Economist Innovation Conference Returns to Haas March 28


[Haas alumni are eligible for a 30 percent discount on registration, using the code NV-HAAS. The event is expected to sell out.]

The Economist's fourth annual Ideas Economy: Innovation Forum 2013 at Haas on March 28 will explore how companies innovate quickly enough to keep up with disruptive technological change.

The event is organized by The Economist magazine and sponsored by the Haas School's Center for Executive Education.

Chaired by China business and finance editor, Vijay Vaitheeswaran, the conference will draw upon today's leading practitioners and business minds to examine the ways large-scale technological change will reinvent business. Speakers include:

  • Peter Diamandis, chairman and chief executive of the X Prize Foundation
  • Chris Anderson, former editor of Wired, author of Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
  • Navi Radjou, co-author, Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth
  • Laszlo Bock, chief people officer, Google
  • Blair Christie, chief marketing officer, Cisco Systems
  • James Curleigh, president, the Levi's Brand, Levi Strauss & Co.
  • Tim Draper, founder and managing director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Haas alumni are eligible for a 30 percent discount on registration, using the code NV-HAAS. The event is expected to sell out.

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