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::WORLD SUMMIT ON INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP :: PARALLEL SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS :: 2006
KEYNOTE PLENARY
SPOTTING THE NEXT INNOVATION: TUNING YOUR EMERGING MARKET ANTENNA ON
 
TYPE Plenary
LOCATION Al Bandar Ballroom
DATE Monday, April 03, 2006 
TIME 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 
 

Orchestrated By
Mr. Sam Hamdan, Chairman & Chief Strategist, Global Leadership Team

Speakers

  • Dr. Jonathon Lord Chief Innovation Officer Humana Inc.
  • Dr. Piero Formica, Dean, International Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Emirate Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Mrs. Dena Merriam, Vice Chairman, Ruder Finn Inc.
  • H.E. Montassar Ouaili, Minister of Communications Technologies, Tunisia
  • Ms. Lesa Mitchell, Vice President for Advancing Innovation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Challenger 
Mr. Richard Watson, CEO, Global Innovation Network
FEATURED SPEAKER

Dr. Johnathan Lord

SVP, Chief Innovation Officer
Humana Inc.
 
FEATURED SPONSOR

Major multinational brands will outline the imperative for improving access to, and the application of innovation and innovative models to social, economic, scientific, organizational and technological landscapes. Key leaders will share their successes and experiences in applying innovation to fostering growth, and leveraging global human capital and assets to collaborate and turn the challenges created by the innovation society into opportunities for all.

Key Issues 

  1. Why are some organizations more ‘innovation producers’ than others? 

  2. How do you put innovation production at the center of your culture?

  3. What type of leadership will transform innovation consumption into innovation production?

  4. What are the key innovations that the public sector must embrace to put people and communities at the center of new networks of knowledge, service, trust and accountability?

  5. How have these innovations benefited emerging nations? What works and why?

  6. Can innovation production be sustained in the emerging World - and then shared? 

  7. How do you spot the next Google, Alibaba, and Palm?