The First International Conference

on Strategic Innovation and Future Creation

Was held on 23 - 24 March 2009 from 09.00hrs to 17.00hrs
Venue: Grand Hotel Excelsior, Great Siege Road, Floriana, MALTA

The following renowned personalities delivered keynote addresses:

Dr Edward de Bono
Lateral Thinker, Visiting Professor, University of Malta; Ambassador of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation
Why Traditional Thinking is Inadequate

Paul Callaghan
Chairman, Leighton Group, UK
The Role of the Entrepreneur in an Innovation Economy

Professor Luke Georghiou
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK
Can Europe Innovate its Way out of the Recession?

Professor Sirkka Heinonen
Finland Futures Research Centre, Finland
Creative Foresight Space - Power from Imagining the Futures

Elina Hiltunen
Futurist / Strategic Foresighting Manager, Nokia Group, Finland
Organisational Futures Learning (OFL) Processes

Riel Miller
Founder, Xperidox: Futures Consulting; Faculty Member, Institut de Sciences Politique, France
Rethinking Thinking about the Future

Professor Dr Guido Reger
Professor for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Potsdam, Germany
Open Innovation and Customer Integration: Opportunities and Risks

Manfred Rink
Head of New Business, Bayer Material Sciences AG, Germany
Efficient Management of Branch Specific Innovation and Technologies at Bayer Material Science

Professor Joe Tidd
Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, University of Sussex, UK
Innovation Leadership for Economic and Social Change

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