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Innovation 2.0 Summit

The Babson Innovation 2.0 Summit is an invitation only event that brings together some of the world's brightest minds on innovation. You will hear from and share ideas with companies such as Bank of America, Intel, Partners HealthCare, NASA, Herman Miller and others.

In these two days you will hear insights and get first hand in-the-trenches advice on innovation from leading innovators. This is not a feel-good innovation event, it's the nuts and bolts of innovation, the sort of practical and hard-hitting success stories that executives need to lead innovation initiatives that will differentiate their organizations. To request an invitation please contact the Center for Business Innovation, Executive Director, and Thomas Koulopoulos at tkoulopoulos@babson.edu.

Here's just some of what you'll experience:

  • DRUCKER ON INNOVATION: The legendary Peter Drucker, presented by USA Today's Bruce Rosenstein, one of the last people to interview Peter Drucker. Bruce will share a never released video of his interview with Peter and share Drucker's wisdom on innovation and leadership.
  • INNOVATION LIFE-CYCLE:  Listen to Professor Jay Rao as he describes one of the most thoroughly researched models of the innovation life-cycle.  A core learning for any organization interested in achieving effective innovation.
  • INNOVATION IN PRACTICE: Extensive case studies on innovation in practice that have been developed to help you share lessons learned in a clear and articulate manner - NOT just PowerPoint presentations!
  • THE BUSINESS INNOVATION FACTORY: A case study of one of the world’s leading communities of innovators collaborating to explore business model innovation through a series of experiences designed to get ideas off the white board and onto the ground quickly and cost effectively.
  • BENCHMARKING INNOVATION:  Learn what some of the world’s largest and most complex organizations are doing to reinforce the right innovation behaviors to dramatically change business outcomes.  Presented by George Weathersby, CEO of Genesys Solutions, LLC.
  • INNOVATION METHODS WORKSHOP:  Join one of the world’s leading experts in the field of Innovation Discipline, Sam Kogan, CEO of Gen3 Partners, Inc. who will conduct a workshop on the next generation of innovation tools.
  • INTERACTIVE SESSIONS: Round Table discussions and open forums designed to give you the chance to interact and hear from corporate leaders on how they have deployed leading-edge innovative initiatives.
  • INNOVATION IN LARGE SCALE ORGANIZATIONS:  Learn how Intel fosters and sustains a Culture of Innovation.
  • Additional sessions include Inspiring a New Generation of Inventors; Innovation Gets Personal; Awakening the Entrepreneurs Within; The Innovation Zone; MIT Invent Teams; Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Tour; and much more!!

All this and networking that can't be found in any other venue.