, but I didn’t know about all the wonders such as the Drumheller Valley, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park and Jasper National Park. I also didn’t know that Calgary is the third most diverse major city in Canada. Or that in 2022 it...
Mahn Consulting, LLC
CEO & FOUNDER
Regardless of how technology manifests and grows, the cornerstone of any company and its ability to succeed depends on its strong leadership and culture. The people in the company are the most important. Finding key people to fill those opportunities is important, and technology assessment tools can help with that...
Dr. Gregory Olsen
GHO Ventures
In order to understand what GHO Ventures is, we need to talk about Dr. Gregory Olsen. Greg started the company EPITAXX, a fiber-optic detector manufacturer in 1984 together with Vladimir Ban. It was sold in 1990 for $12 million. He then founded Sensors Unlimited, a near-infrared camera manufacturer in 1992...