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Global Advisory Council.
The Global Advisory Council governs the direction of the CVC | Open Innovation Summit. It sets the vision of the platform, shapes the architecture of every agenda, and holds the standard for who is invited into the room.
The Global Advisory Council safeguards the integrity and independence of the dialogue, and keeps the work of the platform directed at the long term, beyond any single Summit.
The mandate
The council holds final responsibility for five things. Together they decide what the platform works on, who takes part, and whether its work can be trusted.
01
Vision
Sets the direction of the platform and the questions it exists to work on.
02
Agenda architecture
Shapes how each Summit is built, so that dialogue leads to decisions and to work that continues.
03
Invitation standards
Defines who is invited: senior leaders who allocate capital and carry responsibility for strategy.
04
Integrity
Keeps the platform independent. Financial support carries no editorial or invitation control.
05
Long-term direction
Holds the continuity of the work across regions and from one Summit to the next.
Members
The members of the Global Advisory Council carry senior responsibility for strategy, investment and global trade. They bring the judgement of people who have made these decisions themselves, across regions and industries.
Chair
Philipp Willigmann is Co-Initiator of the CVC | Open Innovation Summit and Chair of its Global Advisory Council. He is Founder and Managing Partner of U-Path and has more than two decades of experience across corporate strategy, strategic capital, innovation and transformation. He previously served as Interim Chief Strategy Officer at Vontier, where he founded and led Vontier Ventures, and today works with boards, corporate leaders, investors and policymakers across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
How the platform is governed
Influence follows contribution.
The platform is governed so that influence follows contribution. The Global Advisory Council holds final responsibility for its direction and its standards.
Co-hosts shape the themes of a Summit and invite their peers. Partners fund the platform and take part as peers. Neither payment nor participation carries control over the agenda or over who is invited.
Join the room
Participation is by invitation.
Every request is reviewed before it is confirmed. Corporations can also shape a Summit as a co-host, or support the platform as a partner.