DTIM Europe 2014

For the first time on international level, we.CONECT invites to the Disruptive Technologie & Innovation Foresight Minds EUROPE 2014 conference in Berlin from October 13 – 14. More than 30 speakers and moderators from all industries across the globe will showcase 20 best practices in 35 different live sessions. As part of the popular we.CONECT Manufactoring & Technology Series, the DTIM Europe Minds 2014 forms a vivid and interactive platform to share, discuss and evaluate the most pressuring challenges and latest developments in the fields of corporate and technology foresight, innovation- and technology management, business development and –planning and R&D.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 2014

Short summaries of the keynote presentations for the DTIM Europe 2014 in Berlin:

• Pfizer, Inc. / USA – Dr. Barbara Sosnowski (Vice President, External R&D Inflammation, ERDI Lead WRD External Partnerships, Worldwide Research & Development) will discuss the topic ‘Open Innovation – Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Development & Gain a Competitive Edge’. She will give examples of the impact by partnering.

• Google Inc. / Germany – Jeremy Abbett (Creative Evangelist) presents the evening keynote ‘Pull to Refresh’ to discuss about creativity as a survival factor, accessibility of technology and more.

• The Dow Chemical Company / Belgium – Dr. Joost Waeterloos (EU Technology Scouting Leader Corporate Venturing) moderates a World Café Session arguing the ‘Finding and Building of Technology Growth Options – New Market Opportunities via Technology Scouting’. He will answer the question how to maintain the focus on developed and newly gained strategic relationships.

• 3M / Germany – Thomas Andrea (Director 3M New Ventures) reports about ‘The Impact of Platformization and the Opportunities and Threats on the Path to Industry 4.0’. He will give the path forward and explain new ways for a large corporates to venture into new business.

Networking – Benchmarking – Knowledge Transfer in Teams

Benefit from best-practice sharing based on individual experience, multi-faceted knowledge-transfer, innovative new ideas and effective solutions for the complex challenges your business is facing – All of this with maximum interactivity amongst 150+ senior level executives, board-level attendees and leading professionals from all major industries in the field of Manufacturing Technologies.

What Can You Expect @ DTIM Europe 2014?
COMMUNITY: The Disruptive Technologies & Innovation Foresight Minds EUROPE is a global event on that targets leaders and decision makers, entrepreneurs and innovators in the field of Corporate & Technology Foresight, Innovation- & Technology Management, Business Development and –planning, R&D from all around the globe.
DELEGATES: 150+ senior level executives, board-level attendees and leading professionals from all industries and more than 20 countries worldwide discuss about challenges and solutions of cutting edge technologies, innovations, disruptions and techniques.
SPEAKERS & MODERATORS: 30+ pioneers & leaders will share their experiences and present best practices that encompass market- and future- disrupting concepts and strategies.
NETWORKING: Multiple opportunities for networking to meet and greet with those hard-to-meet executives in a relaxed and social setting.
SESSIONS: 35+ innovative & interactive sessions ensure for all key topics to be covered / 20+ hours of networking with top level executives from all important industries, leading research institutions and game-changing start-ups from across the globe.
FORMAT: 3 Icebreaker Roundtables, 6 World Cafés, more than 20 Case Studies, 6 Challenge Your Peers Roundtables and 2 Training Sessions.

If you are interested in exchanging fresh approaches and new inspiration on how to empower your company’s efforts in disruptive technologies & innovation foresight minds development, you should not miss the DTIM Europe 2014.

For any enquiry about the event or registration, please contact:

Josefin Fuegener I Marketing Development Manager

we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH
Reichenberger Straße 124 I 10999 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 52 10 70 3 – 81 I Fax: +49 (0)30 52 10 70 3 – 30
E-mail: josefin.fuegener@we-conect.com