EUCAR’s Innovating with Impact, Successful Innovation Panel

EUCAR organised for the 30-anniversary event, Innovating with Impact Conference, a panel discussion on Successful Innovation. The panellists focused on the green and digital transformation in society as an innovation driver; and how to accelerate user-oriented innovation to bring benefits to users and society.

After the opening speech by Antti Vasara, President & CEO at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Helene Niklasson, VP, Innovation Ecosystems and Partnerships and Head of CampX at Volvo Group highlighted,

“Collaboration across industry sectors and between large and small companies to support a strong market for fossil-free transport. We need to inject speed, simplicity and focus in the European Research and Innovation system. We need to act now! “

EUCAR’s 30 Years Innovating with Impact Conference. Helene Niklasson, VP, Innovation Ecosystems and Partnerships and Head of CampX at Volvo Group. Source: EUCAR; photo credit: Fred Guerdin

She was joined in the panel by Lutz Eckstein, President of VDI, Head of IKA at RWTH Aachen University and Georg List Corporate Strategy, AVL List GmbH, Chair WG R&I, Business Europe.

EUCAR’ 30 Years Innovating with Impact Conference. Participants in the panel Successful Innovation, from left to right: Moderator Marianna Evenstein, Lutz Eckstein, Helene Niklasson, Georg List and Antti Vasara. Source: EUCAR; photo credit: Fred Guerdin