EIA Corporate Innovation Day

About the event

A curated afternoon for corporate innovation leaders to exchange real experiences, lessons learned and current challenges with peers from different industries.

Programme

The event structure is confirmed. Speaker names, roundtable facilitators and selected discussion themes will be updated as confirmations are finalised.

13:30–14:00 — Registration and welcome networking

14:00–14:50 — Panel | Corporate Innovation in Practice: what was tested, what worked and what was learned. A practical conversation with corporate innovation leaders sharing real initiatives, key learnings and current challenges. The focus will be on what companies are testing, what has created value, what has been difficult and what other organisations can learn from those experiences.

Confirmed speakers:

Rui Coutinho, Chief Innovation Officer @ Mota-Engil Next

Sara Mendes, Innovation Manager @ Sogrape

Manuel Andrade, Head of Open Innovation @ Galp

14:50–15:10 — Coffee and networking break

15:10–16:00 — Facilitated peer roundtables | Current innovation challenges. Small-group discussions designed for participants to exchange experiences, challenges and practical approaches with peers from different industries. Roundtable themes will be curated based on the confirmed participant group and shared ahead of the event. Guests may also be invited to facilitate selected roundtables.

Confirmed facilitators:

Cláudia Machado, Group Innovation Director @ Grupo Brisa

16:00–18:00 — EIA Demo Expo: meet 400+ students across 100+ teams from leading international universities (including UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University in the USA, Instituto Superior Técnico and the University of Coimbra in Portugal, Feng Chia University in Taiwan, and Monash University in Australia) and explore the ventures and prototypes developed during EIA’s three-week programme

18:00–20:00 — Informal, alcohol-free networking reception with EIA mentors, students, faculty and partners.

Who it is for

Leaders working in corporate innovation, strategy, transformation, digital, R&D, open innovation and corporate venturing.

Ways to participate

Join as a guest, share a practical innovation experience or facilitate a roundtable discussion.

Participation is complimentary, with limited places and registration subject to confirmation.