Speaker:

Dorman Followwill, Partner and Director EIA, Frost & Sullivan
 

The Journey to Visionary Innovation - The Six Platforms of GIL

Speaker:

Aroop Zutshi, Managing Partner & Global President, Frost & Sullivan

To survive and thrive in the future business environment, both as an individual and as a company, innovation has now become an essential ingredient. Aroop will talk about why innovation is critical to success, where innovation comes from, how to become a visionary innovator and your next steps. Whether you are inspired about future prospects or anxious about the negative impacts the future will bring, this research-based talk will bring some valuable insights to your life and future strategy.

Key Take Aways:

• Why Innovation is essential for all players in the global economy
• Corporate Enlightenment: What it is and how it can stifle success
• Where Innovation comes from and how to nurture it
• How to create a foundation or platform for Innovation
• What you can do today to start your path to Visionary Innovation
• How Visionary Innovation can change your life

The Impact of Mega Trends on your Company, Career and Industry
 

Growth Thought Leader:

Sarwant Singh, Partner, Frost & Sullivan

This presentation sets the stage for visionary thinking by identifying the most important global Mega Trends, potential scenarios of specific trends in 2020, and the implications of these Mega Trends in transforming industries, markets and cultures. In the high-energy interactive session that follows, you will brainstorm with fellow participants to identify the most pertinent global forces which can impact your business and personal lives, and the next generation business models for success.

Key Take Aways:

• A methodology for identifying, defining and evaluating Mega Trends and their implications for your industry and your organization. Insight on opportunities/threats arising out of future Mega Trends, and on preparing contingency plans based on probable scenarios
• A fresh approach to gauge the future direction of the Mega Trends to develop appropriate market strategies
• Ways to analyze growth opportunities in your industry and generate powerful ideas for design/development and technology planning

Techvisions 2020: A Systematic Innovation Serendipity Engine

Growth Thought Leader:

Ankit A. Shukla, Practice Director – Technical Insights, Frost & Sullivan

The TechVision 2020 research initiative identifies 50 of the most exciting technologies and innovations that will shape our world in the coming years. The collected intelligence on these selected technologies are spread across nine Technology Clusters that represent the bulk of R&D and innovation activity today. These technologies are rapidly evolving and form a vortex of innovation, driving new concepts, products, and services. Gain insight into how top emerging and innovative technologies will impact industries, strategies and businesses.
 

GIL 2012: Growth, Innovation and Leadership Award

Value leakage - the Greatest threat to profitable growth

Speaker:

Jeff Thull, CEO and President, Prime Resource Group, Inc.

If you are investing heavily in creating innovative and high-value solutions, but are not seeing the profitable growth you expected, value leakage could be sabotaging the execution of your strategy. Innovation is not complete until your customers comprehend and invest in the total value of your solutions and can accurately measure net profit impact. Translate your strategy into bottom line results.

Key Take Aways:

• Examine how you may be innovating beyond your customer’s ability to capitalise on your unique value
• Recognise how innovative value becomes fragmented and commoditised
• Understand why customer net profit is at the heart of innovation and growth
• Seven tough questions to bring your leadership team into alignment

The Impact of Global Mega Trends on Industries, Investments and Careers

Facilitator:

Sarwant Singh, Partner, Frost & Sullivan

Mega Trends are global, sustained and macroeconomic forces defining our future world and its increasing pace of change. Mega Trends have diverse meanings and impacts for different industries, companies and individuals. An analysis of these Mega Trends and their implications forms an important component of a company’s future strategy, development and innovation process, and impacts product and technology planning.

The objective of the workshop is to set the stage for visionary thinking by learning how to leverage interactive tools to:

• Understand opportunities/threats arising out of future Mega Trends and to prepare contingency plans based on probable scenarios
• Prioritise seeking future customers based on emerging Mega Trends in new geographies, emerging economies, and new attitudes and preferences of consumers
• Align future Mega Trends with your current vision and strategy
• Align current strategy to expected accelerating change in future technology and needs of the “Customer of the Future”
• Learn the Macro to Micro methodology of applying Mega Trends and uncovering the billion dollar Innovation opportunities

Structured industry groups will give you the opportunity to collaborate with your industry's peers and Frost & Sullivan Growth consultants/ analysts to brainstorm on how to effectively capitalise on growth opportunities.
 

Smart Investing - Surviving in a World of Visionary Innovation

Growth Thought Leader:

Andrew Calvert, Vice President – Business & Financial Services, Frost & Sullivan
 

Implementation Excellence - Leveraging Best Practices for the Top 10 Growth Processes

Facilitator:

Gary Jeffrey, Partner, Frost & Sullivan

CEOs report their greatest internal challenge to growth is "implementing the growth strategy with the current management team." This interactive workshop will provide a hands-on experience, exploring the top 10 growth processes while providing delegates the opportunity to apply tools in a real-time exercise to validate and benchmark their existing strategies against best-practice implementation. Companies that master these tools will have a tremendously powerful competitive advantage!

Key Take Aways:

• Understand the top 10 Growth Processes and how they are implemented
• Learn how to benchmark your company with these best practices
• Gain insights on how to spark this programme in your own company

A Global Alliance Partnership best-in-class Innovator

Growth Thought Leader:

Angela Selden, Co-Chairman, Arise Virtual Solutions
 

The Growth Diagnostic - Measuring your Company's Future Growth Potential

Facilitators:

Aroop Zutshi, Managing Partner & Global President, Frost & Sullivan
Brian Denker, Vice President & Global Head - Growth, Innovation and Leadership,
Frost & Sullivan

An essential element of any company’s growth process is to understand where the company is positioned today in terms of growth and to gain an understanding of where the future growth potential of the company is headed. This system will provide the diagnostic tools and measurement system to provide a totally new perspective on how to benchmark your company versus the industry and gain new insights into its future growth potential.

Key Take Aways:

• Learn how to benchmark and diagnose your company’s growth processes vs. best practice
• Gain insight and a measurement system on "the future growth potential" of your company
• Learn how to apply this tool to strategy, investments and your career

From Visionaries, Innovators and Leaders - The Golden Nuggets of Ideas, Insights and Inspirations

Facilitator:

Brian Denker, Vice President & Global Head - Growth, Innovation and Leadership,
Frost & Sullivan

Award Recipient:

David Bott, Director of Innovation Programmes, Technology Strategy Board
 

GIL 2012: Beyond the Journey to Visionary Innovation