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Testimonials
"The level of intimacy, connection, genuine passion you create really sets this event apart from the countless, bloodless corporate events I've been to over the years"
1 / 7
Author and CNN Innovation Correspodent, USA
"Amazing opportunity to get inspired and see what the future behold"
2 / 7
Student, Molde University College, Norway
"InnoTown offers the ability to connect with groundbreaking ideas and thoughts of world-class speakers!"
3 / 7
CEO, Ulstein Group, Norway
"InnoTown is unlike any other ideas conference in the
world. It combines great speakers – full of wisdom and
surprise – with an extraordinary down-to-earth
environment that infects everyone"
4 / 7
Freakonomics Author and Journalist, USA
"Inspiring stories and insight presented by authentic and passionate leaders"
5 / 7
Segment Director, Special Ships, DNV GL, Norway
"A Phenomenal Experience for
me, and the most innovative
innovation conference I have ever been to"
6 / 7
Oliviero Toscani Studio, Italy
"Such an exiting, refreshing, unforgettable moment in Norway!"
7 / 7
Goodyear, Luxembourg
Previous Talks
InnoTown 2019
Monica Parker.
RESTRUCTURING:
Change and how to embrace it
InnoTown 2019
Fredrik Harén
Organizations:
What is Creativity?
InnoTown 2019
René Carayol
Spike:
What are you Great at?
InnoTown 2018
Rutger Bregman
Utopia for Realists
The Case for a Universal Basic Income
InnoTown 2018
Jonah Berger
Contagious
Why Things Catch On
InnoTown 2018
Maria Strömme
The future beholds
Nanotechnology
InnoTown 2017
Stephane Garelli
The World in Reset Mode :
A competitiveness outlook for 2017, and beyond
InnoTown 2017
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
The value of creativity and passion:
People, Process and Projects at Snøhetta
InnoTown 2017
Dr Mary Aiken
Cyberpsychology:
Who are we - and who are we becoming - in the cyber world.
InnoTown 2017
Doug Powell
Design At Scale:
Transforming IBM
InnoTown 2017
Lorne Lantz
Blockchain:
The fifth era of the digital revolution?
InnoTown 2017
Andy Green
The Bloodhound Project:
Breaking the world speed record through engineering and innovation
InnoTown 2017
Gordon Falconer
Smart Cities:
How to Move Forward
InnoTown 2015
Hans Rosling
Don't panic:
Facts that reshape your world view.
InnoTown 2006
Gerald Celente
Global trends that will shape the future
InnoTown 2011
Bill Strickland
Social innovation:
Make the impossible possible.
InnoTown 2010
Blake Mycoskie
Tom Shoes:
Conscious Capitalism
InnoTown 2016
Brad Templeton
Changing the world with robocars.
InnoTown 2012
Brian Muirhead
NASA:
High velocity leadership
InnoTown 2013
David Robertson
Brick by brick
How Lego rewrote the rules of innovation
InnoTown 2011
Dayna Baumeister
Innovation inspired by nature
InnoTown 2014
Deborah Perry Piscione
Unlocking the secrets of Silicon Valley
InnoTown 2014
Dennis Snow
Fuelling growth with innovative customer service
InnoTown 2016
Dirk Ahlborn
Hyper loop and the future of transportation.
InnoTown 2013
Freek Vermeulen
Five reasons why management myths persists
InnoTown 2016
Gerd Leonhard
The next years in technology and innovation
InnoTown 2016
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter
Asymmetrical thinking in a conventional world
InnoTown 2013
Jeffrey Hayzlett
From Yellow to red:
The KODAK story
InnoTown 2014
Julian Birkinshaw
New ways of working in the post-knowledge era
InnoTown 2013
Karina Hollekim
20 seconds of joy
InnoTown 2016
Kenneth Cukier
Big data:
The new raw material of business
InnoTown 2016
Martin Ford
The rise of robots and artificial intelligence
InnoTown 2016
Oscar Levander
Towards autonomous ships
InnoTown 2012
Patrick Dixon
Turning the future into history
InnoTown 2010
Peter Diamandis
The best way to predict the future, is to invent it yourself
InnoTown 2015
Rachel Botsman
The currency of the new economy is trust
InnoTown 2012
René Carayol
Culture is more powerful than strategy
InnoTown 2012
Sam Graham Felsen
How we did it:
Barack Obama's groundbreaking online strategy
InnoTown 2014
Shannon Deegan
Creating an innovative culture at Google
InnoTown 2008
Sir Ken Robinson
Schools kill creativity
InnoTown 2011
Stephane Garelli
Mastering a new reality:
An outlook for 2013 and beyond
InnoTown 2016
Stephen Dubner
Think Like a freak!
InnoTown 2012
Susan Cain
The power of introverts
InnoTown 2015
Todd Reichert and Cameron Robertson
Pushing the limits of human potential!
InnoTown 2012
William Kamkwamba
How I harnessed the wind
Previous Speakers
Monica Parker.
UK
Expertise: Organisational Change, Business transformation, A.I and The Future of work, Workplace Strategy
Fredrik Harén
Sweden / Singapore
Author and keynote speaker on Business Creativity, Change and Global Business
Paul Redmond
UK
Generations Expert, Historian of Contemporary Values
Thina Margrethe Saltvedt
Norway
Senior Adviser Sustainable Finance, Nordea Bank AB
René Carayol
England
International Keynote Speaker, Author, Leadership & Business Advisor
Espen Øino
Norway / Monaco
Yacht Architect
Monica Parker
England
Expertise: Organisational Change, Business transformation, A.I and The Future of work, Workplace Strategy
Garry Kasparov
Russia
Former World Chess Champion
Robert Mood
Norway
President of The Norwegian Red Cross and former Lieutenant General
Freek Vermeulen
Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at The London Business School
Rutger Bregman
Netherlands
Historian, Author and Journalist
Jonah Berger
USA
Author and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
Maria Strömme
Sverige
Professor and Head of Department of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials at Uppsala University
Stephane Garelli
Switzerland
Professor at IMD. Former director of World Economic Forum.
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
Norway
Architect and co-founder of Snøhetta
Dr Mary Aiken
Forensic Cyberpsychologist and Author
Doug Powell
USA
IBM Distinguished Designer
Lorne Lantz
USA
Blockchain educator and bitcoin entrepreneur.
Andy Green
UK
Wing Commander, British Air Force Fighter
Gordon Falconer
Singapore
Global Director Smart Cities, Schneider Electric, Singapore
Benjamin Zander
USA
Conductor, Boston Philharmonic
Oliviero Toscani
Italy
Photographer & President, Oliviero Toscani Studio
Hans Rosling
Sweden
Professor of Global Health, Karolinska Institutet. Founder of Gapminder Foundation
Gerald Celente
USA
Director and Founder of The Trends Research Institute
Bill Strickland
USA
An Extraordinary Business and Community Leader
Blake Mycoskie
USA
Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS Shoes Inc
Brad Templeton
USA
Chair of computing at Singularity University, Consultant on robot cars for various leading players
Brian Muirhead
USA
Chief Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
David Robertson
USA
Wharton practice professor of operations and information management
Dayna Baumeister
Co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild
Deborah Perry Piscione
USA
Entrepreneur, national bestselling author and media commentator
Dennis Snow
USA
20 year veteran of The Walt Disney Company. President at Snow & Associates Inc.
Dirk Ahlborn
Germany/USA
CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
Freek Vermeulen
UK
Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School (UK)
Genevieve Bell
Australia
Gerd Leonhard
Netherland
Futurist, Author, CEO The Futures Agency
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter
USA
Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist and National Security Advisor
Jeffrey Hayzlett
USA
CEO of The Hayzlett Group. Vice President of the Eastman Kodak Company
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales
USA
Founder and director, Wikipedia
John Kao
USA
Founder and CEO, The Idea Factory
Julian Birkinshaw
UK
Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
Karina Hollekim
Norway
Professional BASE-jumper and Free-skier
Kenneth Cukier
Data Editor, The Economist
Martin Ford
Author and leading expert on the robot revolution, artificial intelligence and the impact of accelerating technology
Oscar Levander
Vice President Innovation, Engineering & Technology, Marine, Rolls Royce
Patrick Dixon
UK / USA
Futurist / Founder & Chairman, Global Change
Pellegrino Riccardi
Norway / UK / Italy
Cross cultural expert, speaker, communications consultant
Peter Diamandis
USA
Founder and Chairman of X.PRIZE Foundation
Rachel Botsman
Australia
Global Expert on the Collaborative Economy
René Carayol
UK
CEO, Inspired Leaders Network
Sahar Hashemi
UK
Founder of Coffee Republic
Sam Graham Felsen
USA
Barack Obama's chief blogger
Shannon Deegan
USA
Director - Peoples Operations at Google 2007 - 2013. Now Google´s Director of Global Security Operations
Sir Ken Robinson
UK / USA
World Renowned Expert on Innovation and Creativity.
Stephane Garelli
Switzerland
Professor at IMD and the University of Lausanne
Stephen Dubner
USA
Award winning author, jounalist and TV personality
Susan Cain
Expert on introvert power and leadership consultant.
Todd Reichert and Cameron Robertson
Canada
Founders of AeroVelo Inc.
Anita Nowak
Canada
PhD, Visionary Educator and Expert on Empathy and Social Impact
William Kamkwamba
Malawi
Inventor, Student and Author