Churchill Club igniting innovation and mastering change
On Friday, September 16th, Churchill Club presented Igniting Innovation & Mastering Change: A Day-long Conversation in Three Acts, a series of discussions presenting new perspectives and examining opportunities for advancing information locally, nationally, and around the world. As the final event of Churchill Club’s 25th anniversary celebration year, the conference focused on discussions throughout the day in three segments.
The stellar list of speakers included:
- Shubber Ali, Innovation Lead - Silicon Valley, Accenture
- Dave Blakely, Head, Technology Strategy Practice, IDEO
- Curt Carlson, CEO, SRI International
- Russ Conser, Head of Game Changer Program, Shell
- Gordon K. Davidson, Firm Chairman & Partner, Corporate Group, Fenwick & West
- Richard Dickson, Partner, Fenwick & West LLP
- Ricardo dos Santos, Senior Director, Business Development, Qualcomm
- Steve Hoover, CEO, PARC
- Ujjal Kohli, CEO, Rhythm NewMedia
- Randy Komisar, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
- Geoffrey Moore, Author, Speaker, Advisor
- Will Price, CEO, Flite
- Sudhakar Ramakrishna, EVP & GM of Unified Communications Solutions, and Chief Development Officer, Polycom
- Roy Rosin, VP Innovation, Intuit
- Paul Saffo, Managing Director of Foresight, Discern Analytics
- John Seely Brown, Visiting Scholar, USC; Independent Co-director, Deloitte Center for the Edge
- Vivek Wadhwa, Visiting Scholar, UC-Berkeley and Columnist for the Washington Post and BusinessWeek
- Ann Winblad, Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
- Eric Young, Partner, Canaan Partners
The morning began with ACT I: Here: Innovation in Silicon Valley, discussing a local focus. The afternoon sessions included ACT II: There: Innovation in America and Around the World, and ACT III: & Then: Inventing the Future. Attendees and speakers alike were encouraged to ignite conversation through engagement and interaction on stage and in smaller groups.
Visual Insight captured visual images of the conversations taking place during each keynote, panel and breakout session. Enjoy this eye-appealing look at the takeaways from the day! Silicon Valley Innovation - An Endless Frontier?
Speakers: Paul Saffo, Discern Analytics; and Geoffrey Moore, Author, Speaker Advisor
Innovation in Silicon Valley - Whose Game Is It?
Speakers: Gordon Davidson, Fenwick & West LLP; Steve Hoover, PARC; Ann Winblad, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners; and moderator Paul Saffo, Discern Analytics
Innovation: From Serendipity to Predictability
Speakers: Shubber Ali, Accenture; and Roy Rosin, Intuit
Reinvention and Pivoting
Speakers: Ujjal Kohli, Rhythm NewMedia; Randy Komisar, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers; Will Price, Flite; Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Polycom; and moderator Richard Dickson, Fenwick & West LLP
An Abudance of Opportunities, a Scarcity of Innovation
Speaker: Curt Carlson, SRI International
Mastering the Global Innovation Economy
Speakers: Russ Conser, Shell; Vivek Wadhwa, UC Berkeley; Eric Young, Canaan Partners; and moderator Curt Carlson, SRI International
Innovating Innovation
Speaker: Russ Conser, Shell
Collective Entrepreneurship
Speakers: Ricardo dos Santos, Qualcomm; and Dave Blakely, IDEO
Enacting the Future: Socio-technical Perspective and the Next Cambrian Moment
Speaker: John Seely Brown, Deloitte Center for the Edge
Thank you to our conference sponsors!
Innovation Champion: Shell
Breakout Session Sponsors: Accenture, Fenwick & West LLP, Qualcomm
Supporting Sponsor: Silicon Valley Bank
Video Sponsor: Intel
