Opening Remarks

Frank will welcome participants and share HYPE’s vision for the future of innovation management, emphasising why collaboration and the right tools are essential in a rapidly changing world.

Welcome & Mentimeter Session

Our MC, Rita, will introduce the agenda and guide an interactive Mentimeter session to capture participants’ expectations and set a collaborative tone for the day.

Transforming Innovation Into Real-World Solutions

When we think about innovation in pharma, our minds go straight to R&D — but there’s much more to explore. This talk focuses on bringing support beyond the pill to healthcare providers and patients: What are the greatest successes and the key challenges along the way? How did we need to adapt to deliver tangible value? And how can local and regional perspectives be integrated effectively?

AI Innovation: From Vision to Value – Lessons from scaling AI pilots into enterprise-wide impact

AI has enormous potential to transform industries – but how do you progress from isolated pilot projects to meaningful business outcomes? Gavin will share Subsea 7’s AI journey, highlighting lessons learned, success factors, and the challenges of scaling AI initiatives.

Shaping the Future of Defence through Innovation – Insights into driving innovation across complex and partially integrated teams

Victoria will open a conversation on innovation in defence and how demands on innovation practitioners are changing. Keen for input and questions from the audience, Victoria will share perspectives on how QinetiQ approaches innovation, lessons from some recent initiatives and the challenge of delivering change with both tortoise and hare paced change happening in parallel.

HYPE Vision & Product Insights

Join Emil as he shares HYPE’s bold product vision and demonstrates how the HYPE platform is helping organisations tackle today’s toughest innovation challenges.

• How AI is transforming innovation management – from idea generation to evaluation and execution
• Recent enhancements to the HYPE platform that boost engagement, streamline collaboration, and deliver measurable results
• Upcoming features and the future roadmap – preparing you for a new era of agile, automated, and AI-driven innovation management

This session will not only give you a clear picture of where HYPE is headed, but also practical insights to help you unlock the full potential of your innovation ecosystem.

Roundtable Introduction

Rita will introduce the roundtable topics and explain how to make the most of these interactive discussions.

Aligning Innovation Management Across a Global Network

HLB is a global network of financial services organisations, serving clients in over 150 countries.

As Chief Innovation Officer for HLB Global, Abu Bakkar will share practical insights from implementing the ISO 56000 Innovation Management standards across a network of over 50,000 professionals.

The session will cover:

Unlocking the Power of the Value Chain

Colin will explore how value chain innovation delivers measurable business outcomes and how to foster effective cross-stakeholder collaboration.

World Café: Results Presentations

Table hosts present the most important insights and recommendations to the full group.                                                                                                                       

Wrap-up

Rita will close the event with key takeaways, next steps, and a final motivation to put new ideas into action.