Agenda

Monday, September 16, 2024 | Annual Growth Innovation Leadership Council Meeting and Event Kick-Off

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.

Welcome Mimosa Networking Luncheon

Growth Innovation Leadership Annual Council Meeting

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 great way to find participants who have thought leadership you can benefit from and to facilitate later dialogues throughout the event.

WELCOME AND HEADLINER – Capitalizing on Emerging Technologies to Create New Product and Customer Experiences

EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS – What Are You Trying to Solve? It Always Starts with Your Customer’s Pain Points

Vishnu Jayamohan, Director, Portfolio Strategy, Innovation & Software Services, Nissan North America

Networking and Refreshment Break

CONCURRENT 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 sessions:

RT 1.

Finding New Paths to Growth: New Customers, New Needs, New Geographies

RT 2.

Portfolio Strategy: Balancing Investments in Safe Bets and Strategic Risks

RT 3.

Mapping Your Digital Product Experience Across the Ecosystem

Networking Luncheon

BEST PRACTICE – Continuously Innovating and Monitoring for Product Excellence

Surya Kommareddy, Director, Industry Solutions – Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Innovation Labs, Oracle

ASK THE EXPERTS! Panel Discussion – The Key to Executive Buy-In? Demonstrating Value!

Moderator:
Emil Radulescu, Senior Director, Research & Development, Konica Minolta

Panelists Include:
Jared Finegold, Digital Product & Customer Experience – McDelivery, McDonald’s
Vineet Shrivastava, Head Customer Solutions – US Healthcare and Lifesciences, Amazon Web Services

Networking and Refreshment Break

CONCURRENT 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 sessions:

CH 1.

AI Acceleration of New Product Development

CH 2.

Driving Innovation with IoT

Session to Session Travel Time

CAPSTONE – Creating an Environment for Product Strategy Teams to Thrive

Networking Reception

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

Continental Breakfast

Shuttle departs for Oracle Industry Lab

Arrival at Oracle Industry Lab – Check-In/Registration

Welcome, Introductions | Industry Lab History & Innovation Strategy

Oracle Industry Lab Immersive Tour

The Oracle Industry Lab is a simulated worksite demonstrating the transformative power of the internet of things (IoT), drones, autonomous equipment, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other developing technologies. Technology is driving rapid change across the project and asset lifecycle. Oracle Industry Lab helps organizations experiment, learn, and stay on the leading edge.

Networking Lunch

INSIGHTS AND IDEAS ROUNDUP

Shuttle departs for Hyatt Regency Deerfield