Hold on to your seats for a super-charged session where innovation is defined not only as a brainstorm-to-blueprint process, but also a resulting end product or prototype! John Kao, aka “Mr. Creativity” and “the innovation Sherpa,” is known the world over for his practical and pragmatic approach to "getting innovation done." He will challenge you with a five-point perspective on innovation(his “five Ds” to fire up your efforts and help you capitalize on options other than “better, faster, cheaper.”  Kao is chairman of the World Economic Forum's Global Advisory Council on Innovation, best-selling author of Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity and Innovation Nation. While on the faculty at Harvard Business School, he taught courses on innovation and entrepreneurship and developed the school’s "Enhancing Corporate Creativity" executive program.

For a closer look at Kao’s many claims to fame, go to: http://www.jamming.com.

Join the debate. What will CRE look like in 2020 or will it even exist? Mark Gorman, MCR Capstone Facilitator, leads a team of expert global practitioners in an engaging and occasionally irreverent look at the future of Corporate Real Estate. Building off the CRE2020 findings this talk-show-style session will debate what happens to space, leadership, delivery and strategy in the decade ahead. Guaranteed to challenge your thinking about CRE, the panel will take on some bold and possibly disquieting predictions from around the globe as well as from the audience.

Mark Gorman, MCR, SLCR, VP Corporate Real Estate and Facilities, Ciena Corporation

Sarah Abrams, SVP Global Real Estate, Iron Mountain
Sanjiv Awasthi, VP Global Real Estate and P&D, Cigna
Tony Shou Fat Wong, MCR, Director, Workplace Resources, APJ, Corporate Real Estate,
Cisco Systems, Inc
Pay Wu, MCR, Strategy & Planning Leader, Real Estate Services, Deloitte Services

Productivity killer or catalyst? Profit driver or distraction? In the new world of work, consultant Kevin Carroll makes the business case for on-the-job playing. It is Carroll’s “job” to inspire businesses, organizations and individuals – from Fortune 500 CEOs to Philadelphia 76ers – to embrace their spirit of play and creativity to maximize their human potential and sustain more meaningful business and personal growth. Founder of Kevin Carroll Katalyst/LLC and the author of The Red Rubber Ball at Work and two other highly successful books, he will share ideas for optimizing the effectiveness of play and putting the fun into function!

For more information about Carroll and his work/play, go to: http://www.kevincarrollkatalyst.com/ .