Jose de Francisco Lopez IID Team Leader – Ideation, Incubation & Demonstrations Solution & Technology Introduction Department Alcatel-Lucent Innovation and the formula for change

José is an influential blogger whose thinking can be followed on consultaglobal, where he addresses the subjects of innovation management and emerging communication technologies. His articles, posts and online presentations have already registered in excess of 500,000 views.

José's visionary and thought provoking talks are proven to stimulate exciting discussions on what's next in the telecommunications industry. He was recently invited by Frost & Sullivan to speak about "Sensing the Future" at "Global Innovations in New Product Development 2010" before an audience formed by executives from a wide variety of multinational corporations. José is a regular contributor to Sintetia, an online publication catering to Spanish speaking economists, and TBB, The Bloggers Bulletin, which focuses on the impact of social media.

Passionate about design thinking, user centric innovations and new product development, early in his career José pioneered LAI's first course on Human Factors in Product Design and wrote "Roadblocks Impacting Ergonomics in Design," a paper published by INSHT, the Spanish Health & Safety Institute.

His strong interest in management and international business drove him to the DBS program at Ireland's UCD, earning a postgraduate degree in business studies with a scholarship from a European Union agency. José went on to pursue an MBA in International Marketing & Finance from Chicago's DePaul University, sponsored by Honeywell Europe. He has since benefited from executive training on: global marketing at Wharton, partnerships and alliances at Northwestern University, technology and business integration at University of Chicago and, most recently, innovation management at Harvard Business School and, last but not least, entrepreneurship by Columbia University faculty.