The Innovation Project

Today, our guest speaker and leadership spotlight is Dr. Mei Wang. Dr. Mei Wang is the Global Program Lead for China Bridge at Accenture Ventures. With presence in 15 global regions and over 200 partnerships with top startups, Accenture Ventures is identifying the next wave of technology partners to deliver the most innovative solutions to Accenture's Global 2000 clients. As an innovation and exchange program, China Bridge helps clients of Accenture to unlock growth opportunities by bringing them together with best-in-class Chinese digital players and to co-create responsible technologies for the future.

Today’s guest is Ladi Greenstreet. Ladi leads the UK&I region and Strategic Minority Investments across Europe for Accenture Ventures, a group that bridges the gap between large organizations and the startup ecosystem. By searching for the latest innovations and supporting startups scale through strategic minority investments and go to market partnerships, Ladi is able to both growth innovative companies and deliver cutting edge technologies that improve business performance for Accenture clients.

Today, our guest speaker and leadership spotlight is Dujon Smith. He is a Principal and the Midwest Lead at Accenture Ventures, forming bridges between Global 2000 companies and startup ecosystem. He’s the Director of Development for Definition Theatre, the Treasurer of the Scenemaker’s Board of the Goodman Theatre, an an active mentor in Chicago’s startup community. He has a broad international background, and a passion for inclusion, diversity, sustainability, responsible businesses and many other interesting topics that will dive into on this show! Key topics on the interview include but are not limited to: the international innovation ecosystem, WTF (Women Tech Founders), Chicago:Blend, Midwest IND initiatives, and many others. Thanks for tuning in!

Today, we are back with our first issue in 2020. Our guest speaker is Frances Bruce. She is the Lead for Life Sciences work at Accenture Ventures, connecting our global life sciences clients with the best startups in the market, and tackling the world’s health issues of today. So, this is an episode not to miss! We rest enjoyed speaking with Frances, and hope you enjoy listening as well. Thanks for tuning in! **Our 2020 Healthtech Innovation Challenge application is also now open! Please apply today: https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/about/events/Healthtech-innovation-challenge-life-sciences