Jim Carroll delivered the keynote address at the 14th Annual KIRA Awards (Knowledge Industry Recognition Awards) in Fredericton, New Brunswick on May 3, 2012, celebrating the innovation leaders, technology entrepreneurs, and digital economy builders of Atlantic Canada before an audience of approximately 300 business leaders, entrepreneurs, and government officials — including the Premier of New Brunswick. The KIRA Awards are the province’s premier recognition program for excellence in the knowledge industry, and Carroll’s keynote, built around the theme of “The Need for Speed,” explored why the velocity of innovation was now the defining competitive variable for any region, organization, or individual seeking to build a knowledge economy. He described the Fredericton evening as “truly magical” — an entire community of innovators gathering to celebrate their best, in a city that had quietly built a remarkable technology ecosystem. The message: recognizing and celebrating innovation is not ceremonial — it is the cultural fuel that keeps the innovation engine running.
Keynote: Compass Group PLC – The Future of Foodservice: Innovation on a Global Scale
Jim Carroll delivered a keynote for Compass Group PLC in May 2012. As health-conscious consumers and shifting workplace habits reshaped institutional dining, Jim explored the innovation trends facing the world’s largest foodservice and catering companies.
PSCU Financial Services
Jim Carroll was a featured keynote speaker at PSCU Financial Services’ 2012 Senior Leadership Workshop & Member Forum, held April 25–27 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. PSCU brought Jim in for his globally recognized expertise on business transformation, rapid business model change, and the necessity for fast-paced innovation in an era of economic uncertainty. Sharing the program with astronaut and American hero Mark Kelly, Jim challenged credit union executives and financial services leaders to think strategically about adapting and leading through dramatic industry disruption. His 20-year track record of delivering direct, independent, future-focused guidance to a global client base made him a standout voice at one of the credit union sector’s leading annual events.
SGA
Jim Carroll was a confirmed keynote speaker at the Southern Gas Association (SGA) Management Conference, held April 18–20, 2012, at Barton Creek in Austin, Texas. One of the natural gas industry’s leading executive gatherings, the SGA Management Conference brought together executives from across operations, engineering, marketing, and corporate services to engage on the hottest topics in the sector. Jim’s reputation as a world-class innovation expert made him a natural fit for an industry wrestling with rapid change, and he joined Commissioner Barry Smitherman of the Railroad Commission of Texas and other leading voices on the program. His keynote challenged energy industry executives to embrace innovation as a defining competitive strategy in an era of accelerating disruption.
Genesis Systems, Davenport, Iowa: The Transformation and Reinvention of Manufacturing
One of the world’s leading manufacturers of robotic equipment for use on the factory floor, they hold an annual customer event at their main facility in Iowa. This turned out to be my only keynote – so far – delivered at dinner right on the factory floor! My talk took a look at all the trends providing for opportunity in the way we conceive, design and manufacture products. Rapid prototyping and iterative design, 3D printing, Factory 4.0, advanced materials, robotics and robots, and more.

Keynote : The Future of Energy, Accenture Global Energy Summit – San Francisco, California
This global firm invited Jim Carroll to give the opening keynote for this critical global summit of key clients and partners. Jim challenged the audience of global energy and utility executives to think about the speed of deployment of renewables, new microgrid technologies, electric vehicles, and electrified roads, and the massive disruption of the energy sector.
“There are people who are making big bold bets, big bold decisions, we are going to change the world and we are going to do things differently.” From his opening keynote for the 2012 Accenture International Utilities and Energy Conference in San Francisco.





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