Co-creating with Startups for IoT and Digital Transformation Workshop Leader: Michael Docherty - CEO, Venture2 Inc. SOLD OUT!
Due to space constraints, this workshop is now only available to those that have RSVPs and pre-registered. Part 1: Strategic workshop for corporate venturing and innovation executives, focused on new models for corporate/startup collaboration in the era of digital disruption. Part 2: Demonstrations and interaction with a select group of technology startups and entrepreneurs providing enablement solutions for digital transformation and IoT.
Best Practices for Starting Corporate Venture Capital Firms:
Everything You Wanted to Know About CVC But Were Afraid to Ask
This workshop is best for corporations who are considering launching a corporate VC unit or are relatively "new" and want to learn best practices from experienced corporate VC practitioners. CVC Unit Development Workshop Topics: Section 1. Why start a corporate venture fund? Section 2. Structuring a corporate VC fund Section 3. Best practices in managing a corporate VC fund Workshop Leaders: Ian Goldstein, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath David Horowitz, Founder & CEO, Touchdown Ventures Scott Lenet, Founder & President, Touchdown Ventures
Summary: One of the most powerful forces reshaping human activity for the coming generation will be the production and provisioning of products and services closer and closer to the point of demand. This force, which Dr. Wolcott has coined the NOW! Economy, is the common thread connecting a range of transformational innovations such as 3D printing, distributed power generation, the sharing economy, demand matching and others. Dr. Wolcott will expound upon this powerful trend with examples, and highlight the impacts this factor will have on the future of innovation.
Creating New Business in Healthcare -- Turning the Pages of GE Ventures' Playbook Speakers: Rowan Chapman Head of Healthcare Investing GE Ventures Ger Brophy Chief Technology Officer GE Healthcare, Life Sciences Alicia Jackson Chief Technology Officer Drawbridge Health Deborah Kilpatrick Chief Executive Officer Evidation Health Facilitator: John Riggs Senior Managing Director, Strategy & Innovation PwC
Deep Data Dive with GCV Analytics Do you want to understand the hottest trends in corporate venturing? We will be examining the finest data slices from Global Corporate Venturing's brand new GCV Analytics product. GCV will be joined by our partners at QBIX Analytics to discuss some of the key trends we are seeing in corporate venturing, and can examine your inquiries in real time as well. Much of this data has been used in our flagship World of Corporate Venturing publication, which is being published purely for Summit attendees giving a flavour of the information that is available in the data platform.
Speakers:
Toby Lewis, GCV Analytics
Jeff Carlson and Tim York, QBIX Analtyitcs
Drew Clark, Serpentine Ventures
Separate meeting rooms will accommodate 25-50 attendees for each of the topic options listed below. 1. Venture Board Member / Observer Roles: Adding Value for Companies and Co-Investors Examples of the range of roles and approaches that CVCs take to add value on boards, both as Directors and Observers Facilitated: Neil Foster 2. Setting and Amending CVC Charters Establishing a meaningful charter; determining why, when and how to update and revise the charter. Discussion points: Communication and engagement of key stakeholders throughout the process; Corporate and business unit stakeholders as ‘LPs’ Facilitated: John Riggs and Jacqueline LeSage Krause 3. Incubators and Accelerators: How to identify the right incubator/accelerator model that fits your corporate and ecosystem objectives With new incubators and accelerators popping up weekly, many of them managed by CVCs, how do you get the most value with minimal time commitment? Discussion points: Good for branding and corporate citizenship – but do they pay off? Investment is a drop in the ocean, but time is a scarce asset. Facilitated: Gary Coover
4. Portfolio Company Optimization / Value Acceleration: Leveraging Corporate Programs, Expertise and Other Assets CVCs that can systematically leverage core assets can provide expertise and connections that portfolio companies and financial VCs can’t access. Examples include: GE opens up leaderships programs, Google helps with website design, many companies help with prototyping/manufacturing, access to customers and technical leaders, etc. Facilitated: Lee Session 5. Managing Bureaucracy : How to Streamline Processes and Find Creative Ways to Avoid Bureaucracy and Decision-Making Delays Facilitated: Kevin Jacques 6. Surviving the ReOrg: The Insider’s Guide to Strategies for Communicating and Managing During Reorgs and Management Changes Facilitated: Reese Schroeder
Meet directly with George Gogolev, Head of Innovation Ecosystem Development, Russian Venture Company to learn more about investment and innovation partnership opportunities with Russia. Valery Krivenko Board Member iGlass Technology
Vartan Minasyan Head of Investment and Innovation Kaspersky Lab Moderator: George Gogolev Head of Innovation Ecosystem Development Russian Venture Company