PETER A. GLOOR
KEYNOTE: DIVERSITY IN COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION NETWORKS
In his talk, Peter Gloor described his research at MIT on collaborative networks and their role in innovation processes, also seeking to understand how we can use the diversity available more creatively.
Peter A. Gloor is a Research Scientist at the Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT's Sloan School of Management where he leads a project exploring Collaborative Innovation Networks. He was Mercator Visiting Professor at the University of Cologne, and is a lecturer at Helsinki University of Technology.
He has been working on visualizing knowledge and analyzing social networks for the last 15 years, leading to the development of Cybermap, a navigation tool for the Web, and to TeCFlow, a tool combining Web navigation with social network analysis, currently marketed by software startup galaxyadvisors. Until the end of 2002, Peter was a Partner with Deloitte Consulting, leading its E-Business
practice for Europe. Before that, he was a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Section Leader for Software Engineering at UBS.
Peter Gloor has written 6 books, most recently the book: "Coolhunting - Chasing Down the Next Big Thing" and "Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks".
In his talk, Peter Gloor described his research at MIT on collaborative networks and their role in innovation processes, also seeking to understand how we can use the diversity available more creatively.
Peter A. Gloor is a Research Scientist at the Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT's Sloan School of Management where he leads a project exploring Collaborative Innovation Networks. He was Mercator Visiting Professor at the University of Cologne, and is a lecturer at Helsinki University of Technology.
He has been working on visualizing knowledge and analyzing social networks for the last 15 years, leading to the development of Cybermap, a navigation tool for the Web, and to TeCFlow, a tool combining Web navigation with social network analysis, currently marketed by software startup galaxyadvisors. Until the end of 2002, Peter was a Partner with Deloitte Consulting, leading its E-Business
practice for Europe. Before that, he was a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Section Leader for Software Engineering at UBS.
Peter Gloor has written 6 books, most recently the book: "Coolhunting - Chasing Down the Next Big Thing" and "Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks".
