In a world of accelerating change, the hallmark of successful companies and societies is the ability to nurture cutting-edge innovation.

The Wall Street Journal's Unleashing Innovation conference will, for the first time, bring together global leaders from business, government and academia with expertise in information technology, biotechnology and clean tech, to provide practical advice on strategies to drive innovation in organizations. Participants will work together in intensive breakout sessions to identify insights and tools that large companies, entrepreneurs and governments can use to avoid innovators' pitfalls, and turn rapid innovation into a competitive advantage.

Unleashing Innovation will assemble an invitation-only delegation of international executives in a highly interactive environment that offers live journalism at its best. Participants will:

  • Meet and hear from the most influential leaders in innovation, including CEOs, thought leaders and practitioners from diverse industries and countries
     
  • Benefit from rigorous analysis of the most cutting-edge ideas in business and technology today through interviews and breakouts led by the Journal’s experts
     
  • Network with an invitation-only group of international executives who are driving innovation across industries, cultures and geographies
     
  • Gain expertise on complex issues that will define the future
Lively, provocative interviews and breakout sessions will be facilitated by expert editors from The Wall Street Journal.

To request an invitation, please click here.

Press Releases
WALL STREET JOURNAL TO CONVENE GLOBAL LEADERS FOR INNOVATION SUMMIT IN ASIA
August 15, 2012

INNOVATORS OF THE WORLD TO CONVENE IN ASIA
Dec 19, 2012

WSJ Journal Reports on Unleashing Innovation
ASIA EDITION
US EDITION
EUROPE EDITION
Feb 26, 2013
  • Scott D. Anthony
    Managing Partner, Innosight
  • Michael Anti (a.k.a Zhao Jing)
    Journalist, political commentator and microblogger
  • Patrick Bergstedt
    President, Asia Pacific, MSD
  • Duncan Clark
    Chairman, BDA China
  • Hal Gregersen
    Professor of Innovation and Leadership, INSEAD
    Author of The Innovator"s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators
  • Dmitry Grishin
    Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Mail.Ru Group
    Founder, Grishin Robotics
  • Tarun Khanna
    Professor, Harvard Business School and Director, The South Asia Initiative, Harvard University
  • J. Joseph Kim
    President & CEO, Inovio Pharmaceuticals
  • Pericles Lewis
    Founding President and Professor of Humanities, Yale-NUS College
  • Kishore Mahbubani
    Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
  • Owen Mahoney
    CFO and CAO, Nexon
  • Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
    Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon
  • Vineet Nayar
    Vice Chairman and CEO, HCL Technologies
  • John G. Rice
    Vice Chairman, General Electric Company
  • James E. Rogers
    Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy
  • Eduardo Saverin
    Facebook Co-Founder and Investor
  • Ronnie Screwvala
    First Generation Entrepreneur
    Founder and Trustee, Swades Foundation
  • Nava Swersky Sofer
    Founder & Co-Chair, NanoIsrael
    Former President & CEO, Yissum - Hebrew University Technology Transfer
  • Tulsi Tanti
    Founder and Chairman, Suzlon Group
  • Jay S. Walker
    Founder, Priceline.com
    Curator, TEDMED
  • Gary Wang
    Founder, Tudou.com
  • Ya-Qin Zhang
    Chairman, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft

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