Spring Forum 2025
Program
Welcome Reception
Tuesday, April 15
6:00pm-8:00pm
Ace Hotel Atrium
Day 1
Wednesday, April 16
8:30am-11:30am
Future Trends & The Innovation Ecosystem - Forces & Sources
GENERAL SESSION - NEWLAB
Opening Remarks
Claudio Gutierrez | CEO, CG Creative
Michael Ku | Senior VP, Global Clinical Supply Chain, Pfizer
Innovating Tomorrow: Exploring Future Tech Trends
Sam Jordan | Senior Manager, Head of Computing and Emerging Technology, Future Today Strategy Group
Newlab Overview & Tour
Dan Connell | VP of Operations, Newlab
Sahil Jain | VP of Strategy, Newlab
11:30am-12:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm-5:00pm
IOP CoLab Community of Practice Startup Report
Jim Mangione | Director of Innovative Sciences Accelerator & External Partnerships Lead, Pfizer
Mike Peng | Chief Creative Officer, Moon Creative Lab, a Mitsui Subsidiary
Startup Panel - Trends, Lessons Learned
Davide Asnaghi | CEO, Diode
Andy Stulc | Founder, Renovate Robotics Joseph F. Krause | CEO, Radical AI
Conor Leddy | Regional Sales Manager, Squirro
Moderator: Michelle Brechtelsbauer | VP Strategy, Newlab
Using Open Innovation to Prevent Technology Zombies
Jonathan Hartman | Director Open Innovation, Collins Aerospace
Daniel Ley | SVP Sales and Business Development, Strangeworks
Innovation Ecosystem Panel
Shequeita Orr-Frazier | Senior Director, Target Accelerators
Shalei Holway | Head of Portfolio Development for RTX Ventures
Huff Millard | Managing Director, Stepstone
Moderator: Kim Getgen | Founder & CEO, Innovation Force
Trends & Making the Leap from Innovation to Implementation
Faith Popcorn | Founder, Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve
Tiana B. Holt | Principal and Chief Strategist, Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve
6:30pm-9:30pm
Dinner – Cecconi's Dumbo
Day 2
Thursday, April 17
9:00am-10:30am
Deep Dive into Deep Tech
GENERAL SESSION - NEWLAB
Boeing Innovation Seedlings
Scott Walston | VP and Chief Engineer, Boeing Technology
Tech Trends - Industry Perspective
William Falcon | CEO, Founder, Lightning AI
Navigating the Future: Blockchain Regulatory Trends and Insights
Kristin Boggiano | Partner, DLA Piper
10:30am-11:30am
Brooklyn Navy Yard Tour
11:45am-12:45pm
Lunch
11:30am-4:00pm
Mitsui's Quantum Journey
Tetsuro Tateishi | Deputy General Manager Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Exploring the Quantum Frontier
Dr. Mark Jackson | Senior Quantum Evangelist, Quantinuum
Pfizer’s AI Journey
Ranjit Kumble | Vice President, Data Science & Advanced Analytics, Pfizer
AI COP Update
Jim Mangione | Director of Innovative Sciences Accelerator & External Partnerships Lead, Pfizer
Balancing Innovation and Ethics: AI Regulatory Trends on the Horizon
Ashley Carr | Partner, DLA Piper
3:30pm
An Awakened Life
Deepak Chopra | Chopra Foundation