5 November | Time TBC
Main Stage
Track Talk: Overlooked and Underused Channels for Innovation and Growth
With Dave Blakely
Many organizations depend on existing New Product Introduction processes, coupled with mergers and acquisitions, to drive innovation and growth. If this sounds like you, Dave Blakely will help you understand the power of internal venture building, venture investments, and strategic partnerships as engines of growth in your organization.
5 November | 20:30
MASH Restaurant
The Mach49 Afterparty
With Dave Blakely, Clare McKitrick, Mark Melvin, Axel Unger, Balint Kelen
Come meet the Mach49 team at a private party hosted in MASH Restaurant.
This exclusive invite-only gathering will start at 20:30pm and run until closing. Keen for an invite? Request an invite below.
6 November | Time TBC
Main Ballroom
Roundtable 1
With Dave Blakely
New Pathways to Growth for Next Generation Leaders
Roundtable 2
With Clare McKitrick
Seeing Returns: Getting Tactical with AI in Venture Building
*Roundtables will take place concurrently.
5 November | 13:00
Main Stage
Track Talk: Overlooked and Underused Channels for Innovation and Growth
With Dave Blakely
Many organizations depend on existing New Product Introduction processes, coupled with mergers and acquisitions, to drive innovation and growth. If this sounds like you, Dave Blakely will help you understand the power of internal venture building, venture investments, and strategic partnerships as engines of growth in your organization.
5 November | 20:30
MASH Restaurant
The Mach49 Afterparty
With Dave Blakely, Clare McKitrick, Mark Melvin, Axel Unger, Balint Kelen
Come meet the Mach49 team at a private party hosted in MASH Restaurant.
This exclusive invite-only gathering will start at 20:30pm and run until closing. Keen for an invite? Request an invite below.
6 November
Main Ballroom
Roundtable 1 with Dave Blakely 9:40AM
How Next-Gen CHROs Are Driving Enterprise Value in the New Economy
Roundtable 2 with Clare McKitrick 9:40AM
From Culture Keeper to Growth Catalyst: Redefining the CPO's Role in Business Transformation
Roundtable 3 with Dave Blakely 1:15PM
Breaking the Innovation Barrier: How Do We Turn Great Ideas into Game-Changing Realities?
Roundtable 4 with Clare McKitrick 1:15PM
Cultivating an AI-Ready Innovation Culture: How Might We Build Partnerships between Humans and Technology?
Most large organizations are built to maintain, not innovate. They cling to outdated processes, resist change, and hope for the best. But hope isn’t a strategy.
If your company isn’t actively disrupting itself, you’re on borrowed time. Competitors will eat your lunch if you don’t act.
Download our new ebook, Change Happens, to stop managing and start truly leading.
Stop by the booth at Innovation Roundtable for a printed copy to use as your notebook throughout the Summit.
We’re planning exclusive, in-person masterclasses in February 2025 for leaders in innovation and venture creation. Your input will help us decide which topic to cover and where to host the event.
Most large organizations are built to maintain, not innovate. They cling to outdated processes, resist change, and hope for the best. But hope isn’t a strategy.
If your company isn’t actively disrupting itself, you’re on borrowed time. Competitors will eat your lunch if you don’t act.
Download our new ebook, Change Happens, to stop managing and start truly leading.
Mach49 partners with global companies to build and scale their growth engines through venture building, investing, and strategic transformation. We focus on execution, helping clients disrupt markets and create new ones.
Big ideas? We turn them into fully-fledged businesses within your company, working with your team to unlock untapped growth.
We’re not just your investment advisors. We’re your strategic growth allies, focusing on long-term impact and future-shaping returns.
Our actionable roadmaps go beyond advising—grounded in real-world execution, we turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s growth opportunities.
Transform your brand into a powerhouse for launching and scaling ventures, turning intangible equity into real, profitable assets.
Custom programs that empower your entire workforce to drive innovation and business transformation. We help build growth engines and enhance capabilities across your organization for lasting impact.
Shift AI is your catalyst for action. When ventures stall or strategies fall flat, Shift AI reignites momentum and drives breakthrough results, helping teams think bigger, move faster, and leap forward.
We’re transforming the sports world, uncovering opportunities that strengthen teams, empower athletes, engage fans, and build community impact.
Turning ideas into thriving businesses takes new, fresh perspectives. Here, we offer a few. From people who have been building and investing in ventures for decades, corporate innovation teams that are just getting started, and your potential customers. Some perspectives shared are unusual, most are provocative, all will get you thinking about venture-driven growth.