Innovation in Mind - Lund, Sweden - Day 1

The conference Innovation in Mind had a fantastic first day. Bengt-Åke Lundwall (the guy behind the notion innovation system) had a presentation, followed by professor Henry Chesbrough talking about open innovation and Nikolaus Franke about user innovation. Their inspiring examples are captivating. After lunch, a passionate speach from entrepreneur Sahar Hashemi seduced the audience with a lifestory linked to the winding road of creating Coffee Republic in UK. Then Clay Shirky talked about the new media landscape in a very inspiring way - much thoughts are following the argumentation he has in the book "Here Comes Everyone" - about a networked society that do not ask for permission to interupt industries and businesses. The user-innovation guru Eric von Hippel was talking to the audience on videolink fråm MIT, and the day ended with a panel discussion and reflections. Wonderful event. Looking forward to tomorrow.