Innovation Ecosystems Panel Discussion
Moderator: Phil Budden Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Panelists: Walid Fakhry Co-Managing Partner, Soho Square Capital
Alan Stewart Group Head of Innovation and Research, The Weir Group PLC
Pryderi ap Rhisiart Managing Director, M-SParc (Parc Gwyddoniaeth Menai Science Park)
Innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems are essential to building the capabilities and competitiveness needed for the future. MIT’s Regional Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program (REAP) has developed a five-stakeholder model (entrepreneurs, government, academia, industry, and risk capital) to help strengthen regional and national ecosystems worldwide. This panel will bring together representatives from these stakeholder groups to discuss the current landscape, as well as the challenges and opportunities ahead.