THE CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PHENOMENON
UNLEASH New Business Models and Opportunities
Thursday December 5, 2019 from 8:45 a.m. – 6:00 p.m
About the Forum
Why:
In today's highly disruptive digital economy, big corporations must find ways to marry their prized assets--great customers, deep relationships, sound financials, industry expertise, vast R&D resources--with entrepreneurial energy, mindsets and processes that let you see around the corner, break the “more of the same old same old” mold and dares you to make risk your best friend. This event will explore high-potential approaches to unleashing the power of corporate incumbency with the passion of entrepreneurs.
Who:
Only the brave and bold should consider participating - if you’re at a mid-size or large company who sees yourself as generating growth, innovation, new products and services, spirit of entrepreneurship, speed, vitality, and ability to attract great new talent, then this forum is for you.
Agenda
8:00 - 8:45
8:45 - 9:05
Registration & Light Breakfast
Welcome & Overview of Forum
9:05 - 9:50
Panel: “Data as Fuel for Innovation”
Adam Lyons, Founder, The Zebra & EIR, Bill Wood Ventures
Tim Murphy Business Leader, One SRC Services Philips Healthcare Sleep & Respiratory Care
Rebecca Nugent Associate Department Head, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Statistics and Data Science Department Carnegie Mellon University
Christina Weir Ripley Vice-President, Enterprise Clinical Operations Highmark Health Clinical Transformation Office
Moderator: Bob Monroe Teaching Professor of Business Technologies, Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon
(Full Panel Bios - click here)
9:50 - 10:20
Keynote: “Why Are Corporations Investing in Startup Companies?”
David Horowitz, Founder & CEO, Touchdown Ventures
10:20 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:40
Special Announcement: Research Report
The Impact of Corporate Startups on Regional Job Growth
10:40 - 11:25
Panel: The Impact of Corporate Startups on a Region’s Economic Development (Pittsburgh as an Example)
Sue Cohen Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh - Katz School of Business
Ilana Diamond, Managing Director of Hardware and AlphaLab Gear at Innovation Works
Rebecca Lucore, Head of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Covestro
Sean Luther, Executive Director, InnovatePGH
Chris Martin, Director R+D Intelligent and Secure IoT at Bosch
Moderator: Lou Musante, Founder, Echo Strategies
11:25 - 12:10
Special Episode: Cloud Wars Live
Tony Uphoff, President & CEO, Thomas
Sean Ammirati, Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business & Co-Founder & Director, CMU Corporate Startup Lab
Hosted by: Bob Evans, Founder & Principal, Evans Strategic Communications
12:10 - 12:30
Break / Get Lunch
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch
Keynote over Lunch: Seeing Around Corners
Rita McGrath, Author & Professor, Columbia Business School
(Rita’s Full Bio - click here)
1:30 - 2:00
Break
Also, during the break we will have complimentary copies of Rita’s Book Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019) for her to sign.
2:00 - 2:45
Panel: Looking Outside Your Organization for Innovation (Startup Partnerships)
Priscilla Beal, Global Head, G4A Digital Health Ecosystem & Engagement, Bayer
Dave Mawhinney, Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University
Paul Nielsen Vice President, Strategic Programs & Partnerships, Optum
Warren Pennington, Head of Investment Management Fintech Strategies, Vanguard
Moderator: Nicholas Hamilton-Archer, Executive Director of Executive Education at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
(Full Panel Bios - click here)
2:45 - 3:30
Panel: Looking Inside Your Organization for Innovation (Internal Corporate Startups)
Currie Crookston, Head of Innovation Management, Covestro LLC
Mary Beth Green, Head of Innovation, Sheetz
Gustavo Lopez General Manager for MSA’s Safety io, Portable Gas Detection and Sierra Monitor businesses
David Passavant, CEO, numo
Moderator: Laurie Barkman, Founder & CEO, SmallDotBig
3:30 - 3:45
Small Group Conversations / where is your organization
3:45 - 4:00
Break & Move to Executive Education Space (5th floor same building - Tepper Quad)
4:00 - 5:00
Fireside Chat: How The Cloud Is Driving Disruptive Innovation
Amit Zavery, Head of Platform for Google Cloud
Interviewer: Bob Evans, Founder & Principal, Evans Strategic Communications
5:05 - 6:15
Wrap Up & Reception
Let us know you are coming…
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Location of Forum
Tepper Quad - CMU
The Entire Event Will be Inside the Tepper Quad at CMU
4765 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (directions)
From 8am - 3:45 we will be in the Swartz Center (3rd Floor)
From 3:45 - 6:15 we will be in the Tepper Executive Education Suite (5th Floor)
The Event is Being Organized by:
Corporate Startup Lab: a CMU Swartz Center Initiative focused on researching and promoting the mission of transformative innovation within corporations.
Echo Strategies: a consulting boutique focused on research, innovation strategy, engagement and leadership development