Experience the Future of Innovation with Innventure at FEI25

The Front End of Innovation Conference (FEI) celebrates its 20+ year legacy as the premier gathering for R&D executives and corporate innovators. This year's theme, "Harvesting Innovation: Sowing the Seeds of Future Growth," perfectly aligns with Innventure's mission to systematically commercialize breakthrough technologies.

Visit our exhibit space to discover how Innventure is helping shape the future of innovation through strategic partnerships. Learn about our unique approach to identifying, evaluating, and scaling transformative technologies that address significant market opportunities.

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INNVENTURE PANEL SESSION TITLE:  
Harvesting Innovation Through Collective Intelligence   

Session Overview Description    

In an era where corporations invest over $720B annually in R&D, how do you identify which innovations are truly ready for harvest?  

This interactive session reveals the systematic approach to evaluating and commercializing breakthrough technologies that have the potential to transform high-potential corporate R&D into market-ready companies. Through real-world case studies and practical insights, learn how Innventure's DownSelect® analysis harnesses data-driven analysis to identify, evaluate, and access breakthrough technologies with $1B+ enterprise value potential across industries through multinational corporation R&D, channel partners, and innovation networks. 

 
Key Takeaways  

• Understanding systematic approaches to technology evaluation  

• Learning key criteria for identifying promising opportunities  

• Gaining insights into market-driven commercialization strategies 

• Discovering approaches to systematic risk mitigation through analysis 

Format 

30-min interactive session including audience Q&A 

 
Featured Speaker

Colin Scott | Senior Vice President, DownSelect® at Innventure 

Expert in systematic technology evaluation and commercialization   

Colin Scott 

Senior Vice President, DownSelect® 

Colin leads Innventure's  DownSelect® analysis, a systematic methodology for evaluating and commercializing transformative technology solutions. His background includes a decade at XL TechGroup, where he managed the DownSelect® analysis and served on serial management teams for NewCos in renewable fuels and medical diagnostics. Colin combines his technical foundation as an Electrical Engineering graduate from Duke University with strategic business acumen from his MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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