Upcoming events
IMPACT 2026
Event by INNOLEAD
June 08-10, 2026 | Cambridge, Mass.
SmartOrg’s Doug Williams, Associate Director, Innovation, will be at Impact 2026, InnoLead’s corporate innovation conference for leaders working across innovation, strategy, R&D, and transformation. He’ll be hosting a roundtable session on June 9 relating to incubation and better decision-making under uncertainty.
3rd Incubation Deep-Dive workshop
Event by SMARTORG
June 23, 2026 from 1-5 PM ET | MaRS Centre, Toronto, Ontario (collocated with Innov8rs Toronto)
Our next regional Incubation Deep-Dive workshop will be held in Toronto this coming June. We are curating a group of 15 innovation practitioners for another peer-to-peer session focused on Incubation – the most misunderstood and mis-managed phase of innovation. Participants will share common problem areas and real-world practices that work, compare approaches across organizations, and identify specific opportunities to upgrade their own incubation systems. If you work in the area or are heading to Innov8rs Toronto (which starts the next day), we’d love to have you join us!
Innov8rs Toronto
Event by INNOV8RS
June 24 – 25, 2026 | MaRS Centre, Toronto, Ontario
We are a proud sponsor of Innov8rs annual North America conference again this year! This is one of our favorite events year-in, year-out: no one builds community like Innov8rs! We’ll be hosting our popular “No De-Risk, No Reward” workshop on Day 2, helping innovation leaders understand a novel approach for prioritized learning linked to highly uncertain innovation opportunities. If you haven’t yet been to an Innov8rs event, do yourself a favor and check it out. (And ask us about availability for discounted tickets!)
