Calling for Speakers, Topics for European Open Innovation Conference
We need a strong open innovation conference in Europe that allows the innovation community to further develop their capabilities on this important paradigm shift. I am helping an international organizer on this and I would like to ask you a couple of questions:
1. What topics would you like to see at such a conference?
2. Which speakers or companies would you like to hear at the conference? Why?
Please leave a comment below. Please also spread the word about this “call for speakers” through Twitter and other social media channels.
I would like to discuss the topic of interdisciplinary knowledge on open innovation. Design, economy, work, organisation, culture etcetera. Open innovation means an urgent need to link and rethink links between different knowledge and power fields.
Yes, an otherwise generalist (cross-disciplinary) approach is what is needed for better assessment of open innovation as it is inherently and ideally cross-disciplinary..
I agree! It would be nice to share thoughts with like-minded people in the physical world as well. My answers:
Q1a. Overcoming inertia to engage in collaborative or open innovation efforts (which is something I continue to hear)
Q1b. Which first (small) steps should organisations take if they feel a need to innovate more openly? (given that the initiative is not supported by the majority of the organisation yet, how to get good first quick wins?)
Q2. I have read much about large organisations and IT related companies engaging in OI. I am however also curious on smaller SME companies who make products and have shown great progress with OI efforts.
Looking forward to the conference!
Both Unilever and Veolia are doing interesting things in Europe, so they would be valuable additions.
How open services innovation can add new value to product focused industrial companies (and regions). Would be great with SME, Enterprise and Region examples
Good practices and feedbacks…
Topics:
- open innovation for existing and new products: how to create a new product/service using an open innovation (case studies, examples)?
- what industries are more successful in adapting open innovation: how to adjust/consider best practices from other industries?
- open innovation failure cases and lessons.
Speakers/companies:
big companies – Atlassian, Google (Android), Samsung, Starbucks
small companies/startups – Quirky/Kluster, Spotify, GroupOn
I would like have Steffen Huck (@netnoblography) from Germany. He is an expert on Netnography approach on open innovation
Hi Stefan – Thanks for the Tweet on the OI conference in Europe. I think it's a good idea, as most of the initiatives on OI come from the US.
Most OI conferences are usually driven from the perspective of the large company, the one that is accepting the innovation from the smaller one. Why not try to turn it around, and attract small companies who want to work with larger ones? Or at least have parallel tracks with these two themes? You could also get two companies per presentation, each talking about the same deal from their perspective.
The other aspect I'd like to see covered is IP and Legal. Currently I get the sense that this area is the biggest obstacle, and potentially the biggest facilitator, of OI. Some advanced thinking here would be great
Kevin
Hi Stefan,
great idea.
I'll be presenting on the flagship conference on Open Innovation in Germany on September 27/29 in Berlin 5 key themes that are dominating the practitioner's dicussions in Germany this year:
1. Increasing Open Innovation maturity (presenting an OI maturity model)
2. Embedding OI into the firm's org structures and processes: Options? Decision criteria?
3. Rolling out OI capabilities into the firm (From top athlete's to everyman's sport)
4. Innovation networks (Types, Decision criteria)
5. Human Resources departments drive OI implementation
Furthermore there is a huge interest in getting intra-firm networks (Enterprise 2.0) flying. On Spetember 29 I will have a workshop with 20 top German firms such as Lufthansa, Bayer, SAP, Mercedes-Benz, Robert Bosch etc. – there was only minimal effort needed to get these firms aligned.
All the best, whereever you are right now.
Best,
Frank.
Hi Frank,
Thanks for your comments! I will definitely be in touch with you once the organizers start to work on the program. Have a great conference in Berlin!
It would be great to have a better insight in open innovation strategies of small and medium sized companies. There are outstanding examples (have a look at http://www.curana.be http://www.qod.dk/UK/index.html http://www.jaga.be http://www.prof-projects.com/home.htm http://www.isobionics.com). Curana and Quilts of Denmark have been published as teaching cases (www.ecch.com). Conclusions of a recent study are published at http://www.exnovate.org
Hi Stefan
There is a strong need to link this new thinking on open innovation to public policy, partly because the policymakers are quite eager today to implement policy instrument based on this understanding. Questions that need to be answered are: What kind of implications do this new understanding of the innovation process have on public innovation policy? How should public innovation policy be design to actually support open innovation processes? What can we expect out such policies/what should be measured?
All the best,
Marie-Louise Eriksson