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Transformative governance of personal health ecosystems
Invited speech of Dr. Totti Könnölä, CEO inf Insight Foresight Institute in the scientific conference ‘Bioengineering for Healthy Ageing. Adding Life to Years’ November 9th 2017, CosmoCaixa Barcelona. Future personal health ecosystems encompass various areas of application such as chronic disease management, life-style management, independent living and emergency services. Such future systems assist in the […]
Corporative Innovation in Spain: Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Venturing
Insight Foresight Institute has prepared a research on corporate innovation in Spain in connection with the E2I2 Forum (Education, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Investment) coordinated by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The project consisted of: i) a study of the literature on intrapreneurship, innovation and corporate entrepreneurship, iii) verification of the data with public material, and […]
SMEs, Innovation and Industrialisation for Europe 2030
The ‘deep dive’ workshop for the EURO-CASE Innovation Platform was organised by the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (RAI), with José Manuel Sanjurjo as chair and Francisco Jariego, member of the Innovation Council of IFI, in colaboration with Totti Könnölä, CEO of IFI, in Madrid on January 30-31, 2017. The workshop focused on ‘SMEs, […]
Policy Experimentation for Pan-European Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystems
José Manuel Leceta, General Manager of Red.es, and Totti Könnölä, CEO of Insight Foresight Institute write on their experiences on the EIT. The article was presented in the seminar “Growth ecosystems as a tool in the new industrial and innovation policy” organised by by SITRA and Ministry of Economy and Employment of Finland. Established economies […]
IFI in the Finnish policy research seminar: Growth ecosystems as an innovation policy tool
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation TEKES and the Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA organised in autumn 2016 an international workshop to compile international research data on developing ecosystems. Totti Könnölä, CEO of Insight Foresight Institute, presented the paper “Co-creating Pan-European Innovation Ecosystems: reflections from the EIT”. Competition in the […]
Unleashing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Europe: People, Places and Policies
IFI co-authored a book that sets out the elements for the design of a streamlined and future-proof policy on innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe. It is the result of a collective effort led by CEPS, which formed a Task Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the EU, composed of authoritative scholars, industry experts, entrepreneurs, practitioners […]
Internationalisation of Spanish Universities
Luis Delgado and Totti Könnölä (CEO of IFI) write in the EAIE Magazine on the role of international officers in Spanish universities. The analysis of job offers for international officers in higher education in Spain leads to the conclusion that their main goal is to support the recruitment of international students. They often work within […]
Building Regional Foresight Capability in Chile
The co-founder of IFI, Totti Könnölä co-authored the European Foresight Platform brief on the foresight programme, of which overall objective was to enhance innovation-driven sustainable economic development of the Antofagasta region in Chile. The main purposes of the foresight were to: improve the foresight capability in the region, especially for the partner organisations, enhance collaboration between the industry, government and research […]
RECENT OUTREACH
IFI in the Forum of Cities, towards the circular economy
Managing Director of Insight Foresight Institute (IFI), Totti Könnölä participates in the round table on cities that move towards the circular economy, in the third edition of the Forum of the Cities of Madrid IFEMA (13-15 June 2018) that will once again offer a a cross-sectional look at the world of cities, their innovative management […]
Insight Foresight Weekly
Warm welcome to follow the news and views from our community. Insight Foresight Institute (IFI) is a research and consultancy firm based in Madrid (Spain). We orchestrate expertise in entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems to spark and drive structural changes, enhance resilience and direct society towards social, economic and environmental sustainability. Feel free to contact us if […]
Systemic visions and experimentation – corner stones of research and innovation missions
As a response to the Commission public consultation on the report of Professor Mariana Mazzucato on ‘Mission-Oriented Research and Innovation in the European Union – A problem solving approach to fuel innovation-led growth‘ Insight Foresight Institute remits the following suggestions for wider consideration on the implementation of the mission-oriented innovation policy in Europe. ‘Criteria for how […]
Digitalisation as the gear for circular economy
El Mundo, the leading newspaper in Spain, interviews Totti Könnölä on digitalisation and circular economy. Totti Könnölä defends the role of ‘big data’, industry 4.0 or the economy and collaborative platforms as spurs to achieve economic and environmental sustainability. A total of 16 tons. That is the amount of materials that each European consumes during […]
Transformative governance of personal health ecosystems
Invited speech of Dr. Totti Könnölä, CEO inf Insight Foresight Institute in the scientific conference ‘Bioengineering for Healthy Ageing. Adding Life to Years’ November 9th 2017, CosmoCaixa Barcelona. Future personal health ecosystems encompass various areas of application such as chronic disease management, life-style management, independent living and emergency services. Such future systems assist in the […]
Is it possible to achieve smart specialization?
Juan Mulet Melia, a member of the Innovation Council of IFI, and Totti Könnölä, CEO of the Insight Foresight Institute (IFI), write in Cinco Días, one of the leading economic journals in Spain, to promote smart specialization in the regions. The aim of any policy to promote innovation is to make more innovative companies, and those […]
Foresight Methods and Practice: Lessons Learned from International Foresight Exercises
Totti Könnölä, CEO of IFI attended the Foresight Methodology Workshop of the Mineral Intelligence Capacity Analysis Project (H2020) organised by La Palma Research Centre in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain between 10 and 11 May, 2017. Foresight Methods and Practice: Lessons Learned from International Foresight Exercises from Totti Könnölä
IFI at the Conference on “New Innovation models in the European Industry”
The Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) and Zabala Innovation Consulting have organized on June 1, 2017 in the Hall of the Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) the Conference “New Innovation Models in the European Industry”. The event aimed to showcase the most relevant systems and innovation models of European industry. Totti Könnölä, CEO of the Insight […]
Insight Foresight Institute (IFI) is a research and consultancy firm based in Madrid (Spain). We orchestrate expertise in entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems to spark and drive structural changes, enhance resilience and direct society towards social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Our community is organised around:
- The Management Team responsible of the orchestration of all IFI activities.
- High-level Advisory Board of renowned global leaders in innovation management, policy and governance.
- Innovation Council of recognised senior experts and mentors engaged in ecosystem projects.
- Expert Network of professionals engaged in ecosystem projects.
- Strategic alliances with partner organisations.
The board, council and expert network members engage in their personal capacity in our activities. If you are interested in participating in our community, please, write to us: info@if-institute.org.
Strategic Alliances
Strategic partner organisations with complementary assets and geographic coverage.
The Royal Academy of Engineering (ES)
The Royal Academy of Engineering is an institution that is at the vanguard of technical knowledge, that promotes excellence, quality and competence of Spanish Engineering in their diverse disciplines and acting fields. The principal asset of the Royal Academy of Engineering comes from the academics that compose it: 60 outstanding professionals from different disciplines of […]
Orchidea Innovations (FI)
Orchidea Innovations is leading software company in the field on innovation. They help their customers to systemize and involve the whole organization in innovation. Orchidea SaaS platform enables employees, customers and partners to participate in innovation. Their software and expertise help the customers to accelerate innovation which leads to more profitable business. Orchidea was founded […]
INNOGREEN Research (ES)
INNOGREEN Research was established in Madrid (Spain) as an initiative to consolidate many years of joint efforts of researchers around eco-innovation and circular economy research to advance knowledge and achieve a wider impact in society.
