Day 1: Foundations of Innovation Management
- Innovation definitions, evolution, and typologies
- Disruptive vs. incremental innovation
- Structured innovation management processes
- Technology scouting and monitoring
- Group work: Business Cases from Chemical and Pharma Industries
- Trends Analysis & Scenarios: sustainability, automatization and AI, energy transition, deglobalization
Demonstration of a technology trend in the laboratory: flow chemistry and continuous processes
Day 2: Corporate and Innovation Strategies and M&A
- Innovation strategy as part of corporate strategy
- Joint venture (JV), M&A and start-up scouting as a part of innovation strategy
- Portfolio and pipeline management
- Group work: Business Cases from Chemical and Pharma Industries (BioNTech, Pfizer, Merck)
- Business Model Canvas
Demonstration of a technology trend in the laboratory: sustainable synthesis strategies using photo- and electrochemistry (HAVANA ETOS project with Boehringer Ingelheim)
Day 3: Strategic R&D Management
- Strategic R&D management frameworks
- Innovation controlling and decision gates
- ROI and KPIs in innovationmanagement process
- Innovation evaluation: TRL/MRL assessment and innovation radar tools
- Regulatory environment and patent landscapes in pharma & chemicals
- Public funding programs
Demonstration of a technology trend in the laboratory: Automatisation and AI (AI4SmartFlow Project - AI-supported self-optimisation platforms for chemical synthesis and SmaftForm Project)
Day 4: Design Thinking, Prototyping & Open Innovation
- Customer centricity and value creation
- Customer Persona and market segmentation
- Design thinking method
- Rapid prototyping and validation
- Open innovation
- AI-supported ideation and innovation processes
Demonstration of a technology trend in the laboratory: Micro- and Nanoencapsulation and formulations for agriculture, cosmetics and coatings
Day 5: Change Management & Innovation Culture
- Change management in organizations
- Leadership and team dynamics in innovation projects
- Innovation culture: methods, tools, and best practices
- Global trends: geopolitics, deglobalization, asian culture
- Final discussion and feedback
- Certificate awarding
Demonstration of a technology trend in the laboratory: personalized nanomedicine (Nanoparticle- based platform for health solutions for the future)
Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM
