A Masterclass For C-Suite Executives
15 & 16 September 2021 / 1400-1700 hrs
68 of the top 100 on the Forbes 500 list are working with startups.
The global business environment is extremely dynamic. Businesses who want to be globally relevant are veering towards startups for multiple reasons. Innovation and R&D are two of the most critical drivers.
The CII Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Startups (CII CIES) isn holding a Masterclass on Why Corporates should work with startups on Innovation and R&D . It has been designed by practicing Industry leaders to give C-Level Executives a clear view of the innovation arena in the country and how to enter it.
The CII Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Startups (CII CIES) isn holding a Masterclass on Why Corporates should work with startups on Innovation and R&D . It has been designed by practicing Industry leaders to give C-Level Executives a clear view of the innovation arena in the country and how to enter it.
Faculty
Kris Gopalakrishnan
Chairman
CII CIES Advisory Board
& Chairman
Axilor Ventures
CII CIES Advisory Board
& Chairman
Axilor Ventures
Prof. Srivardhini K. Jha
Associate Professor
& Chair
Entrepreneurship at IIM-B
& Chair
Entrepreneurship at IIM-B
Balakrishna D.R.
Senior Vice President
Services Offering Head-ECS, AI and Automation
Infosys
Services Offering Head-ECS, AI and Automation
Infosys
Avnish Sabharwal
MD
Accenture Ventures and Open Innovation
India & Middle East
Accenture Ventures and Open Innovation
India & Middle East
Dr Naushad Forbes
Chairman
Forbes Marshall
Forbes Marshall
Soumitra Bhattacharya
President
Bosch Group, India and Managing Director
Bosch Ltd
Bosch Group, India and Managing Director
Bosch Ltd
R. Raghuttama Rao
CEO
GDC at IIT Madras
GDC at IIT Madras
Sruthi Kannan
Head
CISCO Launchpad
CISCO Launchpad
Who Should Attend
While any individual interested in the innovation landscape will find this Masterclass interesting, it has been designed keeping in mind Chief Innovation Officers, Business Strategists and Senior Executives.
What You Can Expect
The Masterclass will cover :
- The importance of innovating for an organisation’s success
- Understand the range of motivations for large corporates to partner with startups
- A framework for corporate-startup engagement
- Understand the dynamics of small-large company engagement
- How working with startups can improve company’s innovation capacities
- Discover how co-innovation with startups can speed up a company’s go-to-market of innovative solutions
- Understand why collaboration should be a no-brainer for corporate business acceleration and innovation processes
- Learn in a realistic setting and become part of the solution of exciting and relevant challenges
- Learn how to work with startups – understand how startups think and act
- Get access to use cases, hands-on tools and processes on how to make co-innovation happen on a regular basis
