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NOV
15+16
2022
Hosted at the High Tech Campus, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
NOV
15+16
2022
Hosted at the High Tech Campus
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Open innovation describes “a distributed innovation process based on purposively managed knowledge flows across organizational boundaries.” It provides insights into how firms can harness inflows and outflows of knowledge to improve their innovation success. During the last two decades, open innovation has had profound impact on both the practice and study of innovation. In parallel to open innovation becoming a central feature of innovation management, the concept of innovation ecosystems has also gained much attention from both research and practice. In the face of innovation, one organization’s success will depend on the efforts of other innovators in its environment.
With this year’s conference theme—“The Human Side of Open Innovation”—we want to highlight the potential of applying what we know about human resources, cognition, behavior and other individual-level attributes to open innovation practices, uncovering how we might embrace the knowledge of microfoundations for lasting open innovation impact.
Learn more about the conference theme, submission requirements, best paper awards, and other sessions.
Be part of our new dedicated workshop day following the conference, and propose your own workshop!
At WOIC 2022, we bring together research and academia! Do you have a best practice that you would like to share with other practitioners or researchers to validate your approach or to get feedback? Apply for our best practice sessions and stand a chance to win the Best OI Practice Awards. There will be three awards: one winner and two finalists.
We proudly present the speakers for this year’s conference (more speakers will be added later):
Ann Majchrzak is the USC Associates’ Chaired Professor of Business Administration for Marshall. She teaches and does research on digital innovation. She is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems. She has held concurrent appointments at Esade Business School, Ramon Llull University (Barcelona, Spain) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, LUISS School of Business and Management (Rome, Italy) and Simon Fraser University (Vancouver Canada) in the areas of Innovation and Organization. She has a 2020 book: Unleashing the Crowd: Collaborative Solutions for Wicked Business and Societal Problems, a Marshall webinar for Covid19 & Small Businesses, and a Tommy Talk on the subject.
Henry Chesbrough is widely known as the “father of Open Innovation.” After publishing a book with that title in 2003, the concept of “open innovation” has been adopted globally to describe a new paradigm for innovation. This is particularly true for the Biscay region, where his ideas have significantly impacted the development of the local ecosystem. More broadly, his vision of bridging theory and practice is evident in much of his work, and serves as one of the foundational goals of WOIC, which he founded in 2014.
Robert-Jan Smits is President of the Executive Board. As President he believes that universities must seek a stronger connection with and relevance to society and its challenges. Educating young talents and carrying out excellent research is essential. The TU/e is embedded in a strong high-tech region. Together and in full partnership, university and industry in this innovation ecosystem are realizing the unimaginable.
Dr. Salima Douven is the Head of Open Innovation and Incubation at Henkel dx. She is shaping the future through digitalization and is a champion for female leaders and start-up founders.
WOIC 2022 pre-conference visit will take place on November 14th in the heart of the Brainport region, which is a regional innovation ecosystem in the Eindhoven area. It is a renowned hotspot for open innovation. The conference itself will take place at the High Tech Campus, which has been recognized as the smartest square kilometer in the world. The campus is built around an ecosystem of 235 companies with a range of application fields. It is home to over 12.000 innovators, researchers, and engineers that create the technologies and businesses of the future. Together with the High Tech Campus and Brainport Development — an organization that provides local support in the region to attract international high-tech and manufacturing companies —, we will be developing a pre-conference visit to expose interested attendees to the local ecosystem
The discounted student rate applies to students enrolled in a college/university program (e.g., as PhD student). Registration with a valid college/university email address is required.
The regular rate applies to all participants (except students) regardless of their affiliation (e.g., academia, industry, policy, government, NGO).
The online-only rate applies to the online track, including a live stream/recording of the plenary sessions (e.g., keynotes), online paper presentations/discussions, and other selected sessions. Those who wish to participate in the “online-only” virtual conference will need to indicate this during the submission.
Interested in a Pre-conference visit?
We offer an exciting program with visits to several parts of the Brainport ecosystem on the day before the conference. The visit is optional, but registration is required (and possible until October 1, 2022).
* The Early Bird rate ends on October 10, 2022.
** Pre-conference tickets can not be purchased separately.
The registration for WOIC 2022 will open in the first week of September. Stay tuned!
VAT number TU/e:
NL001956218B01
CoC number:
51278871
Official address:
Groene loper 3, 5612 AE, Eindhoven
Navigation address:
De Zaale, Eindhoven
Postal Address:
PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
Secretariat ITEM group
item.ieis@tue.nl
The Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship and Marketing (ITEM) group focuses on understanding and improving new business and product development processes within firms, organizations, and institutions in a high-tech context.
| June 1, 2022 | Submission website opens. |
| July 15, 2022 | Submission deadline for extended abstracts and full papers. |
| September 5, 2022 | Notification of acceptance for academic paper submissions. |
| September 10, 2022 | Deadline for submitting the Best Practice presentation. |
| September 25, 2022 | Notification of acceptance Best Practice presentation |
| September 30, 2022 | Deadline for applying to the doctoral consortium. |
| October 10, 2022 | Registration deadline for accepted submissions. |
| October 10, 2022 | Deadline for Early Bird registration. |
| October 15, 2022 | Notification of acceptance to the doctoral consortium |
| October 31, 2022 | Deadline for submitting shortlisted papers to the CMR special section. |
| November 14, 2022 | Doctoral Consortium |
| November 14, 2022 | Visit to High Tech Campus & Brainport (optional). |
| November 15-16, 2022 | Main conference dates. |
The World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC) brings theory and practice closer together. We seek the latest in academic research on open innovation, and combine this in our program with challenges faced by industry executives and policymakers who manage open innovation in their organizations.
For further details on the pre-conference visit click here.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 11:00 – 13:30 | Lunch & Tour at Philips Museum |
| Keynote speaker: TBC | |
| 13.30 | Bus transfer to VDL |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Visit to VDL Experience Center |
| Host: Michiel Pieters | |
| Keynote speaker: TBC | |
| 16:00 | Bus transfer |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Visit to ASML Experience Center |
| Host: Arco Krijgsman | |
| Keynote speaker: TBC | |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Reception |
| 19:00 | Bus transfer to Eindhoven city center |
General program (preliminary):
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Meet & greet |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Opening keynote |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Parallel sessions 1 |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 – 14:30 | Parallel session 2 |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Networking break |
| 15:00 – 16:15 | Parallel best practice sessions |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Networking break |
| 16:45 – 17:30 | Panel |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Academic award session |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Closing session |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Reception |
| 19:00 | Conference dinner |
Notes:
C = Challenge session; P = Paper presentations; B = Best practice session.
General program (preliminary):
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Academic keynote |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Industry Keynote |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Networking break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Parallel sessions 3 |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 – 14:30 | Parallel sessions 4 |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Networking break |
| 15:00 – 16:15 | Workshop program |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Networking break |
| 16:45 – 17:30 | Best practice award session |
| 17:30 | Closing reception |
Notes:
C = Challenge session; P = Paper presentations; B = Best practice session.
The High Tech Campus Eindhoven has been named the smartest square kilometer in the world. It is the home of more than 200 high-tech companies and more than 10000 employees who are all working to create the technologies and businesses of the future. You can find more information about Conference Center, including a route description, at their website: www.hightechcampus.com/conference-center.
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The World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC) brings theory and practice closer together. We seek the latest in academic research on open innovation, and combine this in our program with challenges faced by industry executives and policymakers who manage open innovation in their organizations.
World Open Innovation Conference
