Corporate Venturing & Entrepreneurship Summit 2022

Corporate venturing, i.e. the creation of new business in the context of established organizations, is gaining momentum worldwide and is crucial for the long-term survival of companies. On December 3rd Corporate Venturing Network and Rotterdam School of Management will organize the 3rd Corporate Venturing & Entrepreneurship Summit.

This year, the main theme of the event will be on “Connecting the dots” – learning to collaborate with different partners as part of an ecosystem strategy.

The Summit brings together professionals from corporates and researchers from academia from all over Europe to share their knowledge and experiences on the different aspects of Corporate Venturing. It is a unique opportunity to network with corporate venturing professionals, researchers and VCs. Confirmed speakers include (more speakers will follow soon):

• Ard-Pieter de Man, Professor at VU Amsterdam
• Mirjam Ros, Director Operations at Airbus and Author of The Innovation Matrix
• Wendy Kwaks, Programme Manager transition armed forces at Ministry of Defence
• Ernst Hoestra – CEO Erasmus Enterprise
• Bas van Vugt, Venture Partner at Rabo Frontier Ventures

The event will be a mix of online/hybrid session (morning) and offline workshops (afternoon).The summit also provides you an excellent opportunity to extend your network, providing you a unique opportunity to network with corporate venturing professionals, researchers and VC’s . You have the opportunity to attend in person or on line (key note speakers in the morning and debate in the afternoon)

For more information on the program, visit our website