Innovation Management Forum

The lounge of innovation leaders

Where global innovation leaders address unpostponeable innovation management challenges to boost corporate innovation and shape innovation policies.

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2025: Frictionless innovation

Which are the main frictions to the execution of innovation strategies and to the scaleup of innovation projects? Which practices and tools are the most effective to reduce such frictions?

300+ innovation leaders across Europe are engaged throughout the year, leveraging on two main meetups whose touchbase is Milan.

Deep-dive into the journey
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Five ingredients for a stellar recipe

Sala del Cenacolo

Inspirational lounge: the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, one of the largest technical-scientific museum in Europe,  housing the world's largest collection of machine models made from Leonardo da Vinci's drawings.

Innovation leaders

Hyper-qualified attendance: the innovation leaders sharing their valuable experiences join the Forum exclusively by invitation and, without saying, free of charge.

Forum working table

100% peer-to-peer: all the innovation leaders join the Forum as subject matter experts, sharing their expertise and vision with peers. No conferences are hence expected, but just a structured and facilitated working meeting.

Finalizing the work

Clear deliverable: peer discussions are finalized to the drafting and editing of the annual white paper, addressing the unpostponeable innovation management challenge of the year.

Flavio Ubezio

Scientific coordination: Flavio Ubezio, the dude who first met with eight fellows and so founded the Forum, ensures we'll hack our discipline, one challenge at a time.

Beyond the Forum

Copiloting innovation through collaboration

The Innovation Management Forum serves as a platform for innovation leaders to engage in dialogue to co-innovate value chains for the good of future generations.

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Flavio Ubezio
Meet our scientific director

From peer to peers

Flavio Ubezio is the founder and scientific director of the Forum: the dude who met the first time with eight fellows and called the meeting "Innovation Management Forum".

Innovation Management Forum

Where innovation leaders gather to cooperate

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Venue

In the temple of science and technology

The Forum is hosted by the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, the largest technical-scientific museum in Italy and one of the largest in Europe, which houses the world's largest collection of machine models made from Leonardo da Vinci's drawings.

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Dialogue 2025

Frictionless innovation

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Location

Nel tempio della scienza e della tecnologia

L'evento è ospitato dal Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, il più ampio museo tecnico-scientifico in Italia e uno dei maggiori in Europa, dove è presente la più grande collezione al mondo di modelli di macchine realizzati a partire da disegni di Leonardo da Vinci.

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Edizione 2025

Frictionless innovation

In ogni organizzazione esistono elementi organizzativi e culturali che rappresentano rischi strategici per l'efficacia dei processi di innovazione e per lo scale-up delle innovazioni oggetto di sperimentazione. Individuarli e trattarli è essenziale per riuscire ad attuare la strategia aziendale di innovazione ed è, inoltre, un requisito proposto dagli standard internazionali di riferimento.

L’edizione 2025 dell’Innovation Management Forum intende sviluppare consapevolezza e conoscenza condivisa sul tema, proseguendo il lavoro avviato durante la “ISPIM Innovation Conference 2024” durante la quale è stata presentata la ricerca “Managing the strategic risk of failure of innovation initiatives” realizzata da C. Migliavacca, F. Piutti, F. Ronzani e F. Ubezio.

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Il salotto dei leader
dell'innovazione italiana

Spazio di dialogo tra le eccellenze nel management dell’innovazione
e di collaborazione pro-attiva con il Sistema Paese.

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LOUNGE

In the temple of science and technology

The Innovation Management Forum is hosted by the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, the largest technical-scientific museum in Italy and one of the largest in Europe, which houses the world's largest collection of machine models made from Leonardo da Vinci's drawings.

THE VALUES OF THE FORUM
Peer sharing

You'll be delighted to join the only event with no conferences or speeches.

Invite-only

We deal individually with our guests. Otherwise, they won't be guests.

Intimate connections

Joining the Forum feels like home. We do our part. Our guests are the best.

Free of charge

Are your guests charged to join your meetups at home?!
Ours don't, too.

Bold question

Frictionless innovation

Which are the main frictions to the execution of innovation strategies and to the scaleup of innovation projects? Which practices and tools are the most effective to reduce such frictions?

Innovation Management Forum

The intimate innovation executives

The intimate space for innovation executives to share bold practices to boost corporate innovation.

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