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The network for corporate innovation managers

  • Access to a broad network of innovation managers from various industries

  • Cross-industry exchange on innovation topics

  • Networking in the German-speaking innovation scene

  • Potential to create new partnerships & cooperations

  • Learning from & with each other at eye level

  • interactive events, seminars, congresses & innovation trips

As one of the largest cross-industry innovation communities in the German-speaking world, inno – x – network People from large companies who work daily on the implementation of new ideas & future-oriented projects. Inspiring, hands-on & always up to date.

Innovation is a people’s game

That is why we create an environment that provides space for the cross-industry exchange of ideas and best practice examples as well as shared learning experiences in a national and international context.

inno.x.network Netzwerktreffen bei den ÖBB Wien
inno.x.network Netzwerktreffen bei den ÖBB Wien

Members of our community have a tailwind because we connect them with other innovation leaders from well-known companies and offer exciting benefits:

Cross-industry exchange of experience

The desire to learn from each other guides our actions. We deliberately break down industry boundaries and topic silos in order to open up new perspectives. Members from the fields of industry, trade, mobility, agriculture, services, technology, banking, media and consumer goods are currently strengthening our network.

Know-how transfer without sales pitches

This is particularly important to us as a community. We therefore keep our network largely free of consultants and focus on professional exchange at eye level.

Targeted network development

Our community consists exclusively of innovation specialists who work in large companies and thus offers the opportunity to expand your own network in a targeted manner. Regular exchanges with innovation leaders from a wide range of backgrounds make it even quicker and easier to forge professional and specialist relationships.

Practical skills for innovation work

The wishes of our members are implemented in various interactive educational formats. The spectrum ranges from new innovation methods, strategies and tools, technologies and AI applications to culture/new work and sustainability topics.

Our community members also benefit from discounts when attending national and international innovation events.

always up to date

The world of innovation is turning fast. Exchanging ideas with like-minded people and intensively exploring new tools and methods are becoming increasingly important. Whether AI, New Work or Green Tech: our networking events promote targeted engagement with trends and the challenges of tomorrow.

Innovation Experience capitalized

We bring innovation work to life through exchange – in around 30 different events per year.

Experience exchange meeting

Our meetings for exchanging experience and know-how are a good mix of online, offline and hybrid formats. The range of topics is diverse and geared towards the needs of the member companies, which participate in the program as hosts or by presenting current innovation projects themselves.

Day formats & workshops

Our daily formats & workshops focus on a current topic brought in by the community and are designed to be interactive. Best practices from within the company are expanded to include input from external experts. The participants are actively involved. Examples of day formats include New Work Day, Venturing Day, Sustainability Day, Culture Day and Problem Mining Day.

Participation is discounted for employees of our member companies.

Deep Dive learning journeys

With our Deep Dives, we embark on a learning journey to cities that are among the pioneers and driving forces of the innovation scene. After Hamburg, Zurich, Biel, Berlin and Munich, our journey will take us to Paris & Turin in 2024 to take a look beyond our own world of innovation. We gain inspiration and know-how from international best practice examples.

Participation is discounted for employees of our member companies.

Inno - x - Summer Camp

The two-day summer camp always takes place at the end of August and is our biggest event. It aims to get to know as many innovation leaders from the community as possible in person. Most recently, we were guests at the ÖBB Open Innovation Factory and the Casinos Austria Innovation Hub.

Participation is discounted for employees of our member companies.

Online book presentations

New publications with a focus on innovation are presented briefly and concisely by their authors in a one-hour online format. Our community members receive an executive summary and the opportunity to ask the author questions.

Our community includes innovation managers from the following companies

Agro innovation lab

A1

Agrana

Airbus Climate Innovation Hub,

AIT – Austrian Innovation Forum

alp lab

Amst

Asfinag

AWS – Austria Wirtschaftsservice

Alliance

Aldi South

Aesculap – B.Braun

AT&S

Austrian Power Grid

Austrian Standards

Austro Control

Axa

Bellfood Group

Bene

Borealis

Bosch

BMD

Bühler Group

bks bank

Brandner Digital Solutions

btv – Bank for Tyrol and Vorarlberg

Federal Forests

Casinos Austria / Austrian Lotteries

cancom

Chemical factories Budenheim

doka

Badger

Db – Deutsche Bahn

Three

Eaton Industries

Energie AG Oberösterreich – wertstatt8

ecoplus

edding

e-regio

First Bank

Erste Bank Foundation

e-Styria

EVN

EVVA security technology

EWW systems engineering

ffg forschungs förderungs gesellschaft

frequentis

Fronius

FACC

Fundermax

Weiss Brothers

Gourmet

Greiner Innoventures

Greiner Packaging

Gebauer & Griller

greco international

House of Communication

Handle

Hörbiger

hypo nö

Illwerke

iteratec

josko

kapsch

Kirchoff Automotive

kuka

kwp – Houses to live in

PIERER innovation / KTM

LIWEST

Liebherr

Lufthansa Innovation Hub

MAM Baby

MAGNA

Mondi Group

Munich Reinsurance Company

ÖBB

ÖAMTC

OEKB – Austrian Kontrollbank

OMV

Otto Bock

Ottakringer

PALFINGER

PORR

PORSCHE

Austrian POST

Postbus

Pöttinger

pulse power

PRIMETALS

RBI – Raiffeisen Bank International

REHAU Ventures

REWE MAXFIVE

Rico Group

Raiffeisen Landesbanken Upper Austria / Vienna & Lower Austria / Styria / Tyrol

Raiffeisen goods

rhi magnesita

Rhomberg Group

Salzburg AG

Salzburg Aluminum Group

SBB – Swiss Federal Railways

SIMACEK

staedtler

Stoelzle glass

Ströer

SWAROVSKI

SIEMENS Mobility

STRABAG

swarco futurit

TGW Group

T-Systems

Umdasch Ventures

UNIQA / Mavie

Unicredit

UNTHA

Compound

VIE – vienna international airport

Vöslauer

VIG – vienna insurance group

voest alpine

viesure

vivatis

Wagner Biro

Walter Group

Vienna Energy

Vienna Lines

Wiener Stadtwerke

Vienna grids

ZKW group

Agro innovation lab

A1

Agrana

Airbus Climate Innovation Hub,

AIT – Austrian Innovation Forum

alp lab

Amst

Asfinag

AWS – Austria Wirtschaftsservice

Alliance

Aldi South

Aesculap – B.Braun

AT&S

Austrian Power Grid

Austrian Standards

Austro Control

Axa

Bellfood Group

Bene

Borealis

Bosch

BMD

Bühler Group

bks bank

Brandner Digital Solutions

btv – Bank for Tyrol and Vorarlberg

Federal Forests

Casinos Austria / Austrian Lotteries

cancom

Chemical factories Budenheim

doka

Badger

Db – Deutsche Bahn

Three

Eaton Industries

Energie AG Oberösterreich – wertstatt8

ecoplus

edding

e-regio

First Bank

Erste Bank Foundation

e-Styria

EVN

EVVA security technology

EWW systems engineering

ffg forschungs förderungs gesellschaft

frequentis

Fronius

FACC

Fundermax

Weiss Brothers

Gourmet

Greiner Innoventures

Greiner Packaging

Gebauer & Griller

greco international

House of Communication

Handle

Hörbiger

hypo nö

Illwerke

iteratec

josko

kapsch

Kirchoff Automotive

kuka

kwp – Houses to live in

PIERER innovation / KTM

LIWEST

Liebherr

Lufthansa Innovation Hub

MAM Baby

MAGNA

Mondi Group

Munich Reinsurance Company

ÖBB

ÖAMTC

OEKB – Austrian Kontrollbank

OMV

Otto Bock

Ottakringer

PALFINGER

PORR

PORSCHE

Austrian POST

Postbus

Pöttinger

pulse power

PRIMETALS

RBI – Raiffeisen Bank International

REHAU Ventures

REWE MAXFIVE

Rico Group

Raiffeisen Landesbanken Upper Austria / Vienna & Lower Austria / Styria / Tyrol

Raiffeisen goods

rhi magnesita

Rhomberg Group

Salzburg AG

Salzburg Aluminum Group

SBB – Swiss Federal Railways

SIMACEK

staedtler

Stoelzle glass

Ströer

SWAROVSKI

SIEMENS Mobility

STRABAG

swarco futurit

TGW Group

T-Systems

Umdasch Ventures

UNIQA / Mavie

Unicredit

UNTHA

Compound

VIE – vienna international airport

Vöslauer

VIG – vienna insurance group

voest alpine

viesure

vivatis

Wagner Biro

Walter Group

Vienna Energy

Vienna Lines

Wiener Stadtwerke

Vienna grids

ZKW group

Networkers with a passion

Launched in 2012 by founder & community manager Johann “Hans” Sailer, inno – x – network creates a creative & inspiring framework for a strong cooperation of the German-speaking innovation scene – with:

30

Networking events per year

400

Corporate partners in the DACH region

1.300

Innovation leaders

Next up

12.11.2024, 08.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.

UNTERNEMENS STRATEGY
Making your corporate strategy simple with StrategyFrame(R)
With Christian Underwood & Prof. Dr. Jürgen Weigand
Practical workshop at Wüstenrot in Vienna

19.11.2024, 5-6 p.m.

CORPORATE VENTURE BUILDING IN TURBULENT TIMES
About fundamental questions and current challenges using the example of REHAU New Ventures
Online exchange

Postponed to 2025

NEW WORK DAY in Vienna
Current challenges and trends in the workplace, such as the introduction of a 4-day week, AI at management level, the office & home office mix and the appropriate workspace with VITRA’s trend scout, Raphael Gielgen, among others
Cross-industry exchange in Vienna

Detailed information on the individual events can be requested via the contact form

Membership

We offer a company membership that can be used as an educational goodie for all employees interested in innovation. This is an annual membership without automatic renewal. We will gladly send you current conditions after contacting us.

Request information without obligation

Thank you for your interest in coming on board.