Committee & Speakers

Jin Chen 陈劲

Talk title: China's way of innovation during the digital age

Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Strategy, School of Economics and Management; Director, Research Center of Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University, China

Wim Vanhaverbeke

Co-Eic of Technovation; Emeritus Professor, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Tommaso Buganza,

Professor of Leadership & Innovation, School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Jin Chen 陈劲

Talk title: China's way of innovation during the digital age

Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Strategy, School of Economics and Management; Director, Research Center of Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University, China

Eric von Hippel

Talk title: ‘Systems of use’: a lens to more deeply study user innovation

T. Wilson (1953) Professor of Innovation Management, MIT Sloan School of Management; Professor of Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Xing Hu

Talk title: The path of growth in China’s avionics sector

Founder of Longxing Avionics Co., Ltd, China

Xiaokun Li

Talk title: Navigating Technological Change in the AI Era: Open Innovation Practices at Ruijie Networks

Cooperation & Development Director, Ruijie Networks Co., Ltd., China

Yuan Li 李垣

Talk title: Dual-Driving Forces and Corporate Innovation Strategy

Professor of Innovation Management and Strategy, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Rongping Mu 穆荣平

Talk title: Transition from Innovation Policy to Innovative Development Policy: vision-driven foresight shaping the emerging industries

Chairman, Chinese Association of Science of Science and S&T Policy Research, China

Daniel Trabucchi

Talk title: The Digital Phoenix Effect: how legacy companies use platform thinking to reframe innovation, business models, and managerial action

Associate Professor of Platform Thinking and Innovation, School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Jochen Wirtz

Talk title: GenAI Meets Service Robots: How LLMs, LBMs & Agentic AI Will Revolutionize the Service Sector

Vice Dean MBA Programs; Professor of Marketing, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Xiaobo Wu 吴晓波

Talk title: The rising of 6th generation of innovation in China: some evidence and key essence

Qiushi Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, School of Management, Director, National Institute for Innovation Management, Zhejiang University, China

Roberto Camerani

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management; Associate Professor of Economics of Innovation, SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex Business School, UK

Marina Dabić

Editor-in-Chief, Technology in Society; Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Yuning Gao

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics; Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Management, Director of the Institute of International Development and Global Governance, Tsinghua University, China

Mei-Chih Hu

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Professor, Institute of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China

Monica Masucci

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management; Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Sussex Business School, UK

Luca Mora

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Professor of Urban Innovation and Smart Cities, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Kazuyuki Motohashi

Editor of Research Policy; The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Japan

Arho Suominen

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Strategy & Innovation; Research Team Leader, Innovation Ecosystems, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

Chao Wang

Co-Editor in Chief of Sustainable Futures, Beijing University of Technology, China