… is one of the most influential innovations thought leaders in the business world today. He pioneered the original research that led to many groundbreaking discoveries including the Stage Gate® Idea to Launch process.

He has published more than 130 academic articles (6+ on AI and New Product Development) and 11 books, including the best selling “Winning at New Products”. Cooper is ISBM Distinguished Research Fellow at Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business Administration, USA, and Professor Emeritus, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Cooper’s seminars regularly receive top ratings: „Inspiring, profound, captivating, practical and effective!“

… is an expert in optimizing innovation systems with 20+ years of high-level innovation consulting experience with specific focus on governance and decision making in new product development.Peter is a lecturer in innovation management at the FH Vorarlberg and FH Bern. Peter’s passion is nurturing good ideas and guiding them to their realization. One of these ideas has been Qi – Qualify your innovation (a program to support professional gatekeeping) which has been realized 3 years ago.

… is an innovation management expert with more than 12 years of experience in industry-oriented R&D and innovation management plus 4 years as consultant.  At TIM Consulting he is currently researching and consulting to topics like AI in innovation management and cross industry innovation.

… is an expert in innovation and portfolio management working for more than 15 years in the chemical industry at KRONOS. His experience covers the areas of new product development, technology and platform development as well as production-related capital expenditure projects. He is the owner of a large number of tailor-made Stage Gate and portfolio processes and currently he manages a strategy initiative for industrial decarbonization with several hundred projects.

… is an experienced Portfolio & Development Director with a demonstrated history in the paper industry (Glatfelter). There he has taken innovation governance to a new level, by institutionalizing gates with teeth and serious new product project portfolio management, facilitating  over 100 project managers and resource owners.  Besides his expertise in Stage-Gate® he is a product management professional with a Lean Six Sigma and DFSS background. Recently he joined the team of five is innovation tools GmbH.