GIMI Think Tank
The GIMI Think Tank is a weekly virtual forum composed of GIMI ambassadors, Certified Training Partners, and other experts to share knowledge around innovation and promote collaboration
Participants are Innovation leaders from industry, government, and academia
Representatives come from 5 continents and more than 25 countries
Standard agenda is sufficiently flexible to cover a range of innovation topics
Online program meets weekly on Wednesdays at 9:00 am (EST)
We Created The GIMI Think Tank To Be An Innovative And Collaborative Space To:
- Create a fluid, agile and solid community of innovators around the world who assist in solving big and bold challenges
- Create awareness around innovation and GIMI framework
- Share valuable and cutting edge knowledge from distinguished speakers among the community and to the interested audience
- Promote GIMI partners and recruit potential partners who embrace the GIMI framework and advance innovation in their countries
We Talk About:
Watch Past Think Tank Sessions On Trends
Paul van Son
Carolina Strobel
Sesha Pratap
Steve Wyatt
Sean Sheppard
President at Dii Desert Energy
Operating Partner / COO Redpoint eventures
Partner at Brahma and at Maxos Studio
Professor at University of Bath School of Management
Managing Partner at U+
- Dubai
- Brazil
- EEUU
- United Kingdom
- EEUU
Innovations have made renewable energy the market winner
Fast-growing venture-capital industry in Brazil
Reinvent business models, create new marketplaces, and engage customers
Skills, capabilities, and mindsets required to thrive in the 4th Industrial Revolution ‘4IR’
Silicon Valley exits, invested in 140+ startups across 3 VC funds. What we learned from building 90+ ventures
Rachid Yazami
António Alvarenga
Valentina De Matteo
Dr. CJ Meadows
Tapfuma Musewe
Founding Director & CTO at KVI Holdings
Founder of ALVA R&C and International Foresight Expert
Professor/Researcher at University of Bologna
Thought leader on tomorrow’s innovation
Executive Director at Afrifursa
- Singapur
- Portugal
- Italy
- USA
- Canada
Addressing major lithium-ion battery issues for electric mobility and beyond
Make better decisions, improve strategy definition or policymaking, and spur innovation breakthroughs
How to design resilient corporate environments through innovation knowledge
Why Design-Thinking Startups Succeeds Better and Attracts More Funding
Fintech Innovation in Africa: impact and growth
Dan Dodson
Manish Shah
Willem-Jan Jacobs
Bradley Andrews
Joshua Ngoma
System Director, Digital Health and Innovation at UNC
Food Industry Executive
Sales Director at Living Tomorrow
President Worley – UK, Nordics, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
Founder & Chief Enabler at EARN
- USA
- USA
- Belgium
- United Kingdom
- Africa
Innovation in Healthcare
Food Ingredients Innovation
Creating a vision of how we will live and work in the future
Global trends and frontline insights from the European Energy Transition
Developing young African agripreneurs through modern and smart agriculture
Agostinho Almeida
Joanna Prieto
Rafael Obando
Damarys Zampani
Dr. Ai Addyson- Zhang
Chief Innovation Officer at Ecopetrol
Co-CEO of Geek Girls Latam
Head of East Coast and LATAM Partnerships at HubSpot
Strategic Growth Executive, President & Founder of Sustrategy.com
Education Disruptor – CEO and Founder at Classroom Without Walls
- Colombia
- Colombia
- USA
- Portugal
- United States
Science, technology, and innovation as a catalyst for sustainability
Systemic approach to Sustainable Development Goal: 5 Gender Equality
The funnel is dead: Meet the flywheel
Resilient infrastructure with energy & water security
To Disrupt or be Disrupted: What’s Next in Education
Jonathan Reichental, PhD
Hassan Al-Brahim
Tammi Spring
Andres Joya
Rolan Marco Garcia and Kristine Bañez
Founder of Human Future
Executive Director at Civil Service and Government Development Bureau in Qatar
Principal, Spring Consulting & Creative
CEO & Co-Founder at Coally
Founding CEO & Managing Partner of the Embiggen Group / Managing Director of Embiggen Ventures
- USA
- Qatar
- USA
- Colombia
- Philippines
Making Data Work For Your Organization
Unified Customer Experience
Designing Incentives for Crowdsourcing & Collaboration
How artificial intelligence is helping companies choosing and up-skilling their teams
Corporate Venture Building: Strategic Growth by Building New Businesses
Katarina Brud
Joel Litman
Ahmad Moradi
Rizzo Hahn
Jessica Day
Director of MobilityXlab
President and CEO at Valen’s Research
CEO & Founder of Netstairs
Managing Director at Accenture
Co-founder at IDEASCALE
- Sweden
- U.S.A
- U.S.A
- Brazil
- U.S.A
Pioneering the future of mobility – a story of startup corporate collaborations
The at-home revolution is in full swing and explains 80% of what’s happening in the stock market
Web Real-Time Communications with AI Streaming Video is the genesis of an insightful transformation
Industry 4.0 – The trends, opportunities, and risks for the future
Leverage the collective intelligence of networks to create new business value
Tunde Akindele
Andre Do Valle
Director of Strategy and Innovation at Verizon
Managing Partner at Clarity Ventures
- USA
- U.S.A
Will your industry be disrupted by 5G?
Soon, all assets, like your house, your cash, will be tokenized, and earning interest
Watch Past Think Tank Sessions On Innovation
Florin PAUN
TVG Krishnamurty
Louise Kelly
Johannes Jarl
Rogério Bohn
Chief Science & Partnership Officer at RAFAUT Group
Mentor an advisor
Professor of Management and Leadership at University of La Verne
Executive Director at Innovation 360 Group
Global Mentor
- France
- USA
- USA
- USA
- Brazil
New tool to hybridize the market pull approach with technology push while innovating
Why continuing education for the educated is urgent in this 21st century?
A flexible leadership style for innovation – from ambidexterity to women’s leadership
How working systematically with innovation management by assessing your teams from a 360-degree
Innovation in Family Business to generate innovative actions for traditional conservative family businesses
Manuel Mendes
Nicholas Haber
Alexander Haneng
Mohab Anis
Omar Saucedo
Global Director at Boston Innovation Gateway
Director STEM and CTE at Certiport
SVP Innovation Partnerships at Posten and Bring
CEO at Innovety
Microsoft Techspark Community Manager
- USA
- USA
- Norway
- Egypt
- Mexico
Understand why innovation is key for a successful international business market expansion
Digital Skills and Entrepreneurship: Driving Prosperity Through Certification
How did a 375-year-old postal service become Norway’s most innovative company?
Driving Innovation by Assessing Your Intellectual Assets
The U.S. Mexico Border innovation opportunities Power hub
Sid Benraouane
Rodolfo Cremer
Beatriz Daza
Mike Hatrick
Tony Ulwick
Chair of the US ISO Working Group on Innovation Management
Co-founder of Barcelona Business Innovation and Technology School
CEO of MacondoLab
Group Director IP Strategy and Portfolio at Volvo Trucks Technology
Strategyn Founder and CEO, Inventor, Author, and Innovation Thought Leader
- Dubai
- Spain
- Colombia
- Sweden
- USA
Innovation management and ISO perspective
Innovation for education in the 21st Century
At MacondoLab, everything is possible: bringing ideas to life with the power of innovation
Chasing Innovation, why innovation programs fail, and what we should do about that
Taking the Guesswork Out of Innovation
Maria Cristina Córdova
Guillermo de Haro
Henry May
Johan Persson
Nicola Winter
Co-founder of Relaci & Founder at Innfiltrados
Interim Vice Dean, Graduate Programs at IE School of Science and Technology
Cofounder & CEO at Coschool
Partner at Rhubarbs
Member of the ESA astronaut reserve, pilot, speaker and Engineer
- Colombia
- Spain
- Colombia
- Swiss
- Germany
Collaborative Innovation: The standard way to innovate in the coming years
From Stoicism to Complex Problem Solving. How Data and People will save the world
Edumoción – an innovative bet to change education in LatAm
How maps changed how we approach innovation and strategy
Innovation, resilence and new leadership from Air and Space World
Nic Palmarini
Josep Miquel Piqué
Kevin Pang
Julius Bautista
Carlos Marquerie
Director at NICA
President – Triple Helix Association
Vice President of Business Development at Qnergy
Principal, Strategic Partner Engagements at Amazon Web Services
Vice Dean of Technologies at the Alfonso X University (UAX), Director of Liquid Innovation Lab
- United Kingdom
- Spain
- USA
- USA
- USA
Yesterday, today was tomorrow (Ageing, our best opportunity)
Orchestration of Innovation Ecosystems: The Pacts of Innovation
From Dinosaur DNA to Methane Abatement: Innovation as a 3-ball Collision
Accelerating Growth and Innovation through the Cloud
Innovation Ecosystem: AI-based Competitive Route Map
Kristen Anderson
Ken Merkel
Steffen Gackstatter
Carlo Saveiro & Domenico Caprioli
Alice Chung
Advisor at StretchDollar
Chief Executive Officer at Unlimit
Partner at Roland Berger
Director of the CREST & Scientific Director of NEXT4
Sr. Analytics Manager, Genentech
- USA
- USA
- Germany
- Italy
- U.S.A
Why startups win, and how any organization can capture some of the startup advantages
Kickstarting a transformational culture
Best-practice Corporate Startup Engagement
Unified Customer Experience
How to utilize limited resources to harness/preserve innovative efforts
Carolina Duran
Greg Nuk
Dr. Ali Rashed Bin Ghaith Alsuwaidi / Ferdous Abdullah Hussein
Jeewan Chanicka
Praveen Gupta
Latin America Program Director at Building Markets
CopperTeams.ai Founder. Serial exit entrepreneur. Dedicated to human evolution.
Air Environment Sustainability and Environmental Assessment – Dubai Municipality / Chief Innovation Officer – Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
Director of Education at the Waterloo Region District School Board
Director of Quality – Stephen Gould Corporation
- Colombia
- Canada
- Dubai
- Canada
- Global
Small Business Powering the World
Why research shows that 75% of your innovation teams will underperform. And what to do about that.
Dubai Government Innovations towards a Sustainable Environment
Building the World’s Most Innovative School District: a case study on Innovation as a Driver for Transformation
Breakthrough Innovation Framework
Rodrigo Cortopassi G Lobo
Saker Ghani
John Herniman
Hector Maza
Dr. Khoh Soo Beng
Co-editor-in-chief & Professor
Innovation Transformation, and Product Leader Unlocked Ventures
Corporate Social Innovation and Quality Management of HES-Geneve
VP Strategy, Electrolyzer BU at Plug Power
Co-founder & Director PMO Innovations Sdn Bhd
- Global
- USA
- Switzerland
- USA
- Malaysia
Technology Forecasting and Corporate Strategy: An Innovation Dependent Trajectory
From Concept to Domination: The Story of Apple iPod
Exploring intrapreneurship and social intrapreneurship from within large corporations
Energy Transition Outlook
Innovate & Win: Minimise Risk, Maximise Returns with Innovation Management Framework and Process
Timiebi Aganaba
Adi Alon
Langdon Morris
Horacio Pinzón
Jordi Albo-Canals
Founder of Timiebi Aganaba LLC
Managing Director at IXL Center
Senior Partner InnovationLabs LLC
Buisness Development at Ecopetrol
Chief Scientific Officer at Lighthouse DIG
- U.S.A
- U.S.A
- U.S.A
- Colombia
- U.S.A
How space governance can help us to think about more down-to-earth
Fast Innovation – a process view for accelerationFast Innovation – a process view for acceleration
Design Thinking a Powerful Tool for Innovators
Green Horizon: Unveiling The Hydrogen Potential in Colombia’s Energy Transition
Navigating Innovation Frontiers: AI Powered Bionics
Geert van Kuijk
Chris Albinson
Kirsten Trusko
MS Ginbee Go
Marco Sanjuan
Co-Founder of the Centre for Organisational Creativity
CEO & President at Communitech
Co-Founder of PaaL & EMC
EVP & Head of Consumer Banking at the Bank of the Philippine Islands
Managing Director of Innovation at Promigas
- Sweden
- Canada
- U.S.A
- Philippines
- Colombia
Organizational Creativity: The fuel and spark for the innovation engine
How Canada became the global innovation leader – by combining Immigration, AI, and Trust
FinTech for Good: Innovation in delivery of disaster Funds
How does a 172-year-old institution stay relevant?
Biomethane and Hydrogen: Enablers of Renewable Natural Gas
Claudia Massei
Harlan Bennett
Manuel Leyva
Hitendra Patel
Felipe Bernal Guarin
Former CEO of Siemens Oman
Chief Innovation Strategist at Ever Evolving Inc.
VP of Growth at Esenttia
Managing Director at IXL Center
Global Energy Fellow at Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP)
- Germany
- U.S.A
- Colombia
- U.S.A
- U.S.A
Digital Transformation and Energy Efficiency
The Measure of Innovation: Strategies for Cultivating and Capturing Value – Introducing ISO 56008
sINNplify to democratize Innovation
Would you Climb Mount Everest with Average People?
Shifting Gears: Facing the Complexities of the Energy Transition
Minette Navarrete
Sarah Hoit
Dr. Rafael Popper
Peter Marrin & Jacques Moss
Travis Kahle
President at Kickstart Ventures Inc.
Co-founder & Chairman at SIP
Director of Futures Diamond Ltd
Associate Director and Senior Research Analyst Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure at Guidehouse Insights
Director of the Innovation Center
at the University of Charleston
- Philippines
- U.S.A
- Finland
- U.S.A
- U.S.A
Innovation to Execution: The Struggle is Real
Brain Health – Food as Medicine
Technology Foresight for Public Funding of Innovation: Methods and Best Practices
Hydrogen Electrolysis and Direct Air Capture: Scaling Up Capacity and Bringing Down Costs
Innovation through Play: Using Lego Serious Play Methodology to Foster Performance and Creativity
Paul Hobcraft
Tim Jaques
Albert Chen
Alan Kneisz
Paulo Silveira
Business & Innovation Ecosystems Expert
Founder and CEO of Teaming Worldwide
CEO & Co-founder,
Anago
Global Leader in Energy Transition at Green Fuel Systems
Founder & CEO FoodTech Hub Latam
- Switzerland
- U.S.A
- U.S.A
- Germany
- Brazil
A new business design that has innovation as its foundation connecting up the Enterprises in a Business Ecosystem design that is resilient, sustaining and adapting constantly
Top 3 Reasons Why Large Organization Innovation Programs Underperform … And What To Do About it
Generative AI Prompt Engineering Still Matters (For Now)
Opportunities to Decarbonize with eFuels
Collaborative Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Pillars for the Food of the Future
Dr. Radha Rajkotia
Ian Small
Lenka Pincot
Rafael Serpa
Sara Husk
Chief Executive Officer of Building Markets
Technical Innovation Lead at Expedition Engineering
Chief of Staff to the CEO at PMI
Leading the S&A team in Latin America of Energy Solutions at NEUMAN & ESSER
Principal Consultant at HYPE Innovation
- U.S.A
- U.K.
- U.S.A
- Colombia
- U.S.A
Scaling Impact: How Building Markets’ Approach to Innovation Uplifts the Poor and Vulnerable
Soar Innovation Method: how innovation ideas can be systematically de-risked using an infrastructure decarbonization program
Project Management and its linkages with Innovation
Technology along the Green Hydrogen Value Chain
Cut Through the Chaos: A Practical Guide to Innovation Metrics with ISO 56008
Dr. Jerome S Engel
Kalpana Majumdar
Carrie Freeman
Dr. Josefa Ibaceta
Ao Kong
Founding Executive Director, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Founder & CEO of Data Glue Consulting and Member of ISO Innovation US Technical Advisory Group
Chair of
SecondMuse Group
ECIT CIENCA E INGENIERÍA
Lead on Private Sector Partnerships at United Nations
- U.S.A
- U.S.A
- U.S.A
- Colombia
- U.S.A
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Age of Disruption
A generic Data Innovation Framework with a Use Case
Innovation as a Catalyst for Collaboration
Hydrogen projects development: From Chile to Latin America
The success and failure of innovation labs and incubators – How do we aim for better operations and results?
Watch Past Think Tank Sessions On The State of Innovation in Countries
Salim Berbache
Carlos Arruda
Isuru Subasinghe
Truls Berg
Roberto Melo
Partner at Ucotra Consulting
Associate Professor at Fundação Dom Cabral and member of Salesforce Brasil
Co-Founder & CEO at Serendipity in Research and Innovations
Founder & Leader Open Innovation Lab of Norway
President at Escala Latam
- Morocco
- Brazil
- Japan
- Norway
- Panama
How is the maturity of Moroccan SMEs evolving in terms of innovation?
What is going on in Brazil to scale innovation in the corporate environment?
State of innovation in Japan and strategy to enter the market as GIMI
State of innovation in Norway and why is the Open Innovation Lab of Norway leading the way forward
State of innovation in Panama and how to generate scalable entrepreneurial growth in Lata
Alberto Arvizu
David Fernández
Eduardo Diogo
Rolan Garcia
Benny Shlick
Director of Academic Services at Tecnológico de Monterrey
CEO and Founder at TDM Internacional
Chief executive officer
CEO and Founder at Embiggen
Founder and Managing Director at Innovation Without Borders
- Mexico
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Philippines
- Israel
Tecnológico de Monterrey developing an Innovation Ecosystem with GIMI
The innovation map in Mexico and the BIG challenges to be faced within digital transformation
Regenerative Leadership
The Future of Corporate Innovation in the Philippine
Israel’s innovation recipe cannot be copied, it is an integration of culture, flexibility, directness, openness and self-confidence
Massimo Andriolo
Dr. Akin Oke
Principal at IXL Center Italy
Founder Easy Data Ltd
- Italy
- Nigeria
Italy was a cradle of innovation … and now?
Nigeria’s Thriving Innovation Scene
Watch Past Think Tank Sessions On GIMI's IP And Progress
GIMI Impact
Leadership Program
Ron Jonash
Alice Garavito
Juie Yao Cooper
Erila Haska & Grayson Bass
Hitendra Patel, Manuel Mendes & Ron Jonash
Senior Consultant at IXL Center
Innovation Consultant at IXL Center
Senior Director at IXL Center
- Albania & Canada
- Global
- Global
- Colombia
- USA
A certified course designed to empower high school students to build a more compassionate and innovative society
Experience of IXL developing 1584 leaders in Brazil to create their leadership journey and get certified by GIMI
Applying Innovation 4.0 approaches to accelerate new solutions for Aging and for Sustainable Green Hydrogen with Innovation Olympics
Successful experience in scaling up to support thousands of SMEs, building innovation capabilities and developing an innovation ecosystem for driving growth in Colombia
Uplifting small and underserved businesses and how growth through the 2x program
Hitendra Patel
Carolina Chitiva
Hitendra Patel
Brett Trusko
David Chung
Innovation Guru & CEO at IXL Center
Director of Business Development at IXL Center
Executive Director of GIMI
President of the International Association of Innovation Professionals
Chairman of Hong Kong Innovation Management Institute
- Global
- Colombia
- Global
- EEUU
- Hong Kong
Case studies and learning using AI in a strategic innovation process
INNOVA LATAM 2022, a successful strategy to drive innovation ecosystem collaboration
The Merger of GIMI and IAOIP What does it mean for the two communities? What are the initiatives planned for 2024?
IAOIP: Pioneering US ISO Standards and Fostering a Thriving Community. The Merger with GIMI and what lies ahead
A unique partnership model with universities to co-organize different types of programs
