Reflections on CIP Forum Open Innovation Track
After months of preparation, CIP Forum 2009 finally took place, and it was great pleasure to meet up with all the interesting people within the Open Innovation Track.
We started on Sunday with Magnus Holmqvist from Volvo IT Innovation Centre, facilitating a workshop on Open Innovation in times of recession. Participating in the session was also Anna Nilsson-Ehle (SAFER), Joakim Fransson (Renova), Christian Björkman (Mindark), Jan Unander (Telematics Valley) and Björn Remneland (University of Gothenburg). The panel discussed various aspects of the open innovation approach, showing the multitude of definitions and use. A thought pointed out was that in times of recession, most probably companies that are close become even closer, but that it also is a potential opportunity for organizations to use the crisis in order to mobilize attention to the innovation areas.
On Monday, Bernard Munos from Eli Lilly had the keynote speech, discussing the need for change in the Life Science Industry, toward increased openness in the innovation processes. He showed in statistics that the rate of innovation has been stable for several decades, despite the advances in knowledge and technology. Something must be done, and Open Innovation might be the solution. He lifted up a couple of examples to emphasis this claim. Good speech, much interesting aspects were highlighted. We had the pleasure to mingle with Mr Munos at several occasions later in the Forum, and he clearly is a bright man. The Keynote was followed by a panel discussion, including Marshal Phelps (Microsoft), Noreen Krall (SUN), Ove Granstrand (Chalmers), and Bernard Munos again.
After lunch, Noreen Krall introduced the Open Innovation Specialization Track, and the first speaker, Keith Bergelt from Open Invention Network. The talk was about how OIN is established to protect Linux development to continue to thrive as an open source solution. It was followed by a wonderful panel discussion with Lucas Hulsmann (Procter & Gamble), Hans Persson (Volvo Technology), Bill Brox (Imego) and Mark Wilson (GlaxoSmithKline), showing how Open Innovation has affected business in many different industries, such as consumer market, automotive and life science.
A coffee break, mingling, and then Christian Björkman from Mindark had a presentation about their fascinating Project Entrophia, a virtual world with its own economy. Extremely interesting and thought provoking. These virtual worlds can be seen as platforms in itself, much like iPhone or other infrastructures – which open up for other actors to create amazing business on. A panel discussion about Open Source and Linux was followed, including Simon Phipps (SUN), Robert Tiller (RedHat) and Jan Ljungberg (IT university). Especially impressed by Mr Phipps pedagogical and professional discussions on why it is logical for participates to not steal the code. “Stealing is possible for usage, but not if being part of continuous development”.
They intensive day ended with a beautifully arranged speakers dinner at the fourth floor on Universeum, in a hall romantically facing a wall to a huge shark aquarium. Good relaxing discussions, and great fun.
Tuesday Open Innovation Track started with an Open Innovation Lunch, with special invited guests. Also here gave possibilities for building social ties. The first session, introduced by Mats Pårup, was Jako Eleveld, presenting Philips movement to Open Innovation. Philips is considered one of the forerunners in applying a IP-based approach to Open Innovation. A panel discussion followed, highlighting organizational challenges in the movement toward openness. Per Adamsson (Volvo Trucks) and Gustav Brismark (Ericsson) gave two perspectives on this process from two different industries. For general discussions, Lucas Hulsmann (P&G) and Mark Wilson (GlaxoSmithKline) also joined. It was clear that the process to Open Innovation is not an easy task. Companies face challenges in organizational structure, culture, technology, intellectual property and a vast number of other areas.
After coffee, Claudio Marinelli from Nokia, had a very inspiring presentation where he presented research on measurements done in Nokia regarding how openness affects innovation in practice. The numbers showed strong correlation between open innovation and productivity as well as innovation. Would be wonderful to hear more about this study in the future.
On the evening, CIP Forum had a closing dinner at Eriksbergshallen with nice food, good entertainment and well deserved highlights on the people making the event a possibility. For the Open Innovation Track, this is specially directed to Noreen Krall, who has done a wonderful job of arranging the Open Innovation Track, with help from the CIP team.
We started on Sunday with Magnus Holmqvist from Volvo IT Innovation Centre, facilitating a workshop on Open Innovation in times of recession. Participating in the session was also Anna Nilsson-Ehle (SAFER), Joakim Fransson (Renova), Christian Björkman (Mindark), Jan Unander (Telematics Valley) and Björn Remneland (University of Gothenburg). The panel discussed various aspects of the open innovation approach, showing the multitude of definitions and use. A thought pointed out was that in times of recession, most probably companies that are close become even closer, but that it also is a potential opportunity for organizations to use the crisis in order to mobilize attention to the innovation areas.
On Monday, Bernard Munos from Eli Lilly had the keynote speech, discussing the need for change in the Life Science Industry, toward increased openness in the innovation processes. He showed in statistics that the rate of innovation has been stable for several decades, despite the advances in knowledge and technology. Something must be done, and Open Innovation might be the solution. He lifted up a couple of examples to emphasis this claim. Good speech, much interesting aspects were highlighted. We had the pleasure to mingle with Mr Munos at several occasions later in the Forum, and he clearly is a bright man. The Keynote was followed by a panel discussion, including Marshal Phelps (Microsoft), Noreen Krall (SUN), Ove Granstrand (Chalmers), and Bernard Munos again.
After lunch, Noreen Krall introduced the Open Innovation Specialization Track, and the first speaker, Keith Bergelt from Open Invention Network. The talk was about how OIN is established to protect Linux development to continue to thrive as an open source solution. It was followed by a wonderful panel discussion with Lucas Hulsmann (Procter & Gamble), Hans Persson (Volvo Technology), Bill Brox (Imego) and Mark Wilson (GlaxoSmithKline), showing how Open Innovation has affected business in many different industries, such as consumer market, automotive and life science.
A coffee break, mingling, and then Christian Björkman from Mindark had a presentation about their fascinating Project Entrophia, a virtual world with its own economy. Extremely interesting and thought provoking. These virtual worlds can be seen as platforms in itself, much like iPhone or other infrastructures – which open up for other actors to create amazing business on. A panel discussion about Open Source and Linux was followed, including Simon Phipps (SUN), Robert Tiller (RedHat) and Jan Ljungberg (IT university). Especially impressed by Mr Phipps pedagogical and professional discussions on why it is logical for participates to not steal the code. “Stealing is possible for usage, but not if being part of continuous development”.
They intensive day ended with a beautifully arranged speakers dinner at the fourth floor on Universeum, in a hall romantically facing a wall to a huge shark aquarium. Good relaxing discussions, and great fun.
Tuesday Open Innovation Track started with an Open Innovation Lunch, with special invited guests. Also here gave possibilities for building social ties. The first session, introduced by Mats Pårup, was Jako Eleveld, presenting Philips movement to Open Innovation. Philips is considered one of the forerunners in applying a IP-based approach to Open Innovation. A panel discussion followed, highlighting organizational challenges in the movement toward openness. Per Adamsson (Volvo Trucks) and Gustav Brismark (Ericsson) gave two perspectives on this process from two different industries. For general discussions, Lucas Hulsmann (P&G) and Mark Wilson (GlaxoSmithKline) also joined. It was clear that the process to Open Innovation is not an easy task. Companies face challenges in organizational structure, culture, technology, intellectual property and a vast number of other areas.
After coffee, Claudio Marinelli from Nokia, had a very inspiring presentation where he presented research on measurements done in Nokia regarding how openness affects innovation in practice. The numbers showed strong correlation between open innovation and productivity as well as innovation. Would be wonderful to hear more about this study in the future.
On the evening, CIP Forum had a closing dinner at Eriksbergshallen with nice food, good entertainment and well deserved highlights on the people making the event a possibility. For the Open Innovation Track, this is specially directed to Noreen Krall, who has done a wonderful job of arranging the Open Innovation Track, with help from the CIP team.
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