About
Goal
Goal
Make the Boston area the most innovative region in the world by leveraging cooperation between innovation centers and start-up companies.
Make the Boston area the most innovative region in the world by leveraging cooperation between innovation centers and start-up companies.
Mandate
Mandate
We, the members of the Innovation Ecosystem come together to achieve:
- Innovation breakthroughs from new insights gained from cooperating with other members of the ecosystem
- Ensure that new ideas reach the market by attracting and sustaining the needed funding for innovation
- Alignment between the employers and employees by attracting and cooperating with the local talent pool
- The prosperity of the local economy
Issues to Be Solved
Issues to Be Solved
We, the members of the Innovation Ecosystem come together to achieve:
- Innovation breakthroughs from new insights gained from cooperating with other members of the ecosystem
- Ensure that new ideas reach the market by attracting and sustaining the needed funding for innovation
- Alignment between the employers and employees by attracting and cooperating with the local talent pool
- The prosperity of the local economy
Founders
Founders
David Doggett, Schneider Electric
Nicola Palmarini, IBM MIT Center for Artificial Intelligence
Garret Fitzpatrick, Shell Techworks
Tunde Akindele, Verizon Communications
Daniel Maceachran, Braskem
Jennifer Jordan, MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
Hitendra Patel, IXL Center
Founders' Objectives
Founders' Objectives
- Catalyze the connectivity between innovation centers
- Create a reason to meet every month
- Be seen as founders of an important organization
- Have fun
- Leverage each others assets to make this real
- Attract new partners who can contribute to this initiative