Converse hosted a site visit at its flagship store near the Boston Garden.
Beth Ziegler and Chris Scott of Converse
Participants tour the Verizon Innovation Center, and learn about cutting-edge digital video production.
Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics and The AI Institute
Former Disney Imagineering executive Bob Weis takes a photo of the audience. With InnoLead CEO Scott Kirsner.
Chris Townsend of Wellspring talks about the second generation of innovation management.
Ludwig Melik, Herman Kalaidjian, and Arthur Liberian at the HYPE Innovation booth.
Ivan Lloyd of edison365
Bob Weis signs copies of his book “Dream Chasing.”
Impact participants during a break
Impact speakers Shamim Mohammed, Marc Raibert, and Chris Townsend connect between sessions.
Cairy Littlejohn welcomes a partcipant at the Wellspring table.
Sean Sheppard of FifthRow.
Target’s Chief Digital and Product Officer, Prat Vemana, with Scott Cohen of InnoLead.
CarMax Chief Information and Technology Officer Shamim Mohammed with Scott Cohen of InnoLead.
Trevor Anulewicz of Launch by NTT Data connects with participants.
Piaggio Fast Forward brought several of its cargo-carrying robots for demos.
Participant photos and sketches on the “welcome board.”
Impact participants network at the awards reception
2024 Impact Award winners and presenters
Panos Panay, President of the Recording Academy, Ziad Sultan, VP of Personalization at Spotify, and Scott Kirsner of InnoLead.
John Halamka, President of the Mayo Clinic Platform
John Halamka of the Mayo Clinic with Scott Cohen of InnoLead
Trevor Anulewicz of Launch by NTT Data with Vito Mabrucco, Global CMO of NTT Corp.
Linda Jojo, Chief Customer Officer of United Airlines, with Abbie Lundberg, Editor-in-Chief of MIT Sloan Management Review
MIT Sloan Management review was the event’s media sponsor, and participants received copies of the latest issue.
Tabish Maqbool of ExxonMobil with Scott Burns of NRG
Elliott Parker of High Alpha Innovation leads a workshop
Speakers at a breakout session
Participants at a breakout session
Impact participants
Impact participants
Impact participants at a session led by David Crean of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Impact participants get ready for an end-of-day walk along the Charles River
Impact participants at the Impact Awards reception
Impact host committee member April Bertram of DRB Vontier
Michael Hauser of SAIC
Impact participants at a breakout session
Impact participants at a breakout session
Vincent Atallah talks with participants at the Aucctus table
Impact participants at a breakout session
Parker Lee of Territory leads a workshop at Impact
Impact participants
Prat Vemana of Target and Shamim Mohammed of CarMax get ready to speak on the mainstage
Christina Steiner of Emory University, Alex Slawsby of InnoLead, Mina Ryan of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Doug Williams of SmartOrg talks with Ziad Sultan of Spotify
Alex Slawsby of InnoLead with Andy Miller of AARP
LIsa Rothstein of Drawing Out Your Genius creates sketches on the Impact “welcome board”
Drew Beechler and Morgan Berman of High Alpha Innovation
Impact participants
Impact participants
Networking al fresco
Marjolein de Nijs Bik of Colonial Pipeline, Richie Cruz of Pacific LIfe, and Bradley Jacobs of Boston Globe Media
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Every fall, InnoLead convenes our annual Impact gathering to spread best practices in the world of corporate innovation, emerging technology, and R&D. This year, we had nearly 350 attendees join us over two-and-a-half days. We aim to make it the most useful, engaging, and fun event possible.
The event began with site visits to Converse, Verizon, Harvard Business School, and MIT’s Computer Science and AI Lab, among other spots, and concluded Friday afternoon with a feedback and brainstorming session.
A special thank you to our Impact presenting sponsors — NTT and Wellspring — for their help bringing everyone together. Earlier this week, we shared photos from the 2024 Impact Awards reception, held as part of Impact.
