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FEI: Front End of Innovation
October 5-6, 2026
The Colorado Convention CenterDenver

Co-Located with TMRE

A Different Kind of Innovation Experience

What You'll Explore

The FEI 2026 program is built around ideas shaping the future of innovation:

Leading Great Ideas Forward

Making sure the best ideas win.

Overcoming Innovation Inertia

Driving culture change at speed.

Co-Creating the Future

You Can't Innovate Alone.

Building Resilience

Experimentation, risk and growth.

Mastering Emerging Tech

AI and the race for the future.

Seeing Around Corners

Turning customer insights into foresights.

How You'll Experience It

Every part of our program is designed to keep you engaged and actively thinking:

Innovation Quick Takes

Fast, focused case studies that get straight to the outcomes and lessons learned.

Innovation Conversations

Interactive panels designed for discussion, perspective-sharing, and audience participation.

Innovation Experience

Hands-on sessions that get you moving, collaborating and applying ideas in real time.

Immersive Experiences

Some of the most valuable moments happen when you step outside the traditional format:

Sensorium

A multi-sensory experience designed to challenge how you think about innovaiton

LEGO Serious Play

Build and visualize ideas in a hands-on, creative format

Mindfulness and Meditation

Create space for clarity, focus and better decision-making

Spoken Word Poetry

Turn real business challenges into creative expression to unlock new thinking