Event Moderator: Dr Ulf Marquardt, Senior Manager, Development Partnerships, Nestle

The agenda for the day is as follows:

9.00 – 9.05 am Welcome
Julian Nolan, CEO and Founder, Iprova

9.05 – 9.30 am Keynote: Machine-Enhanced Creativity and Generative AI
Mohamad Ali Mahfouz, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Switzerland

9.30 – 9.50 am Keynote Demo: Reinventing Invention
Dr Shao Min Tan, Senior AI Researcher, Iprova

9.50 – 10.15 am The Changing Intellectual Property Ecosystem: A Journalist’s View
Joff Wild, Former Editor-in-Chief Intellectual Asset Management and author for publications such as The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal

10.15 – 10.50 am Group photo and coffee break

10.50 – 11.40 am The Impact of AI on Innovation
Prof. Cyril Bouquet, Professor of Strategy & Innovation, IMD Business School, Lausanne

11.40 – 12.30 pm Hands-on With a Pre-release Version of Iprova’s Latest Technology
Part I: with invention engineers Dr Christopher Wright, Dr Harry Cronin and David Duffy, Iprova

12.30 – 2.00 pm Networking and lunch

2.00 – 2.45 pm Hands-on With a Pre-release Version of Iprova’s Latest Technology
Part II – You invent! With invention engineers Dr Christopher Wright, Dr Harry Cronin and David Duffy

2.45 – 3.00 pm What Have We Learned From Creating Over 3,000 inventions?
Dr Christopher Wright, Iprova

3.00 – 3.25 pm The Growing Importance of AI in Designing High Performance Vehicles
Mark Stringer, Commercial Director, Lotus

3.25 – 3.55 pm Coffee break

3.55 – 4.35 pm Expert Panel
Panel members: Steve Donaghy, Global R&D Senior Director, KonicaMinolta; Ivana Ivankovic, Innovation IP Specialist, On; Chis Talbot, Senior Director, IP Licensing, Applied Materials; Raya Volinsky, EMEA Director, Strategic Partner Sales, Microsoft.

Panel moderator: Joff Wild, Former Editor-in-Chief Intellectual Asset Management and author for publications such as The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal

Topics include:
-Encouraging diversity amongst inventors

-What are the biggest changes/challenges occurring in the management of IP in your company?

-How is IP, in all its forms, created within your company and how do you expect this to change over the coming years?

4.35 – 4.55 pm “Fireside Chat” – What Next for Machine-Enhanced Creativity and Invention?
Julian Nolan – CEO and Founder, Yassine Benyahia – Head of AI, Dr Bernadette Elliott-Bowman – Head of Product and Dr Nick Walker – Chief Scientific Officer, Iprova.

Moderator: Dr Ulf Marquardt, Senior Manager, Development Partnerships, Nestle

4.55 – 5.00 pm Closing Remarks – Tony Maile, Iprova

5.00 pm + Apéritif