Agenda

Growth Innovation Leadership Council Registration

*Please note participation in the Council’s Annual Meeting is restricted to Council Members and Associate Members only. Please visit the Council Tab above for more information.

Annual Growth Innovation Leadership Council Meeting and Networking Luncheon

Growth Innovation Leadership Annual Council Meeting Concludes

Welcome Networking Reception & Event Kickoff

Meet your fellow peers and colleagues as we engage in an ice breaker over cocktails to get the conversations started and set you up for an event whose foundation is built on collaboration. Dinner & passed hors d’oeuvres to be served.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Participant Meet ‘n’ Greet

This networking activity is your opportunity to identify – right out of the gate – those peers who share challenges like your own. It’s a terrific way to find participants who have thought leadership you can benefit from and to facilitate later dialogues throughout the event.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

HEADLINER – Be Bold: Bringing Big Picture Thinking and Passion to Transformative Innovation

Networking and Refreshment Break

CONCURRENT COLLABORATION ZONES – ROUNDTABLES

Roundtable sessions capture the power of all participants’ voices, insights and experiences via group discussion and exploration of the issue at hand.

Choose one of the following zones:

Zone 1.

Becoming Pro-Innovation: Making It Safe to Take a Bet

Zone 2.

Staying Abreast of Swiftly Changing Technology Innovation

Networking Luncheon

EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE – Our Journey to Transformative Innovation

ASK THE EXPERTS! Panel Discussion – Structuring Teams and Processes to Support Each Stage of the Innovation Journey

Networking and Refreshment Break

CONCURRENT COLLABORATION ZONES – CASE HISTORIES

Case Histories explore a specific use case and include informal conversations that draw upon the experience and expertise of the featured executive and participants.

Choose one of the following zones:

Zone 1.

Motivating and Incentivizing Innovation Across Divisions

Zone 2.

Calculating the Risks and Rewards of Transformative Innovation

Session to Session Travel Time

CAPSTONE – Embedding Conviction and Tenacity in Your Innovation Culture

Networking Reception

Close out the day with drinks, small bites and meaningful connections with fellow peers in a relaxed yet entertaining setting!

Innovation Tour Check-In and Continental Breakfast

Shuttle Transportation Provided.

Welcome and Introduction to the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech

ATDC has been the startup garage to dozens of early-stage science and technology-based companies that are among the most renowned and transformative ever to be born.

The Invention Studio at Georgia Tech

The Invention Studio at Georgia Tech is the largest student-run makerspace in the nation and has attracted thousands of members and users since its founding in 2009. The Studio’s mission is to empower students, staff, and faculty to design, build, and play together.

Travel Time

Innovation Center Tour #2 (to be announced)

Innovation Workshop and Tour Concludes