Corporate Innovation Summit

Corporate Innovation Summit brings together the leaders at the helms of the world’s biggest corporations as they confront the major issues facing businesses today.

John Sicard
President & CEO
Kinaxis

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Corporate Innovation Summit leaves no stone unturned while diving into the future of corporations, exploring current trends through expert-led sessions and onstage content.

Your Web Summit Rio ticket gives you access to all masterclasses and roundtables at the event, as well as to talks on Corporate Innovation Summit and 15-plus other tracks.

Ana Buchaim, CMO, B3, on Corporate Innovation Summit Stage during day one of Web Summit Rio 2023
Digital transformation

Adapt or be left behind. Digitalisation is now beyond the point of bringing businesses online, of incorporating SaaS tools, and of preaching remote-first. Now, it’s the pre-eminent approach when it comes to enacting the next five-year-plan for corporations. Learn from some of the biggest organisations in the world how they are transforming in the new economy.

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Sustainability

Challenging as the subject matter is for corporations across the globe, we say ‘no’ to green-washing. What actions have been trialled? What are some of the best practices? What is the metric in place? We hear from daring businesses, big or small, as they strive for sustainable growth, and a sustainable planet, at the same time. 

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Company culture

It is said that culture is your first product. In recent years, the importance of company culture has come to the fore for employees and customers, the Great Resignation was a telling factor in that. We welcome leaders of  global organisations that have a renewed sense of values that respect individuals and endeavour to create a unique work environment that people find meaningful beyond salaries and benefits. 

Remote vs Office vs Hybrid

Nearly three years into the global hybrid work trial, it’s time to ask: is it working? What are the opportunities for evolution?  How should we rethink and re-invent workspaces to strive for work efficiency, creative collaboration and mobile talent retention? The world’s largest employers join us to explore. 

Meet some of our past speakers

Craig Federighi
Craig Federighi
Craig Federighi
Senior Vice President of Software EngineeringApple
Julie Sweet
Julie Sweet
Julie Sweet
CEOAccenture
Jamie Iannone
Jamie Iannone
Jamie Iannone
CEOeBay
Han Seong-sook
Han Seong-sook
Han Seong-sook
CEONaver
Dr Werner Vogels
Dr Werner Vogels
Dr Werner Vogels
CTOAmazon
Betty Liu
Betty Liu
Betty Liu
Executive Vice ChairmanNYSE
Steve Cahillane
Steve Cahillane
Steve Cahillane
Chairman & CEOKellogg Company
Emma Navarro
Emma Navarro
Emma Navarro
Vice PresidentEuropean Investment Bank
Raj Subramaniam
Raj Subramaniam
Raj Subramaniam
President & COOFedEx
Vanessa Colella
Vanessa Colella
Vanessa Colella
Chief Innovation OfficerCiti
Bill Thomas
Bill Thomas
Bill Thomas
Global Chairman & CEOKPMG
Lidia Fonseca
Lidia Fonseca
Lidia Fonseca
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Technology OfficerPfizer
Jeremy King
Jeremy King
Jeremy King
CTOWalmart
Helen Zeitoun
Helen Zeitoun
Helen Zeitoun
CEO Global Science Organisation Ipsos
Arthur Hu
Arthur Hu
Arthur Hu
Global CIOLenovo
Maria Black
Maria Black
Maria Black
CEO & President ADP

“Most of the decisions are reversible. If you don't like the decision, go back.”

– Paul Misener, VP, Amazon

“61 percent of gen Zers are choosing the company they work for based on their values.”

– Harris Reed, ZEO, Edelman

“Organizations lose competitive leverage when it comes to bad and wrong data.”

– Barr Moses, Co-founder & CEO, Monte Carlo

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