Announcing Technology Scouting Excellence 2017 Speaker Lineup

Today we are excited to announce the speaker lineup for the Technology Scouting 2017 conference. The conference date is October 18 – 19, 2017 and will be held in Boston, MA. The speaker lineup includes:

Denise Fletcher, Chief Innovation Officer
Ezassi (former Chief Innovation Officer, Xerox)

Issac Veinbergs, Head of External Innovation, Neurosciences
Sanofi

 

Brian Bronk, Head of External Innovation, Rare Diseases, Strategy and Business Development
Sanofi

 

Alp Akonur, Director Technology Strategy R&D Due Diligence
Baxter Healthcare

 

 

 

Laura Burkemper, EVP Business & Brand Strategy
The Catalyst Center

 

Ron Lewis, Director of Engineering, Innovation & Integration
Century Link

 

Dean Mai, External Innovation and Strategic Technology Investments
Dyson

 

 

Eileen Nelson, Program Analyst for the Small Business Innovation Research Program
NASA

 

Christie Funk, Langley Project Manager for the Regional Economic Development Program
NASA

 

Olga Patel, Sr. Manager / Principal  Scientist, Open Innovation
The J.M. Smucker Company

 

Rakesh Popli, Sr. Director / Manager, Open Innovation
Formerly with The Hershey Company

 

Kobi Gershoni, Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer
Signals Analytics

 

Bernard von Vacano, Head of North American Center for Research on Advanced Materials (NORA)
BASF

 

Olaf Gruess, Disruptive Technology Manager & Global Connector
General Mills

 

Dan Sondee, Innovation Excellence Leader
Ingersoll Rand

 

Jason Huff, Lead, Federal Science & Technology Engagement
Lockheed Martin

 

Martin Wallace, Director of Technology Seeking
GSK