Inside CVC: From Summit to Platform: Inside the Global Vision for the CVC Open Innovation Community

About this episode

This episode discusses the evolution of the CVC Open Innovation Summit into a global platform for industry leaders.

The CVC Open Innovation Summit began as a small gathering of corporate venture, strategy, and innovation leaders looking for something missing in the market: a trusted environment where decision-makers could collaborate on the challenges shaping industry. In this special episode of Inside CVC, Steve Schmith speaks with Philipp Willigmann of U-Path Advisors and Daniel Kennel of BorgWarner about how the summit series is evolving into a global platform connecting leaders across industries. They ...

People in this episode

Host: Steve Schmith

Guests: Philipp Willigmann, Daniel Kennel

Topics covered

• CVC
• Open Innovation
• Corporate Venture
• Industry Collaboration

Keywords

• summit
• platform
• innovation community

Mentioned in this episode

Products: U-Path Advisors, BorgWarner

Books & works: Inside CVC

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