Photos: InnoLead’s 2026 Impact Conference in Boston

Doug Ng of the Harvard Business School AI Initiative runs a workshop for attendees.

Author Tamsen Webster runs a workshop on storytelling for innovators.

Chris Townsend of Wellspring presents data on effective innovation practices and the use of AI to a packed room.

Misael Rojas of ITONICS.

Ronnie Phillips of Georgia-Pacific, Scott Kirsner of InnoLead, and Brad Holliday of ID8 Innovation.

Nat Arlander of Sanofi with Amy Lucas and Sarah Blood of InnoLead.

Travis Aion of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab with Marie Leese and Shaun Henry of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

June Barrage of Disruptive Edge.

Sander Cohan, Head of the Innovation Lab at National Grid.

Impact Award winner Deen Abdul-Hathi of Lowe’s with Mara Lewis and Brad Holliday of ID8 Innovation.

Impact Award winner Peter Roeber of W.L. Gore with Rachel Antalek of Pizza Hut.

Impact Award winner Durva Naik of James Hardie Industries with Michelle Cohen of CME Group.

Impact Award winners and presenters.

The award-winning team from Georgia-Pacific.

Bridget Schmidt-Bawek of Hormel Foods and Nicole Corbin-Hanson of Newry.

The Impact Awards.

Scott Kirsner of InnoLead kicks off the conference, holding the official Takeda throwable microphone.

Amedeo Conti of Shell Techworks talks with Sokwoo Rhee of LG Electronics and Ross Richardson of SharkNinja.

Impact participants network in front of the “wall of photos.”

Mikell Taylor of General Motors with Caroline Sherman of Fidelity Investments and Deborah DiSanzo, formerly CEO of Best Buy Health.

Sameer Talsania talks with Lisa Fowler of PA Consulting.

Peter Walther of Azbil Corp.

Sokwoo Rhee of LG Electronics, Ross Richardson of SharkNinja, Amedeo Conti of Shell, and Scott Kirsner of InnoLead.

Rachel Antalek of Pizza Hut leads a lunch discussion on “managing your C-suite.”

Meghan Gagne of Perkins School for the Blind holding an AI-enabled Braille machine.

Meaghan Fors of the Minnesota Vikings, Brent Segal of Lockheed Martin, and Bill Salvatore of Edgewell.

Rachel Adams and Julia Jackson of Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Eric Braun with Sim Kahlon of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

Participants in a workshop called “Bricks, Bots, and Brains.”

Julia Travaglini, Head of Greentown Labs Boston, hosts a site visit at the energy + climatetech incubator.

Touring Google’s Cambridge campus — the videogame and pinball room.

Google’s record listening lounge.

Impact participants on the rooftop terrace at Google.