Ericpol

Presentation by:
Paweł Szczerkowski, Ericpol Telecom

How to find innovative ideas? Which comes first – a technology which the engineers find interesting or an analysis of the customer’s needs? Methods of stimulating innovation– do they exist and, if so, do they work? Intelligent organization as a step towards innovation. Should we strive to invent an industrial method for producing graphene or settle for an improved version of the car navigation system?

Moderator:
Dorota Konowrocka, Computerworld
Discussion leader:
Doug Solomon, IDEO

How to get the money for research, development and innovation? EU funds, framework programmes, competitions, incubators, VC funds – examples of choices made by innovative Polish companies and the consequences of these choices. Is it smart to divide company activity into two channels?: one responsible for the generation of income flow from best-selling products, the other devoted to more ambitious and money-consuming activities? Innovative companies in times of economic crisis – innovation as a life jacket or unnecessary burden?

Presentation by:
Aleksander Wasiukiewicz
Moderator:
Dorota Konowrocka, Computerworld

How do we sell innovative products? How to shorten the developmental cycle of innovation and decrease the costs of technology commercialization? What is the significance of marketing in introducing relatively modest technological innovations which may nevertheless help to release the latent market potential of products? Innovation as uncertainty – how to minimize risk while marketing new products and increase their chances for success? Storage rooms for innovation – it won’t sell today, but how about tomorrow?

Presentation by:
Nicolas Kireeff, Deutsche Telekom AG
Moderator
Przemysław Gamdzyk, IDG

The patents enable small businesses to take part in the global innovation market. They are also a guarantee of innovation expenditure security. What you can and what you cannot have certificated? Why it is important? How to certificate inventions, so as to secure them on global market?

Moderator:
Dorota Konowrocka, Computerworld
Marek Stawiński, UPC Broadband
Jakub Sielewiesiuk, AOMB Polska

What changes must be introduced in order to safeguard the improved performance of innovative companies in Poland? Technology transfer from academic centers, talent recruitment, financial resources for R&D projects, the efficiency and inefficiency of cooperation platforms and institutions related to innovative business, governmental support for innovation, and the cooperation culture in Poland.

Moderator:
Przemysław Gamdzyk, IDG Polska

How to create an in-company environment which would foster research and development projects? How to exploit opportunities created by science and technology parks in order to gain access to the equipment necessary to conduct research? How to recruit talented scientists? Are small companies able to conduct serious and valuable R&D projects?

Presentation by:
Robert Szewczyk, Ericpol Telecom
Moderator:
Przemysław Gamdzyk, IDG Poland

As managers, we play enormous role in creating culture of innovation in our organization.  That may sound trivial (in fact, it is) but one part that we seldom realize is that in consequence, we play also tremendous role in killing any form of creative thinking, ie „innovations”. This short presentation will explain how to do it quickly and effectively – after all, our role is to be quick and effective.

Presentation by:
Maciej Smagacz, Ericpol Telecom