Innovating The Future Sessions
- Resource Type
- Presentation
- Publish Date
- 12/04/2024
- Author
- Innovation Research Interchange
- Topics
- Innovation, Enhance Sustainability, Customer Insight, Organization and Future of Work
- Associated Event
- Innovating the Future

Audio recordings of the panels will be available in podcast form shortly.
Explore actionable strategies and forward-thinking insights to prepare your organization for the next wave of innovation. The Innovating The Future conference by IRI helped attendees with tools to anticipate and adapt to emerging challenges. Drive sustainable growth and enhance your innovation pipeline.
December 4
Looking to the Future with Purpose
Facilitator: Tom Culver, Senior Innovation Advisor, RTI and Emily Vernon, Innovation Advisor, RTI
AI and Innovation
Facilitator: Alki Iliopoulou, Innovation Strategist, InterSystems
Speaker: C.J. Ryavec, IT Platform Leader for R&D, Owens Corning, Jason Joyce, Director Data Engineering and Analytics, Colgate-Palmolive, Mark Donavon, Builder/Maker/Creative/Inventor/Innovator and Head of Digital Strategy and Ecosystem Development, Nestle Purina Petcare (retired)
Visions of the Lab of the Future
Facilitator: Noel Hollingsworth, CEO and Co-founder, Uncountable, Inc.
Sustainable Horizons: Navigating the Future
Speaker: Wesley Hamilton, CTO/Vice President Research and Technology – Specialties GBU, Albemarle Corporation
Future-Proofing Sustainability
Facilitator: Denny Ard, Partner/National Director of Innovation, Forvis Mazars
Customer of the Future
Speaker: Mark Donavon, Builder/Maker/Creative/Inventor/Innovator and Head of Digital Strategy and Ecosystem Development, Nestle Purina Petcare (retired)
Exploring Future Customer Needs
Facilitator: Lee Green, AVP, Content and Strategy, IRI
The Power of People Analytics – What’s Happening Now and What’s to Come
Speaker: Fiona Jamison, CEO, Spring International
December 5
The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation
and The Transformation Myth: Leading Your Organization Through Uncertain Times
Facilitator: Gerald C. Kane, Ph.D., Professor of Information Systems, C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair in Business Administration, University of Georgia