Rotman/UofT Fall 2024 Vancouver Community Event on Innovation

Date: Monday November 18, 2024

Place: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2W6

Evening Agenda

6:00pm Registration Opens

6:30pm Opening Remarks by Dean Susan Christoffersen, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

6:35pm to 7:25pm Faculty Lecture + Audience Q&A

Alberto Galasso, Professor of Strategic Management and Anthony S. Fell Chair in New Technologies and Commercialization, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Topic: The Management of Innovation

Synopsis: Despite the importance of innovation for the growth of firms, industries, and the national economy, the strategic tools available to effectively manage and create new technologies are often neglected by entrepreneurs and corporate managers. The Management of Innovation examines how firms can leverage and create technology capital. Over the past two decades, economists and management scholars have developed several new insights into how large companies and startups can be more innovative. Many of these research findings have yet to reach management practice. Alberto Galasso aims to address this issue by providing an accessible overview of the innovation literature and a discussion of the latest research findings.

7:25pm Closing Remarks – William Wright, MBA 2015, Director, Capital Underwriting - Spire Pacific Capital Corp. Member – Rotman Alumni Vancouver Chapter

7:30 to 8:30pm Networking Reception