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January 28th 2015
The Economist Events Announces First-Ever Chicago Innovation Forum In March
Innovation Leaders from Autodesk, Google, Honeywell, HP and PepsiCo to explore the
urgency of innovation across industries
(NEW YORK, NY) –The Economist Events’ annual Innovation Forum will make its debut
in Chicago on March 26th 2015 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. The event will
explore how exponential technologies, frugal engineering and radical business models
are disrupting top industries and how leaders can adapt their business-models to
threats and opportunities that have not yet materialised.
The conference chaired by The Economist's China business and finance editor, Vijay
Vaitheeswaran, will gather editors from The Economist, Fortune 500 CEOs, policy
makers and entrepreneurs who are continuously disrupting the status-quo to discuss
how leaders across industries can prepare for disruption and survive the next wave of
mega-change.
"Today's global wave of disruption will wipe out many incumbents, but those dinosaurs
that learn to dance will thrive," said Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist's China
business editor and chair of the event. "What makes this year's Forum so interesting is
that we are bringing a diverse group of industry leaders at the forefront of innovation to
a city that is an economic powerhouse--to discuss how disruption can drive profits and
contribute to global economic growth."
From educating tomorrow’s entrepreneurs to user-generated innovation, speakers and
attendees will explore what it takes to propel established industries forward. Some
additional sessions include:
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The outlook for disruption
Scalable sustainability
Global innovation for local markets
Drivers of change
Some of the already confirmed speakers include:
Jordan Brandt, Technology futurist, Autodesk
David Cote, Chairman and chief executive, Honeywell
Margo Georgiadis, President, Americas, Google
Mehmood Khan, Chief scientific officer, global research and development, PepsiCo
Matt Maloney, Chief executive, GrubHub
Pin Ni, President, Wanxiang America
Scott Painter, Chief executive, TrueCar
Amir Peleg, Chief executive, TaKaDu
Bill Ready, Chief executive, Braintree
Richard Sandor, Chairman and chief executive, Environmental Financial Products
Howard Tullman, Chief executive, 1871
Marcus Weldon, Chief technology officer, Alcatel-Lucent and president, Bell Labs
Shane Wall, Chief strategy and technology officer, HP
Robert Wolcott, Clinical professor of innovation and entrepreneurship, Kellogg School
of Management
A full program and list of speakers can be found at: http://econ.st/1H1TbWL
PwC is a silver sponsor of this year’s event and supporting associations include:
Business Performance Innovation Network, CMO Council, Disruptive Women in Health
Care, Gigaom Research, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition, Illinois Technology
Association, Matter and The Innovation Resource.
For more information on the program, speakers or to register for the event, please visit
http://econ.st/1BkUkAh
Join the conversation and connect with attendees and speakers on Twitter via
#InnovationForum.
This event is also open to press. For media registration, please contact Michelle
Hayden at +1 212-641-9827 or [email protected].
About The Economist (economist.com)
With a growing global circulation (approximately 1.6 million including both print and
digital) and a reputation for insightful analysis and perspective on every aspect of world
events, The Economist is one of the most widely recognised and well-read current
affairs publications. The paper covers politics, business, science and technology, and
books and arts, concluding each week with the obituary. Its website offers articles from
the past ten years, in addition to web-only content such as blogs, debates and
audio/video programmes. The Economist is now available to download for reading on
Android, iPhone, or iPad devices.