Committee & Speakers
Conference co-chairs

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
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Tommaso Buganza,
Professor of Leadership & Innovation, School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Marina Dabić
Editor-in-Chief, Technology in Society; Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia
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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
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Mei-Chih Hu
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Professor, Institute of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, China
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Monica Masucci
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management; Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Sussex Business School, UK
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Luca Mora
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Professor of Urban Innovation and Smart Cities, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
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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
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Co-Editor in Chief of Sustainable Futures, Beijing University of Technology, China
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