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Learn how to use innovation to grow your business and how to put an innovative strategy to use.

Join our event to get to know:

  • What makes one Innovation Lab or Team succeed while another fails?
  • How to lead innovation units to add value and generate growth?
  • How do top finance, retail, pharma and automotive companies source innovation ideas?

Key talking points

  • Innovation Strategy and Labs

    Learn how to align your innovation strategy and labs to create more business value

  • Effective Validation

    Get to know how to test your innovation strategy through MVP and prototyping

  • Sourcing Strategies for Innovative Ideas

    Learn how to effectively source ideas internally and from startups
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It was once said that “Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way”. Yet putting this into practice requires a brisk pace of ideation, effective decision making, and coherent implementation. In times of crisis, all these needs increase dramatically.
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Konrad Jarociński

R&D Practice Lead at Netguru

Disruption Forum Speakers

Meet our experts:
  • Katya_Lobynko

    Katya Lobynko

    Global IT Innovation – Head of Europe at Sanofi
  • Peter Collingridge

    Peter Collingridge

    EMEA Head, D10x at Citi Ventures
  • Passfoto Baba

    Barbara Liebich-Steiner

    CDO / Head of Digital Strategy & Solutions at UNIQA Insurance Group
  • Andrew Haarsager

    Andrew Haarsager

    Head of Retail Innovation Lab at Cartier
  • Rohit Kumat

    Rohit Kumar

    Director, Products and Innovation at Mastercard
  • Barbara_Fuchs

    Barbara Fuchs

    Head Business Model Innovation at Ivoclar Vivadent
  • Steve Suarez Headshot (Backdrop)-7 (1)

    Steve Suarez

    Global Head of Innovation, Finance & Risk at HSBC
  • Maximilian Schausberger

    Maximilian Schausberger

    Managing Director, Elevator Ventures (CVC entity of Raiffeisen Bank International)
  • Nataly Nieves headshot

    Nataly Nieves Reyes

    Innovation Specialist at Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs
  • Jonathan-Denais-e1537145728813

    Jonathan Denais

    Managing Director of Open CNP - Head of Investments at CNP Assurances
  • Veronika Bridgman

    Veronika Bridgman

    Innovation & Design Strategy Director, Sprint Kingdom
  • Laura Barrabia Gil

    Laura Barrabia Gil

    Head of Exploration at Roche
  • Sebastian Grimm

    Sebastian Grimm

    Head of Innovation Lab at ZF Friedrichshafen AG
  • Passfoto Esther-1

    Esther Seidl-Nussbaumer

    Head of Corporate Innovation at Sigvaris Group
  • Joern Leogrande

    Joern Leogrande

    Managing Director at Finleap Forward
  • Maarten Boelens

    Maarten Boelens

    Innovation Manager at Rabobank
  • Image_Lisa Stuhler

    Lisa Stuhler

    Head of Innovation at Finleap Forward
  • Sanne Bech Thougaard

    Sanne Bech Thougaard

    Director, Digital Innovation at Lundbeck
  • Warwick Hill

    Warwick Hill

    Investor and Corporate Advisor at Supercapital Partners
  • Konrad1 k

    Konrad Jarociński

    R&D Practice Lead at Netguru
  • Spangenberg Moritz 1 (1) (1)

    Moritz Spangenberg

    Client Partner at Netguru

Disruption Forum Innovation Labs: Agenda

Please check back here for agenda updates and other exciting announcements as we get closer to the event.📍The event is hosted on Hopin.to.

  1. 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

    Grab a brew and log in - registration and networking

    Take your time to look around

  2. 11:30–11:55 AM

    Mastercard's Lesson: Between Banks and Fintechs. How to Work with Tech That's Constantly Moving?

    Speaker: Rohit Kumar, Director, Products and Innovation at Mastercard

  3. 12:00 - 12:40 PM

    How to Source Startups for Corporate Innovation - Lessons from Leaders

    Speakers: Maximilian Schausberger, Managing Director at Elevator Ventures (CVC of Raiffeisen Bank International); Jonathan Denais, Managing Director of Open CNP - Head of Investments at CNP Assurances; Warwick Hill, Investor and Corporate Advisor at Supercapital Partners

  4. 12:45 - 1:25 PM

    Turning Problems Into Prototypes

    Speakers: Peter Collingridge, EMEA Head, D10x at Citi Ventures; Veronika Bridgman, co-founder at Sprint Kingdom; Sebastian Grimm, Head of Innovation Lab, ZF Group.

  5. 1:30–1:55 PM

    How to Develop Patient-Centric Products through Design Thinking, Lean Startup and Agile Coaching

    Speaker: Laura Barrabia Gil, Head of Exploration at Roche

  6. 2:00–2:35 PM

    How to Break out Silos and Deal with Not-Invented-Here Syndrome

    Speakers: Barbara Liebich-Steiner, CDO / Head of Digital Strategy & Solutions at UNIQA Insurance Group; Barbara Fuchs, Head Business Model Innovation at Ivoclar Vivadent

  7. 2:40–3:00 PM

    Break

  8. 3:05–3:40 PM

    Banking Innovation

    Speaker: Steve Suarez, Global Head of Innovation, Finance & Risk at HSBC; Maarten Boelens, Strategy & Innovation - Innovation Manager at Rabobank; Nataly Nieves Reyes, Innovation Specialist at Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs.

  9. 3:45–4:25 PM

    Corporate Innovation in the Healthcare Industry: How to Incubate Ideas Fast, and Drive Projects with Multiple Stakeholders

    Speaker: Katya Lobynko, Global IT Innovation – Head of Europe, Sanofi; Esther Seidl-Nussbaumer, Head of Corporate Innovation, Sigvaris Group; Sanne Bech Thougaard, Director, Digital Innovation, Lundbeck.

  10. 4:30–4:55 PM

    From Corporate Lab to Venture Powerhouse – The Story of the Former Wirecard Innovation Team

    Speakers: Lisa Stuhler, Head of Innovation at Finleap Forward; Joern Leogrande, Managing Director at Finleap Forward

  11. 5:00-5:30 PM

    Retail Innovation Lab at Cartier - Fireside Chat

    Speaker: Andrew Haarsager, Head of Retail Innovation Lab at Cartier
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Who is this event for?

We would like to invite:
  • Executives responsible for Strategy, Innovation & Digital Transformation
  • Heads of Innovation Labs, Directors of Innovation teams, and Managers responsible for R&D projects
  • Corporate Venture experts
  • Innovation Leads and Practitioners from enterprises and fast-growing companies
  • Founders and managers that are looking for ways to double down on their innovation efforts.
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