AGENDA

2-day conference bringing together world-class thought leaders in the area of Corporate Innovation and Venture Capital

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Oct 24-25 2019

10am to 5pm

Location: 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95054

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Agenda:

Oct 24, 2019

10am to 11am: Opening Keynote by Rashmi Gopinath, Managing Director of M12 (Microsoft Ventures)

11am to 12pm: Dr Yvonne Lutsch, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (Title: 

The perspective of a Corporate VC: Why, How, and Where we invest)

12pm to 1pm: Lunch

1pm to 2pm: Startup Speaking Session (5-10min speaking slot for startups who take a booth)

2pm to 3pm: Afternoon Keynote by Sumit Gupta, VP of IBM (Title: Vision and Use Cases for AI in Enterprise)

3pm to 4pm: Networking break

4pm to 5pm: Keynote by Ravi Srivatsav, Chief Product/Technology Officer and Expert Partner at Bain & Company (Title: Why do Corporate Innovation efforts fail?)

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Oct 25, 2019

10am to 11am: Keynote by Mitchell Weinstock, Partner at HP Tech Ventures

11am to 12pm: Patrick Pferrer, Head of Venture Investments at Juniper Networks (Title: Why, Where and How We Invest?)

12pm to 1pm: Keynote by Salman Taj, VP of Innovation at Ericssion and Head of Ericsson ONE (Title: Corporate Innovation: what works and what does not)

1pm to 2pm: Lunch and Networking

2pm to 3pm: Startup Speaking Session (5-10min speaking slot for startups who take a booth)

3pm to 4pm: Ankur Jindal, Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Venturing and Innovation, Tata Communications (Title: Multiple facets of driving innovation in a cross border corporate environment)

4pm to 5pm: Tony Cannestra, Director of Corporate Ventures, Denso International America