Are you prepared for the future? In the coming years, each organization will need to define how they will create an innovation culture within their organization in order to prosper in the era of perpetual innovation.

There is a vast world of information related to innovation and technology, often we don’t know where to start, what information to trust, or how to start planning to adapt your organization for the future. Re-Innovate: Innovation Fundamentals will explore the technologies and innovations already impacting your sector, will provide an outlook of the emerging trends that will appear in the next 10 years, and will propose how to start planning innovation projects for your organization.

Sure, every organization uses innovation in some way or the other, but do you have an innovation strategy? Are you seeing how innovation from competitors or new startups will be challenging your sector to improve? Are you keeping up to date with your community? Your stakeholders? Your competitors?

This conference will provide your team with the fundamentals of the world of innovation and provide a mapping of the technologies you should be evaluating today.

Our team will adapt the presentation to speak directly to innovation that relates to your organization, to show what innovation is happening today in your sector, to mention which technologies are involved, and to present what trends will be emerging in the coming 3, 5 and 10 years.

Learn about:

• Learn about innovation and technologies already transforming your sector, and what’s coming over the next 10 years
• Understand the process to identify, plan and prototype your innovation project
• How to create a realistic innovation budget for organizations of any size
• The importance of collaboration and creating an innovation ecosystem
• Receive the Re-Innovate innovation project planning checklist (post-conference)

Over the past 20 years, the world of startups has captured our interest and imagination. The legends of the ideas born in garages, dorm rooms, co-working spaces and coffee shops have created a world where children grow up wanting to become entrepreneurs and innovators.

Startup culture presents a new way of developing solutions to problems, a new way of building companies, a change in how early stage ideas are financed and evaluated, agile innovation strategies and an ability to attract young talent. But what is the startup culture? Where did it come from and why can they compete with industry leaders? What lessons can we learn from their way of innovating that can be applied to my organization?

In the coming years, all workplaces will need to develop their intrapreneurial instincts as a way to develop more innovative cultures within your organization. This conference will provide you with a better understanding of how your organization can use startup methodology, how to better collaborate with startups or innovators, build intrapreneurial thinking within your organization, and build your own startup projects to solve internal challenges.

Learn about:

• Understand startup culture, the factors that make it possible, and how to leverage those methods for your organization
• Get methods for nourishing an intrapreneurial mindset within your organization
• Learn how to innovate by collaborating with startups or innovators
  How to plan an internal startup project
• Receive the Re-Innovate innovation project planning checklist (post-conference)

As our technological capacity expands, our ability to be productive, connected and engaged with our professional networks, regardless of geographic location, has increased exponentially in recent years. This has created a new dynamic in the organizational structures that has made us question the very nature of the workplace.

Within 50 years, most projections show that over 90% of the people on the planet will have access to the internet and at least one connected device. This allows us to think differently about how we structure our organizations, how we invest in physical space, how we access an international talent pool, and how decentralized organizations can help you access global markets.

Decentralized organizations mix remote work with in-person work to build organizations which are able to move with more agility and provide a better work-life balance that will attract a new generation of talent.

This conference, adapted to speak to your organization’s reality, will introduce you to the world of decentralized organizations, what they are, the tools used to operate remotely, their benefits and their challenges. Learn how to start thinking, planning and methods to implement a decentralized work culture within your organization.

Learn about:

• Identify benefits and challenges of decentralized organizations
• Understand roadblocks your organization will face when going from centralized to decentralized
• How to access international talent pool
• Best practices for building a remote work culture
• Receive the Re-Innovate decentralized organization planning checklist

It has often been said that innovation is a team sport, but in reality, it goes far beyond that. True innovation includes the players, the team, the league and even the fans, because they are all stakeholders in the end result of what will be created.

Open-Innovation is a concept that enables organizations to build structured collaborative ecosystems that support them throughout the various stages of developing a new process, product or service. This powerful model for building innovation projects offers the benefits of having access to a greater pool of ideas, to equipment required for product development and testing, and to potential end users who can validate your innovation to ensure that it aligns with expectations. If done right, open innovation can significantly reduce the costs to develop a new product, service or internal operating solutions.

The best open-innovation projects are based on human-first structured ecosystems, have well defined objectives and are designed to generate value for all contributors. This conference will teach you about true open-innovation, its benefits and challenges, how to structure your collaborations, assign intellectual property, and build your innovation ecosystem.

Learn about:

• Learn to plan and implement an open-innovation project
• Models for structured collaboration
• Strategies for how to build your innovation ecosystem
• Building win-win collaboration models
• Protect your intellectual property
• Receive the Re-Innovate ecosystem planning checklist

Incubators and accelerators have become an essential support system for the emergence of a startup community in a city or region. These models for supporting, nourishing and helping early stage companies grow, have been adopted globally as more economies go digital. This has caused a sharp increase in the number of incubators, accelerators or other entrepreneurial programs emerging each month around the world, and the trend is accelerating.

While there are well-known best practices for building incubator or accelerator programs, everyone is using those same models and often competing for access to the same resources or networks. That is why it is more important than ever that these programs distinguish themselves and find unique ways to add value for entrepreneurs.

This conference will provide you with a better understanding of the world of entrepreneurship, incubators and accelerator programs, how to develop a strategy to launch your own incubator or accelerator, plan a program budget, and best practices for how to distinguish yourself in a crowded sector.

If you’re a local government looking to invest in an incubator, a private company looking to set up an internal program or an academic institution looking to support research commercialization programs, this conference is the place to start.

Learn about:

• Understand different models of incubator and accelerator programs
• Learn about different potential business models
• How to build a support ecosystem
• Best practices for creating a distinct and valuable offering
• Receive the Re-Innovate project internal review checklist

Smart cities and environments are more than just integrating the emerging technologies. They encompass every aspect of our lives: our interactions, our mobility, food sustainability, security, public services and so much more. The infrastructures and urban systems of the future will be part of a connected and empathetic environment, where technology, nature and people integrate harmoniously to provide a better quality of life for citizens and visitors.

Hundreds of cities and infrastructure developers around the world have begun planning their smart environment strategy. However, countless municipalities and infrastructure projects don’t know where to start in developing their smart project. Today, learning about these concepts have become an essential part of urban planning and design as more citizens, businesses and people are insisting that infrastructures be rethought and modernized.

If you’re a municipal government representative, urban planner, architect, designer or are responsible for managing an infrastructure, this conference will give you the fundamental knowledge you need to start shaping your smart environment.

Learn about:

• What is a smart city/infrastructure? From technology to smarter living
  Understand the essential technologies and innovations in the connected environment sector
• How to start planning a smart city or infrastructure project
• Data collection and data security
• Best practices for involving your community in planning your connected environment
• Human-first infrastructures
• Receive the Re-Innovate connected environment planning checklist

The best way to invest in technology is to start by understanding how it works, what it can do, and how to implement it within your organization.

In the coming years, all organizations will need to explore new technologies, learn about their impact in their sector, what opportunities are available, and what are the challenges. With so many different technological solutions on the market, it is essential that all organizational leadership and team members have a strong understanding of emerging technologies and what is required to implement them into your operations.

The Re-Innovate: Intro to Tech series provides introductory conferences on a variety of technologies having an impact in the world. Each conference explores how the technology functions, what is required to integrate and operate the technology, how it is being used in your sector, and how your organization can benefit.

Each conference is personalized to the client to provide concrete examples of how the technology is being applied in your sector. Our content is designed to demystify these technologies, even if you have no tech background.

Learn about:

• Artificial intelligence
• IoT/Connected devices
• Quantum computing
• Manufacturing 4.0
• Agriculture and Tech