On September 12, Warsaw will once again host the R&D Summit, a cyclical, prestigious event gathering R&D leaders in Poland and around the world. R&D and innovation departments are some of the key and most interdisciplinary units in the organization. During the R&D Summit, specialists responsible for innovation in companies will be able to learn about the latest trends and tools for this area, and the unique formula will provide a field for inspiring discussions.
The R&D Summit was organized for the first time in 2015 and inaugurated the creation of the R&D Club in Poland - a community of bosses, managers and experts managing innovation and R&D. The conference is organized by techBrainers - an organization specializing in innovation brokering, R&D management and technology scouting. Since its first edition, the R&D Summit conference has become a prestigious meeting of innovation leaders in Poland.
This year's edition of the conference will be held on September 12 at The Heart Warsaw. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the latest trends and tools in the field of innovation, as well as the directions of development of technologies and innovation ecosystems.
UNIQUE FORMULA
The formula of this year's conference includes several strong elements: a keynote speaker session, a debate of R&D heads, three parallel thematic stages and an expert table session - the so-called roundtables. All formats are a diverse form of presenting qualitative knowledge and valuable experiences of expert practitioners.
The event will be opened by Magdalena Jackowska-Rejman, CEO of techBrainers and Tomasz Rudolf, Founder & CEO of The Heart. The keynote speakers will feature:
dr Graham Cross, Director of Commercial Alliances and Supplier Innovation, UNILEVER
Sven Scheuble, Vice President and Head of Technology to Business, SIEMENS AG
Carianne Schamhart, Technology Portfolio Advisor, Shell Technology Center Amsterdam
Jarosław Broda, Vice-President of the Management Board for Strategy and Development, TAURON POLSKA ENERGIA
In addition to keynote speakers, the R&D leaders' debate will be joined by: Luca Seletto, Head of Startup Initiatives - Innovation & Sustainability, ENEL, as well as a representative of Electrolux. Thematic sessions on three stages titled "TOP TRENDS", "TOP TOOLS" and "INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM" will feature, among others:
Łukasz Otta - Business Development Manager, SIEMENS
Jakub Lasota - CPO/CFO, QVISTORP
Aleksander Naganowski - New Business Development, MASTERCARD
Sergiusz Sawin – VP and Chief Operations, THE HEART
Anita Zbieg - CEO, MAPAORGANIZACJA.PL
Maciej Kutak - Managing Director Eastern Europe, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Magdalena Jagielska, Innovation Strategist, INNOVATIKA
Wojciech Roskiewicz – Head of R+B Accelerator, FRAUNHOFER CENTER LEIPZIG
M.Carmen Margelí Vila – Head of International Development, EURECAT TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER
INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM AND COOPERATION OF STARTUPS AND CORPORATIONS
The main theme of this year's conference is building an innovation ecosystem and cooperation between companies, institutions and startups, both at the regional and international level. Three sessions are dedicated to this issue:
THE POWER OF LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS AND PARTNERSHIP - Sven Scheuble, Vice President and Head of Technology to Business, SIEMENS AG
PILOT MAKER PROGRAM – CASE STUDY - Jarosław Broda, Vice-President of the Management Board for Strategy and Development, TAURON POLSKA ENERGIA | Magdalena Jackowska-Rejman, CEO of TECHBRAINERS
INNOVATION HUBs – “INNOVATION NODES” OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION - Luca Seletto, Head of Startup Initiatives – Innovation & Sustainability, ENEL
TOP TRENDS and TOP R&D TOOLS
There will be topics devoted to the best tools for managing innovations and R&D project portfolios, as well as threads dedicated to trends such as digitalization, IoT, smart city, innovation hubs and blockchain. The speeches of techBrainers speakers and experts are based on experience, implementation, and successful operating projects. Participants will have the opportunity to listen to case studies of companies such as: Tauron Polska Energa, Audi, Sony Music Entertainment, Enel, Qvistorp and MasterCard.
SESJA ROUNDTABLES
The organizers of the R&D Summit made sure that participants left the conference not only with knowledge, but also with inspiration gained during the panel discussions. The second part of the conference will be devoted to the roundtables model, giving the opportunity to take part in the discussion and express opinions on a specific topic of interest to participants. We will talk about IoT, digital and design transformation, financing R&D departments, techFood, measuring innovation, innovation hubs, e-mobility trend, space technologies, cities of the future and internationalization.