Events
Open Innovation Roundtable Series
Building Consensus Around Technology Strategy — Joint with Innovation Excellence
WEDNESDAY 12:00 pm
Digitalization & AI Roundtable Series
AI as a Teammate
FRIDAY 11:00 am
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: Redifining 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
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
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
Innovation Excellence Roundtable Series
Collaboration, Structure, and AI — Joint with Digitalization & AI
FRIDAY 11:00 am
Digitalization & AI Roundtable Series
Collaboration, Structure, and AI — Joint with Innovation Excellence
FRIDAY 11:00 am
