IQS Tech Factory has wrapped up the first series of the “IQS Tech Factory Talk Series. Industrial Innovators Dialogues”. Since May, Oriol Pascual, the director of IQS Tech Factory, has held discussions with leaders in the innovation and industrial entrepreneurship ecosystem, addressing different sectors within industrial innovation to learn about the experiences of the most influential people at an international level in this field.
IQS Tech Factory has wrapped up the first series of the “IQS Tech Factory Talk Series. Industrial Innovators Dialogues". Since May, Oriol Pascual, the director of IQS Tech Factory, has held discussions with leaders in the innovation and industrial entrepreneurship ecosystem, addressing different sectors within industrial innovation to learn about the experiences of the most influential people at an international level in this field.
Recent weeks have hosted the following exciting individuals: Benjamin Joffe, a partner of the venture capital fund SOSV, which operates in Europe, Asia, and the United States, participated in the Talk Series and spoke about his commitment to B2B and gave his vision of the China model; Simone van Neerven, innovation catalyst at the luxury firm Chanel and founder of reBella, contributed her professional experience in the field of innovation and highlighted what she implemented in her time at Vueling, explained why the T-Shape structure is important for people to rise in the field of innovation, and also explained how a traditional company like Chanel makes an innovation department successful; Marko Parkkinen, CEO at Seedi Oy, who defines himself as the father of 35 companies, explained how he has achieved his success, underlined the commitment of Finnish people to their professional work, and how work teams are organized by the way things are done in Finland; Mounir Zok explained his experience as Director of Technology and Innovation with the United States Olympic Committee as well as the reasons that led him from Silicon Valley to Barcelona to create his company N3XT Sports here; Heriberto Saldivar, director of the Brinc accelerator, who explained that in order to understand the sector, the way China operates must be understood and also stressed that companies that survive the coronavirus will come out stronger; and last but not least was Nicolas Avril, Vice President of Europe at Dragon Innovation, who gave a lesson on achieving success: “Before manufacturing, you must have a definition of the product that is focused on what's most important and a quality plan. If you give this to your manufacturer, you'll get what you want".
All conversations can be viewed on the IQS Tech Factory YouTube channel. In September, IQS Tech Factory will resume the Talk Series sessions with new guests. All sessions are free and new ones can be followed like before through streaming on the Talk Series website, as well as through its social networks on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.