Events
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 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Webinar
Sustainability Roundtable Series
Sustainability Theatre: Are We Measuring What Matters?
FRIDAY 11:00 am
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: 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
SIL Alumni Event: A Conversation with Thomas M. Turmell
Join us for an exclusive Shaping Innovation Leaders (SIL) alumni event, featuring a conversation with Tom Turmell, Lecturer of Executive Education and Academic Director at the Kellogg School of Management, who has taught SIL’s Strategic Thinking course for the past…
TUESDAY 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Webinar
Webinar: Generative AI and the Ethical Future of Human-Centered R&D
Generative AI is already reshaping how scientists, engineers, and innovation leaders approach research, design, problem-solving, and decision-making. In this webinar, Bill Clancey will explore the scientific, technical, ethical, and business implications of generative AI for R&D organizations, including what these…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Innovating The Future 2026
Innovating the Future registration is limited to end-user manufacturing organizations and approved academia. Solution providers and organizations that provide any form of technology and/or consulting products and services to manufacturers but do not manufacture any products are not permitted to…
CTO Forum
Join a private, invitation-only convening of R&D and innovation leaders to exchange insights, tackle complex challenges, and explore the trends reshaping the future of innovation.
FRIDAY 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Shaping Innovation Leaders 2027
Five-day executive program for rising innovation leaders, Shaping Innovation Leaders 2026 builds business acumen, strategic decision-making, and leadership confidence through peer learning and Kellogg School of Management expertise.
MONDAY 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sustainability Roundtable Series
What's Next? Monitoring Emerging Sustainability Risks and Trends
FRIDAY 11:00 am
Webinar: Accelerating sustainable chemical innovation with physics-powered AI and predictive modeling
The global chemical industry—spanning consumer goods, specialty materials, and industrial chemicals—is navigating a massive transition. Driven by stringent regulatory shifts and a global demand for sustainable, high-transparency ingredient portfolios, companies are under pressure to innovate at unprecedented speeds. However, replacing…
THURSDAY 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
