Interactive & Highly Collaborative Content
For further information or to register, call Adam Geiger at 1-305-450-1099, or email him at events.us@frost.com
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2021 | GROWTH INNOVATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING AND GROWTH PIPELINE EXPERIENCE KICKOFF
9:00 AM
Growth Innovation Leadership Council Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM
Growth Innovation Leadership Council Mixer
10:00 AM
Annual Council Meeting Begins
3:00 PM
Council Meeting Concludes
16TH ANNUAL GROWTH, INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP: THE GROWTH PIPELINE EXPERIENCE KICKOFF AND NETWORKING
4:30 PM
Speaker & Thought Leader Orientation
5:15 PM
Participant Meet ‘n’ Greet
This end-user/practitioner networking activity is your opportunity to identify – right out of the gate – those peers who share challenges similar to your own. It’s a great way to find participants who have thought leadership you can benefit from and to facilitate later dialogues throughout the event.
6:00 PM
Welcome Networking Reception and Event Kickoff
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2021 | GENERAL SESSION, COLLABORATION ZONES, AND EXHIBITION
CHOOSE BETWEEN FIVE DIFFERENT COLLABORATION ZONES:
Customize Your Agenda! Stay the course with one zone or bounce around to others. Collaboration zones are aligned with key stages of the growth pipeline and are participant-driven discussions featuring creative thinking and idea generation.
Zone 1: Opportunity Universe
Zone 2: Opportunity Evaluation
Zone 3: Go to Market Strategy
Zone 4: Planning and Implementation
Zone 5: Monitoring and Optimization
8:00 AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibition
8:45 AM
WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS – Strategic Imperative 8
9:15 AM
HEADLINER – The New Normal: Renew and Refuel the Growth Pipeline
9:45 AM
Navigating the 16th Anniversary Growth, Innovation and Leadership: The Growth Pipeline Experience
10:00 AM
EXECUTIVE BULLETIN – The Future of North America, Recalibrated
10:30 AM
Networking, Refreshment, and Exhibition Break
11:00 AM
CONCURRENT COLLABORATION ZONES – ROUNDTABLES
Roundtable sessions capture the power of all participants’ voices, insights and experiences via group discussion and exploration of the issue at hand.
Choose one of the following zones:
Zone 1: The Global Disruptive Forces Surrounding Us
Zone 2. Balancing Your Opportunity Portfolio Between Core and New Revenue Streams
Zone 3. Building Actionable Customer Personas
Zone 4. External Partnerships: Partnering to Enter New Markets
Zone 5. Leveraging Customer Insights to Drive Ongoing Improvements
12:15 PM
Food For Thought Luncheon – Networking Roundtables Hosted by Industry Leaders
Participants and Frost & Sullivan thought leaders host a menu of luncheon discussions on pertinent industry issues. Dine and dish with industry experts. The list of discussion topics will be available on-site
1:30 PM
Session-to-Session Travel Time
1:35 PM
CONCURRENT COLLABORATION ZONES – THINKTANKS
ThinkTank sessions employ interactive team exercises in a “roll up your sleeves” learning environment.
Choose one of the following sessions:
Zone 1: Planning for the Future: Creating Your Strategic Narrative
Zone 2. Minimizing Risk through Data Driven Analysis
Zone 3. Spotting Your Disruptive Competitors
Zone 4. Increasing Operational Efficiency and Excellence in Innovation
Zone 5. Understanding and Monetizing the Customer Life Cycle
2:50 PM
Networking, Refreshment Break, and Exhibition Break
3:20 PM
CONCURRENT COLLABORATION ZONES – CASE HISTORIES
Case Histories explore a specific use case and include informal conversations that draw upon the experience and expertise of the featured executive and participants.
Choose one of the following sessions:
Zone 1: Forecasting the Convergence of Business Models, Consumers and Technology
Zone 2. Prioritizing Growth Opportunities for Investment
Zone 3. Accelerating Innovation: Leveraging Rapid Prototyping with Incubators, Startups and New Ventures
Zone 4. Embracing Ongoing Business Model Innovation
Zone 5. Ensuring Organizational Alignment through Effective Communications
4:00 PM
Session-to-Session Travel Time
4:05 PM
Ask the Experts! Panel – Charting a Growth Course in an Economy Upended
4:45 PM
Executive Address – Radical Thinking: Changing Mindsets to Ignite Business Model Innovation
5:15 PM
Casino Night Networking Reception
You don’t have to travel to Vegas to test your luck. Bring your poker face as we enjoy a night of networking, cocktails & gambling. Get ready to party and don’t forget to bring your good luck charm!
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021 | GENERAL SESSION, COLLABORATION ZONES, EXHIBITION, AND DUPONT INNOVATION CENTER TOUR
6:45 AM
Early Riser’s Run/Walk
8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast and Exhibition
8:30 AM
ICEBREAKER AND HEADLINER – Revitalize Your Growth Strategy: Investing in the Visionary Future
9:00 AM
TECHTALK – The Game Changers
Join us for a burst of insight into technologies forecasted to have game changing potential to power your growth.
9:55 AM
Session-to-Session Travel Time
10:00 AM
CONCURRENT COLLABORATION ZONES – ROUNDTABLES
Roundtable sessions capture the power of all participants’ voices, insights and experiences via group discussion and exploration of the issue at hand.
Choose one of the following sessions:
Zone 1: Understanding the Genesis of Customer Problems and Creating Early Solutions
Zone 2. Strategically Align Resources and the Innovation Pipeline
Zone 3. Building a Compelling Customer Roadmap
Zone 4. Building and Cultivating World Class Core Execution Teams
11:00 AM
Networking, Refreshment Break, and Exhibition Break
11:30 AM
CONCURRENT COLLABORATION ZONES – Lessons Learned Lounges
Lessons Learned Lounges are collegial safe zones created to share cautionary lessons, preview obstacles, and benefit from one another’s “post-mortems”.
Choose one of the following sessions:
Zone 1: Creating Tangible Outcomes: From Ideation to Proof of Concept
Zone 2. Achieving Sustainable, Scalable Innovation
Zone 3. Gaining Executive Alignment with the Growth Portfolio
Zone 4. Aligning Sales Leadership and Teams with New Growth
12:30 PM
Networking Luncheon
1:30 PM
MOVER & SHAKER INTERVIEWS – Where the Ventures are Venturing
2:30 PM
16th Annual Growth, Innovation and Leadership: The Growth Pipeline Experience Concludes
DUPONT SILICON VALLEY INNOVATION CENTER TOUR
The Center is a dynamic hub where visitors can explore cutting-edge technical applications in consumer electronics, EV/HEV/autonomous vehicles, 5G technologies, wearables, smart materials, and more. The Innovation Center, its applications, and prototyping labs foster collaboration that moves as fast as the surrounding Silicon Valley ecosystem.
*Please note participation incurs an additional fee for those other than Growth Innovation Leadership Council members. See registration link for details.
4:00 PM
Tour Check-In
5:30 PM
Growth Innovation Leadership Council Executive Roundtable – Business Model Innovation and Disruption
Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served
6:30 PM
Tour and Roundtable Conclude
Shuttle Departs for Doubletree by Hilton San Jose