Events
Innovation Excellence Roundtable Series
Building Consensus Around Technology Strategy — Joint with Open Innovation
WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Open Innovation Roundtable Series
Building Consensus Around Technology Strategy — Joint with Innovation Excellence
WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Webinar: Beyond Commodity AI: Verticalized Intelligence for Innovation
Many enterprises have adopted horizontal, foundation-model AI platforms. But access to the same underlying models does not, by itself, create differentiated intelligence. For highly technical and mission-critical research, general-purpose models may produce broad but weakly grounded answers when they lack…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Digitalization & AI Roundtable Series
AI as a Teammate
FRIDAY 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Certificate Workshop: Innovation Portfolio Excellence for Manufacturers
Workshop helps manufacturers improve innovation returns by identifying stronger product opportunities and making disciplined portfolio funding decisions. Attendees gain practical tools, AI-supported gates, and a certificate option.
TUESDAY 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Certificate Workshop
Webinar: Award Winning Insights – Novo Holdings: Redefining Digital Transformation
Join us for an interview with Novo Holdings, winner of this year’s IRI Innovation Excellence Award for Digital Innovation. In this conversation, you’ll hear how they executed a multi-year, enterprise-wide digital transformation—building a unified data, automation, and AI ecosystem that…
THURSDAY 10:00 am – 11:00 am Webinar
Sustainability Roundtable Series
Sustainability Theatre: Are We Measuring What Matters?
FRIDAY 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
SIL Information Session: Program Experience & Value
Considering SIL for yourself or a member of your team? Join us for an information session to learn more about Click here to learn more about SIL and apply for the 2027 program.
TUESDAY 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm Webinar
Webinar: Lessons Learned from a Dynamic Partnership: Revolutionizing Paint Shops with a “cold” Laser Curing Oven
Whirlpool Corporation, PPG and IPG Photonics, winners of IRI’s 2026 Innovation Excellence Award for Open Innovation, partnered to develop and validate a laser-based curing platform designed to replace energy-intensive thermal ovens in industrial powder coating operations. By combining IPG’s laser…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Case Study Workshop: Achieving Organizational Fitness in the Digital Age
Workshop helps manufacturers improve innovation returns by identifying stronger product opportunities and making disciplined portfolio funding decisions. Attendees gain practical tools, AI-supported gates, and a certificate option.
MONDAY 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Webinar: Award Winning Insights – From “Know-It-All” to “Learn-It-All”: DuPont & Qnity’s Lean Innovation Culture Journey
Join us for an interview with the winners of this year’s IRI Innovation Excellence Award for Outstanding Innovative Culture, Sharlene Williams of DuPont and Lindsey Karpowich of Qnity. In this conversation, you’ll hear how these companies transformed innovation into a…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Innovation Excellence Roundtable Series
Driving Continuous Improvement Without Overloading Teams
WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
