The impact of COVID-19 on innovation ecosystems around the world.

Watch this discussion where Paul Krutko and Gavin Poole, tell the stories of how their urban innovation ecosystems have managed the crisis, how they are supporting their companies, how the post COVID-19 future might look for our industry in the short, medium and long term, and more.

About the speakers:

Paul Krutko is Ann Arbor SPARK’s president and CEO, as well as Chairman of IASP. Ann Arbor SPARK is a public-private partnership of business, government and academic institutions working to create economic prosperity in the Ann Arbor area of innovation. In his role as CEO, he leads the organization’s efforts to expand the regional economy through initiatives to support entrepreneurs and early stage companies accelerating their growth to full potential. SPARK curates and implements a strategic framework designed to maintain and to enhance the region’s global competitiveness.

Gavin Poole is CEO of Here East and since the start of the project in 2012, has led on the vision and delivery of the campus. His vision for Here East has been instrumental in creating what has become the most successful re-development of an Olympic Press and Broadcast Centre globally, and one of the fastest-growing technology business clusters in London. Designed from the outset to operate as a catalyst for change and a pillar of the post-Olympic East London community, Here East is a dedicated campus for innovators, disruptors, visionaries and locals to push their professional and personal boundaries and to build on the Olympics’ architectural and cultural legacy.