Foresight Unlocked

Co-Creating the AI Driven Innovation Journey

Organizations are navigating profound change — accelerating technological shifts, growing uncertainty, and rising expectations for measurable innovation impact.

Staying agile in this environment requires more than speed. It requires foresight: the ability to anticipate change, explore options early, and make better decisions under uncertainty.

AI plays a growing role in this — but it also raises new questions around direction, governance, and responsibility.

This Exchange Event explores how foresight and AI together can strengthen innovation decision-making and enable future-ready innovation journeys across organizations.

What to Expect

HYPE Exchange Events are HYPE’s practice-oriented events for innovation leaders and practitioners who are responsible for making innovation work in complex organizations.

These are one-day, regional, in-person events — often hosted directly at a customer’s site. The focus is not on keynote stages or polished presentations, but on genuine exchange, real-world experience, and concrete discussions among peers.

You meet professionals who are shaping, steering, and scaling innovation — from hands-on innovation leads to senior decision-makers accountable for direction, governance, and impact.

This format exists because the hardest innovation challenges aren’t solved by theory or best-practice slides, but by learning how others navigate similar constraints and decisions in reality. The Exchange Event creates space to compare approaches, openly discuss what works and what doesn’t, and leave with clear impulses you can apply directly to your own innovation journey.

Our Experts

Elodie Bonnardel Head of Strategic Design and User-centered Innovation at THALES Cybersecurity and Digital Identity Bio

Grégory Roman Space Innovation Engineer at European Space Agency - ESA Bio

Monika Jasłowska Innovation and Transformation Advisor at Polpharma Group Bio

Zac Curtis Project Lead - E.ON Next Gen Home at E.ON UK Bio

Ronan Thomas Head of AI Discipline at THALES Cybersecurity and Digital Identity Bio

Louise Bernier, HYPE Grey Background (1)

Louise Bernier Project Leader at HYPE Innovation Bio

Colin Nelson Chief Innovation Consultant at HYPE Innovation Bio

Flavio Stiffan Customer Success Manager at HYPE Innovation Bio

Nathan Jacob Sales Director - EMEA at HYPE Innovation Bio

Galo Claverie Account Executive Bio

The Agenda

09:00 AM

Check-In & Welcome Coffee

Arrive, register, and connect informally with peers before the program begins.

09:30 AM

Kick Off & Opening

A short framing of the day: Why AI-driven innovation requires new thinking, and how foresight and collaboration help organizations navigate uncertainty and make better innovation decisions.

Flavio Stiffan

Customer Success Manager at HYPE Innovation

10:00 AM

Exchange Café: Your Challenges

A fast-paced, interactive session where participants bring their key innovation challenges to the table. In small rotating groups, challenges are clarified, refined, and enriched through peer input, helping to surface the most relevant and pressing topics for the day.

10:30 AM

Coffee Break

An opportunity to recharge and continue informal conversations with peers in a relaxed setting.

10:55 AM

Designing the First Moment of Truth for AI Products

The first interaction defines whether AI is trusted or abandoned

Elodie and Ronan from Thales will share their perspectives on UX as the “Zero Moment of Truth” for AI, the role of cognitive load in AI systems, and concrete patterns for designing more humane AI experiences.

Elodie Bonnardel I Ronan Thomas

Head of Strategic Design and User-centered Innovation I Head of AI Discipline
THALES Cybersecurity and Digital Identity

11:25 AM

Applying Open Innovation to public procurement in the space sector

From fragmented innovation paths to a unified, powerful gateway, OSIP has transformed how ESA discovers, nurtures, and accelerates breakthrough concepts. Thousands of innovators, one platform — shaping the future of space together.

Grégory Roman

Space Innovation Engineer at European Space Agency - ESA

11:55 AM

World Café: From Challenges to Solutions

Building on the prioritized challenges, participants exchange real-world experiences and approaches in rotating small groups. The focus is on what has worked, what hasn’t, and what practical next steps could look like.

12:50 PM

Lunch Break

Extended networking time to connect with other participants, exchange perspectives, and build relationships in a more informal atmosphere.

1:50 PM

How to manage innovations and build engagement with limited resources

Practical strategies for advancing innovation in resource-constrained organizations

Not every organization can afford a dedicated innovation team or has the luxury of innovation time like Google, yet the need to foster creativity and drive progress remains universal. In this presentation, I will share my practical approach to overcoming these challenges, highlighting strategies that have helped me build engagement and deliver tangible results. You will discover how resourcefulness, clear communication, and a culture of empowerment can turn limitations into opportunities for growth and transformation.

Monika Jasłowska

Innovation and Transformation Advisor at Polpharma Group

2:15 PM

Building a Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem

How Strategy, Culture and Governance Turn Ideas into Execution

Innovation rarely fails due to a lack of ideas. More often, organisations struggle to align strategy, culture, processes and governance into a coherent system that enables innovation to scale. In this keynote, Zac Curtis from E.ON UK shares practical insights from building a sustainable innovation ecosystem within a large and complex energy organisation.Using the Innovation Ecosystem model – Direction, Environment, Engine and Enablers – he illustrates how innovation can be embedded into the core business by aligning it with strategic priorities, enabling cross-functional collaboration and transforming ideas into accountable, execution-ready initiatives.

Zac Curtis

Project Lead - E.ON Next Gen Home at E.ON UK

2:40 PM

Coffee Break

An opportunity to recharge and continue informal conversations with peers in a relaxed setting.

3:00 PM

Roundtables

Facilitated small-group discussions focused on specific innovation topics. Participants can dive deeper into challenges, exchange perspectives, and receive targeted input from peers and HYPE experts.

4:00 PM

Optional Deep Dives & 1:1 Exchange

Dedicated time for more focused conversations, allowing participants to explore specific topics in depth, discuss individual challenges, or identify potential collaboration opportunities.

What always stands out at HYPE events is the strong sense of community—people are humble, open, and willing to share both their struggles and solutions. This is my third event, and each time, I walk away with breakthrough insights that change my perspective and approach. I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this program. These events are always the highlight of my year!

Gavin McClafferty

| Subsea 7

This event is so impactful that I chose to attend this year while on vacation. It’s always a highlight of my year, offering the chance to connect with incredible colleagues, share experiences, and gain new insights that shape how I work. The sense of community is unmatched—people are open, humble, and willing to share their challenges and breakthroughs. Every time I attend, I leave with a transformative takeaway that stays with me long after the event is over.

Bob Neuhard

| UC San Diego

After five years of attending HYPE events, I thought nothing could surprise me anymore, but this year’s experience proved me wrong. I attended a workshop that blended improvisation techniques with business innovation, and it was transformative. These events provide a unique opportunity to connect with peers, share challenges, and learn from one another. For innovators like me, it’s inspiring to bring together ideas from different perspectives and turn them into meaningful outcomes.

Antonina Reichardt

| Continental

HYPE event is a fantastic bringing of minds of innovation leaders, with shared lived experiences and perspectives that no matter your expertise will always trigger ideas, thoughts and create new connections with different verticals. I left excited and inspired to continue trying to drive innovation and reaffirmed my own expertise but also made me realise of some of the gaps / opportunities I can explore.

Will Reddaway

| VodafoneThree (Vodafone Business UK)

I love that there were so many different industries represented by the attendees at the event. The breadth of experience was very valuable. It was really impactful to hear the different perspectives and be able to connect with so many individuals experiencing some of the same problems.

Emily Zarefsky

| Stepan Company

Started the day with a strong sense of imposter syndrome but quickly realised all the other organisations in the room had started from a similar position to ours and had gone on to great things. Left the day feeling inspired with some really helpful contacts and some positive next steps.

Philip Baillie

| Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

If someone is considering attending a HYPE event, I say do it! The experience was incredibly informative, offering not just tools for the platform but also insights we could take back to transform our innovation journey. Beyond that, the event fostered invaluable connections with people from around the world and gave us the chance to bond as a team meeting in person for the first time. It was truly a phenomenal experience.

Cameal Jackson

| Southwest Airlines

We had a fantastic experience at the event. The presentations were not only engaging and fun but also a real eye-opener, especially the session on neuroscience, which deepened my understanding of how technology impacts our brain. I also truly valued the networking opportunities, as they provided great insights into the challenges others are facing.

Mert Gökgöz

| Heijmans