Agenda - 2023 Event: FEI Day 1 | FEI USA: Front End of Innovation

8:00am - 8:50am

Registration, Coffee & Networking

8:50am - 9:10am

Chairman Opening: FEI Kick Off - State of the Innovation Industry and Trends Ahead

Tammy Butterworth - Global Breakthrough Innovation, PEPSICO

9:10am - 9:30am

Welcome keynote: What do we know about FEI and what is yet to learn?

Peter Koen - Associate Professor, Researcher, Stevens Institute of Technology, and founder of FEI

9:30am - 10:15am

Keynote: Agitate to Stimulate – How Successful Brands Embrace a Dose of Good Friction

Soon Yu - Best Selling Author, 'Friction' and 'Iconic Advantage'

10:15am - 10:45am

Coffee & Networking

Showing 4 of 4 Streams

People

Foresight

Strategy

Bonus workshop

10:45am - 10:50am

Chairperson Welcome

Sudha Ranganathan - Director Marketing & Talent Solutions, LinkedIn

10:50am - 11:20am

Innovation Mindset Adoption across an Organization

Angela B. Reed - Innovation Ambassador and Communicator, Chick-fil-A, Inc

11:25am - 11:40am

Igniting long-term Innovation Strategy with Crowdsourcing

Samuel Brammeier - Global Brand Marketing Manager, Analytics & Social Listening, Anheuser-Busch
Elle Brossy - Innovation Project Manager, MindSumo
William Graves - Innovation Project Manager, MindSumo

11:45am - 12:50pm

Workshop: T-Shaped Leadership: Winning Ideas Only Win if They are Shared

Soon Yu - Best Selling Author, 'Friction' and 'Iconic Advantage'

10:45am - 10:50am

Chairperson Welcome

Tammy Butterworth - Global Breakthrough Innovation, PEPSICO

10:50am - 11:20am

Don’t Start with Trends. Start with Culture at the Front End of Innovation

Ujwal Arkalgud - Author of Microcultures, CEO, MotiveBase

11:25am - 11:40am

Why Asking ‘How Much Would You Pay?’ Makes No Cents: Strategies for Innovation Pricing

Kristyn Corrigan - Principal, Applied Marketing Science, Inc.

11:45am - 12:15pm

De-Risking Innovation by Looking outside Your Industry

Ishan Jaithwa - Innovation Manager, New Growth Areas, Cummins
Eric Agdeppa - R&D Innovation Director, Becton Dickinson

12:20pm - 12:50pm

AI Won’t Replace the Innovator, Innovators Using AI Will

Nikolas Pearmine - Chief Strategy Officer, Black Swan Data

10:45am - 10:50am

Chairperson Welcome

Alison Reichert - former Head of Digital & Omnichannel, US Oncology at Takeda, Takeda

10:50am - 11:35am

Innovation During a Time of Transformation

Chris Coburn - Chief Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham

11:40am - 12:10pm

Next generation innovation infrastructure – enabling ideas and impact

Tim Miano - Executive Director, MIT Office of Innovation

12:15pm - 12:45pm

Open Innovation as a gateway to commercialization: Do good things in the ecosystem and good things will come back to you

Imran Nasrullah - Vice President, Business Development & Licensing/Open Innovation, Head, CollaboratetoCure Hub-United States, Bayer Pharmaceuticals

10:45am - 12:15pm

90min Hands on Workshop: Let’s Fill Your Innovation Pipeline: 5 Key Trend Areas to Leverage Now

Spend time with Ebco’s founders, Erin Mays and Kalyn Rozanski, and learn how to turn trends into innovation opportunities. You’ll hear everything from CPG to the latest in health and wellness and tech. We’ll share the top trends today through 2026, including hot trends crossing various verticals and industries. You will walk away from this workshop with ideas and action steps on how best to integrate trends into your innovation framework.

Erin Mays - CEO & Co-Founder, Ebco
Kalyn Rozanski - Chief Visionary Officer & Co-Founder, Ebco
Katherine Diaz - Trends and Client Success Director, Ebco
Jane Haffer - Business Development Strategist, Ebco

12:50pm - 2:00pm

Lunch & Networking

Showing 3 of 3 Streams

People

Foresight

Strategy

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Campbells Snacks: Breaking through in a market of disruptors

Frank Rapacki - Director, Front of Funnel Innovation & Sensory Design, Campbells
Michael Nestrud - PhD, VP, Strategic Accounts, Curion

2:35pm - 3:05pm

The Future of Work – How Talent Recruitment, Development and Retention will Evolve over the Next Decade

Sudha Ranganathan - Director Marketing & Talent Solutions, LinkedIn

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Panel: Secrets for successful innovation

Soon Yu - Best Selling Author, 'Friction' and 'Iconic Advantage'
Brigette Wolf - CMO, My Mochi
Tulani Soffin - R&D Director Principal Scientist Venus/Joy Franchise Products Research, P&G
Cory Sorice - Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Masonite International Corporation
Katie Skibinski - Chief Innovation Officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Terra.do Climate Fellow, Women In Innovation 2022 Leader Award Winner

2:35pm - 3:05pm

Panel: Foresight practices for meaningful innovation

Bridget Nelson - Head of Brand Performance and Audience Research, MassMutual
Elaine Tait - Head of Foresight, Upland
Tammy Butterworth - Global Breakthrough Innovation, PEPSICO
Liza Sanchez - Vice President, Research & Development, PROCTER & GAMBLE

2:00pm - 3:05pm

*VIP Invitation Only workshop: AI & Human Centricity: A Symbiotic Approach to Insights and Innovation

Ujwal Arkalgud - Author of Microcultures, CEO, MotiveBase

3:05pm - 3:40pm

Coffee Break & Networking

3:40pm - 4:10pm

Celebrity Keynote: GAME ON: CONTROL YOUR SUCCESS & BE THE ULTIMATE ADAPTIVE PLAYER

Emmitt Smith - Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back, Businessman and Entrepreneur, NFL

4:10pm - 4:30pm

Stage Interview with Emmitt Smith

Emmitt Smith - Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back, Businessman and Entrepreneur, NFL
Brigette Wolf - CMO, My Mochi

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Meet & Greet with the Keynote - VIP Access Only

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Cocktail Reception & Networking: FEI 20th Anniversary Celebrations

2023 Event: FEI Day 1Tuesday, 16 May 2023 - EST (Eastern Standard Time, GMT-5)

2023 Event: FEI Day 1Tuesday, 16 May 2023 - EST (Eastern Standard Time, GMT-5)

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