Presentation at the IAD Summit 2016, Abuja

1. Commercialising Innovation –
Professor Olayele Adelakun, De Paul University Chicago
There are many ways to look at Innovation, ironically, you need to be constantly assessing ways in
which you can innovate your approach to effectively fostering innovation! Innovative concepts prove
more valuable when combined with practical application and align with business potential and
sector growth. Using examples from Silicon Valley companies. Professor Yele will discuss the role of
IT cluster and incubators bringing lessons from the IT outsourcing industry to illustrate how
companies are using collaborative and strategic outsourcing to achieve a higher level of innovation
both radical and incremental.