It is an honour and privilege to invite you to participate in this Summit. We look forward to welcoming you in Barcelona!

We provide business opportunities to a target audience of executives, investors, leaders and thinkers who share our goal of making deals happen in the world’s most liquid markets.

Key Practical Learning Points of the Summit:

- Mega trends, Big Data Analysis and Interpretation

- Design Thinking, Creativity and Innovation Culture

- R&D effectiveness in a changing and highly demanding world

- Voice of Customer- aligning the decisions on Front End Innovation achievement with customer’s   needs

- Opting for relevant KPIs and how they impact company’s performance

- Management of R&D teams in terms of retaining talents, career evolution and recruitment

- Knowledge Management ( generation, use, dissemination, store...)

- Effective product creation process and product lifecycle management, Lean Product Development

- Integrating R&D with business departments to generate innovations

- How to achieve competitive advantage through systematic market analysis?

- How to use analytics and big data to develop products and drive innovation?

- Open and Outsourced Innovation Frameworks

- R&D portfolio optimisation and its alignment with your company business strategy

- Partnerships between large companies and start-ups

- Examining success stories in R&D efficiency: sharing your company experience

Who should attend? 

Directors, VPs, Managers and Heads of:

- R&D

- R&D Controlling

- R&D Cooperation

- R&D Technology Innovation Innovation Management Innovation Excellence

- Strategic Innovation Management Open Innovation

- Research Centre

- Knowledge Management Portfolio Management

- Master Black Belt

- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 

- Project Controlling

- Project Management Performance Measurement Quality Management Business Planning

- Product Development Corporate Development Operations

- Accounting

- Business Development Finance 

- Marketing / Strategic Marketing Investment and Financial Planning