27/04/2011

Intesa Sanpaolo launches International Open Innovation Tour

Intesa Sanpaolo is pleased to announce its International Open Innovation Tour, which will reach Milan, London and Frankfurt-am-Main starting June 13.

We selected the most relevant technologies, with the strongest impact on a wide array of industrial sectors, in order to bring value to the competitive positioning of each player: ICT, Biotech, Nanotech, Electronics.
In all these fields, the aim is to value the technology driver as a key success factor in the current competitive scenario.

Why
To meet international companies, investors and institutions who, like us, believe in the promotion of innovation as a strategic resource for growth and sustainable development

Who
The event is especially aimed at CEOs, general managers, R&D Managers, Innovation Managers and Business Developers.

What
Participants will have a chance to learn more about Open Innovation, meeting its proponents and getting to know some of the most promising high-tech start-ups, selected and coached by industry experts and business angels within the Start-Up Initiative, Intesa Sanpaolo’s Open Innovation platform.

Where and When

Open Innovation in Services
June 13 Morning - Centro Congressi Fondazione Cariplo, Via Romagnosi 8, Milano
Keynote speech by Henry Chesbrough, Director of the Center for Open Innovation, Haas School of Business (Berkeley University - California). A round table dedicated to corporate success cases will follow.

Start-Up Initiative Investor Arena Meeting – Electronics & Automation
June 13 Afternoon - Centro Congressi Fondazione Cariplo, Via Romagnosi 8, Milano

Start-Up Initiative Investor Arena Meeting – ICT & Online Services
June 14 - Centro Congressi Fondazione Cariplo, Via Romagnosi 8, Milano

Start-Up Initiative Investor Arena Meeting – Biotechnologies & Healthcare (UK)
June 16 - Intesa Sanpaolo London Branch, 90 Queen Street, London

Start-Up Initiative Investor Arena Meeting – Nanotechnologies (Germany)
June 21 - Hotel Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Am Kaiserplats, Frankfurt-am-Main

> Download the promotional brochure of the Tour