Testimonials

"I could only manage to free up one day. But glad I did! This was one of the most interesting seminars I’ve attended"

Pieter Meijlaers

User Experience Manager, Hello bank

"Good to learn from a broad range of topics and companies."

Garmt Dijksterhuis

Sensory and Consumer Science, Unilever

"Fantastic event hearing about how people are innovating and progressing within the organisation. Some really great ideas I can take back and use in my day to day work."

Alan Connelly

Lead Client Architect, Unisys

"I found a lot of the presentations at a high level, good quality, a lot of information and really lovely insights. I really enjoyed the conference."

Michael Ruggier

GameCharger, Shell International

"The event was quite valuable, a perfect balance between broad & interesting participants yet enough intimacy to get to the valuable insights beneath the glossy presentations."

Stiven Kerestegian

Open Innovation Intrapreneur at LEGO – Multidiciplinary Designer & Social Entrepreneur

"Fantastic opportunity to meet so many seasoned innovation leaders in one place! I truly enjoyed the event and I learned tremendously from other speakers."

Svetlana Dimovski

Manager, Open Innovation and Science Relations at BASF North America

"Great place to learn about the latest trends in innovation"

JAN VAN DEN ENDE

Professor of Management of Technology and Innovation at Rotterdam School of Management,Erasmus University

"Unleashing Innovation in Amsterdam was a sparkling experience – intense, focused, a bunch of dedicated business people. Absolutely inspiring"

ARNE STJERNHOLM MADSEN

Innovation Management Partner at Novo Nordisk

"Well organised, inspiring and thoughts-provoking event with manageable number of participants for quality networking."

OLGA KORNILOVA

Global Senior Manager Competitive Intelligence and Market Research at Ferring Pharmaceuticals

"Size of event was great, made it easy to network, learn and ask questions."

MARGARET GABRIEL

Strategic Business Partner, Retention & Loyalty at World Vision

"Very well organised event, presence of strong companies, knowledgeable speakers and effective learning."

CLAUDIO WILTEMBURG

Business Intelligence Manager at Abbvie

"It was a good event with speakers from the top innovative companies allowing us to validate our practices lean new pitches and network with innovation"

SUMANT SOOD

Head-Innovation & Corporate Communication at Titan Company Limited

"The Unleashing Innovation summit was a good opportunity to meet fellow Innovation colleagues from a diverse background, to exchange ideas and learn"

MARCELO AMSTALDEN MÖLLER

Head of Global CMI – Innovation & Global Brands at Heineken

"Great to hear and learn from different industries and hearing different perspectives Robin Verlinde, European Association Director Customer Marketing, BMS Solid conference with best practice sharing in innovation community.
Miha Bobic, Senior Director R&D at Danfoss District Energy Division"

MIHA BOBIC

Senior Director R&D at Danfoss District Energy Division

"Very engaging event and an invaluable ‘check in’ to the insights industry."

JOHN HUMPHREY

Director of Analytics and Insights at Kimberly-Clark EMEA

"Unleashing Innovation Summit” was a thought stimulating and insightful event. The organizers brought together a highly engaged group of very experienced innovation professionals from a spectrum of different industries. The great talks and ample opportunities for discussions made us return home with relevant ideas how to address our daily business challenges from a different angle."

HORST WENCK

Corporate Vice-President Front End Innovation at Beiersdorf AG

"An interesting event with presentations from a wide range of organisations on hot topics for the research industry."

JAMES GUERRIER

Director, Research & Insights, Comedy & Entertainment, International of Viacom International Media Networks

"The innovation topic discussions were relevant and resonated with me. What was valuable were the case studies, insights about real successes and failures"

LEAH CADAVONA

Director, Global Brand Strategy & Management at Nu Skin

"I value the intimate setting, honest dialogue and cross-industry perspectives. It’s a juxta-position delight of worldly experience and industry knowledge."

DANE HOWARD

Director Global Brand Experience at ebay inc

"Wow what a fantastic event, I really like coming to these kind of events where it is a small group of people & you can really have conversations around innovation, about what is going on and really connect at a deeper level then if it were a giant trade show environment. The venue was great, the type of companies selected, the people and the different functions really relevant to what is going on today. Also great back drop to Amsterdam, couldn’t really ask for much more."

HEIDI HATTENDORF

Director, Innovation Development Emerging Business Office, CTO, Motorola Solutions

"I joined the event at lunch time today and ran into a group of people having a great time, there is a lot of dialog happening and interactive sessions. There is a lot of energy still on the Friday afternoon so my guess is this is a good meeting, that people really enjoyed themselves."

GRAHAM CROSS

Director of Innovation and Commercial Alliances, Unilever

"Well organised, great content and fabulous speakers"

COSTAS PAPAIKONOMOU

Co-Founder, Happen and Winkle

"I was just attending this great 2 day Unleashing Innovation event in Amsterdam, what I really liked was the right balance of forums, having fun in the evening, the opportunity to see a bit of the city. Great networking opportunities, congratulations to a well organised event. I look forward to the next one."

PETER BERNARD

Marketing Director Europe, Planview Inc.

"The event was excellent, one of the best I have had the chance to attend. I must complement you and your colleagues on the quality of speakers and participants"

PAUL LEONARD

Head of Innovation & Technology Policy, EU Government Relations BASF Group

"A really unique setting for getting deep insights into meaningful issues around innovation."

HANNES ERLER

Director Open Innovation Networks, Swarovski

"Very good, diverse crowd, good to see efforts and initiatives are aligned with other companies."

FRANCOIS RAGNET

Chief Innovation Officer, Commercial, XEROX Services

"This is the place where B2B and B2C innovation best practices meet and get therefore richer."

MIHA BOBIC

MSC, Senior Director R&D, Danfoss

"Very thought provoking … the right people… the right topics!"

SCOTT GILBERT.

Director of Innovation and Commercialization, Phototype

"The format of Unleashing Innovation summit is ideal for highly engaging, interactive and productive interactions, enabling new learning’s & sharing of"

SAMEER SHARMA

Senior Director End2End Mobile Services, Bell Labs, Alcatel- Lucent

"haring knowledge provided by real experts."

GUIDO PATER

Guido Pater consultancy

"Great insights into going from communication to collaboration, how to encourage interactivity and why it is important to invest in an agile comms"

ELIEN GEVAERT

Communications Officer, Philips

"Great event, proofing the change happened: social tools are embraced by internal communications."

GERHARD SCHAUER

Web Strategy & Intranet Program Manager, Credit Suisse