Events Archives - Mack Institute for Innovation Management

The Future of Mobility: Strategy, Technology, and Geopolitics

Discussing the “once in a century” transformation of the auto industry, including electric and autonomous vehicles, data and AI, and global supply chain issues…Read More

2021 Citi x Mack Institute Case Competition Presented Real-World Business Challenge

2021 Mack x Citi Case Competition winning team

Nearly 100 University of Pennsylvania freshmen and sophomores tackled a challenge at Citi with finance, technology, and strategy themes.…Read More

Solution for Removing Alcohol From Beer While Preserving Flavor Wins 2021 Y-Prize

LiberTech proposes that brewers use a Penn technology to cost-effectively filter out ethanol and still preserve quality and taste.…Read More

Innovation Strategy During Times of Crisis

Strategies and actions from executives around the world for creating and maintaining workplaces where employees innovate and thrive; leading during crises; and elevating corporate social responsibility.…Read More

Y-Prize Winner Avisi Technologies Receives $1M Grant

The company, cofounded by Wharton alumni, will use the National Science Foundation award to continue pursuing its innovative glaucoma treatment.…Read More

How Businesses Can Shape ‘Response, Recovery, and Revitalization’ in 2020 and Beyond

Mack Institute’s global network members shared insights into emerging technology, human capital, supply chains, and more at the 2020 Partner Roundtable.…Read More

Choosing Innovation Metrics for Success in the Digital Era

Reliable innovation metrics help firms set strategic direction, but measuring innovation is far from easy. Our Fall Conference 2019 explored why and how firms should do it anyway.…Read More

Bright Idea: An Eco-Friendly, Affordable Lighting Solution Wins the 2020 Y-Prize

Four student teams wowed the judges at the 2020 Y-Prize Competition and took home prize money to invest in their ideas about how to repair and harvest energy from metal.…Read More

2019 Y-Prize Finalists Pitch Ideas to Heal Metal, Harvest Energy in Remote Locales

The four finalist teams will pitch their ideas live to a panel of judges for the $10,000 grand prize in the Y-Prize Grand Finale on February 3, 2020…Read More

Y-Prize Winners Avisi Technologies Land $225K Federal Grant for Glaucoma Treatment

The winners of Penn’s 5th annual Y-Prize Competition, Avisi Technologies, have secured a $225,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue developing their eye implant VisiPlate.…Read More

Connected Strategy: Building Continuous Customer Relationships for Competitive Advantage

The Mack Institute’s Spring Conference 2019 examined how companies are using new technologies and a “connected strategy” to improve the customer experience.…Read More

Penn Wharton Commercialization Workshop Guides Invention to Entrepreneurship

Clinicians and scientists explored the process of evaluating and creating business opportunities.…Read More

2019 Y-Prize Winners’ Goal: Reduce Deaths from Hospital-Acquired Infections

The 2019 Y-Prize winners introduced a plan create a new, improved catheter designed to stop costly and deadly infections at the source.…Read More

The Battle for Talent in the New Economy: Opportunities and Hidden Challenges

The Mack Institute’s Fall Conference 2018 examined how a welter of emerging technologies are transforming not only the way we work, but how and whom we hire.…Read More

2018-2019 Y-Prize Finalists Take One Technology in Four Different Directions

The finalists in Penn’s seventh annual Y-Prize Competition have collectively proposed one of the most diverse slates of applications in recent memory, spanning infection prevention, saltwater desalination, green energy, and tissue engineering.…Read More