Photos: InnoLead’s 2024 Impact Conference in Cambridge

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 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

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

Networking al fresco

Marjolein de Nijs Bik of Colonial Pipeline, Richie Cruz of Pacific LIfe, and Bradley Jacobs of Boston Globe Media