Leading Thinkers to Gather for 4th Annual World Open Innovation Conference
Next month, leading thinkers will gather in San Francisco to discuss the latest trends—including the rise of machine learning and the development of new business models to enhance collaborative strategies—at the 4th Annual World Open Innovation Conference.
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CIO of General Motors to Receive Award
The 6th annual Fisher-Hopper Prize for Lifetime Achievement in CIO Leadership will be awarded to Randy Mott, CIO of GM, at the Renaissance CIO Banquet on Sept. 28, 2017. The event is sponsored by the Fisher Center for Business Analytics. Read more.
Data Strategy & Data Driven Marketing Course on May 15 – 19, 2017
Prof. La Blanc will lead a 3 day course on Data Strategy for Business Leaders from May 15-17, 2017 & a 2-day course on Data Driven Marketing Course from May 18-19, 2017. These courses will equip attendees to assess and modify a company’s data strategy as well as design new business models around data collection and analytics. Read more.
Garwood Center honors President Obama
The Institute’s Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation honored US President Barack Obama with the Award for Outstanding Global Leadership in Open Innovation at the World Open Innovation Conference held at ESADE Business School in Barcelona. Read more.
Tusher Initiative to hold Inaugural Conference
On July 14, the Tusher Initiative for Management of Intellectual Capital is holding an inaugural conference on the topic: Intellectual Property Issues in a Global Context: Management & Policy Concerns. Keynote speakers are David Kappos (pictured), former Director of the US Patent and Tradement Office, and Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs at the USPTO. Read more.
Applied Innovation and Design Kicks Off at Berkeley
At the inaugural conference of the Berkeley Roundtable on Applied Innovation and Design, founded by Sara Beckman (pictured) and Dave Rochlin, EWMBA students applied skills learned in the core Problem Finding, Problem Solving course to develop solutions for PayPal and other companies. “I was impressed by all of the student teams’ ability to apply design thinking” said Hisham Ibrahim, director of product innovation at PayPal. “They brought customer empathy to the problem, re-framed it, and rapidly iterated potential solutions.” Read more.