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Lux Research's Senior Analysts Katrina Westerhof and Yuan-Sheng Yu discuss the global energy transition and Trump's America-First energy plan. One of the largest topics that our clients and readers continue to be interested in is the role the U.S. will play in the global energy landscape moving forward, but even more so how Trump’s presidency might have immediate impacts in the near-term. For more information or questions pertaining to this podcast, contact marketing@luxresearchinc.com Be sure to like and subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Google Play: http://bit.ly/2woWpzY SoundCloud: @lux-research

One of the most difficult challenges within technology scouting and strategic advice is anticipating trends. When will a particular technology emerge from labs into the marketplace in an impactful way? Current approaches, which include tracking startup funding, investments, acquisitions, patent filings, and monitoring news, are either too slow (that is, they give an actionable signal too late) or they suffer from too much noise. To address this issue, we have developed a new, 100% data-driven methodology that gives a clearer signal about rising innovation years ahead of conventional methods of monitoring technology. The Lux Tech Signal is powered by our newly developed Lux Intelligence Engine and draws upon datasets that include intellectual property (IP) inflection points and early-stage project funding. In this report, we apply the Lux Tech Signal to quantify how “hot” are 19 different areas of digital innovation, ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) to health sensors to drones to Internet of Things (IoT) security. To download the Lux Tech Signal case study, click here: http://bit.ly/2yEbhfS For more information or questions pertaining to this podcast, contact marketing@luxresearchinc.com Be sure to like and subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Google Play: http://bit.ly/2woWpzY SoundCloud: @lux-research

Chemical and oil companies risk major disruptions if they ignore accelerating trends away from oil as a transportation fuel, its major use. Regional change – for instance, a sharp decrease in oil demand in Europe – will make European refinery and downstream chemical production redundant as oil companies compete for the commodity chemical space. Alternatives will break oil’s transportation monopoly no later than the 2030s, and companies that fail to modify their business model aggressively in the next decade face extinction. This webinar details threats to oil as a transportation fuel and projects flattening demand based on maturing competitive technologies rather than the uncertain promise of regulations. While most industries define “long term” as three to five years, the long payoff of oil and chemical production assets requires a longer view. For a list of upcoming webinars, visit http://www.luxresearchinc.com/news-and-events/webinars For more information or questions pertaining to this video, contact marketing@luxresearchinc.com Be sure to like and subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Google Play, and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Google Play: http://bit.ly/2woWpzY SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/2va9lOf

The Rise of AI, The Fall of Diesel, The Folly of Fuel Cells: A Data Driven Approach to Predicting, Understanding and Acting on the Next Technology Innovations Growth is a critical imperative for many organizations and history has shown that the only truly sustainable source of growth is leveraging technology innovation. Unfortunately, many companies do not truly understand what the future of innovation means for them. Even more alarming, the present state of innovation eludes many, and in some cases the past remains opaque as well. New research demonstrates that even technology inflection points that occurred 5 to 10 years ago often fail to register for these organizations until it is too late. These organizations miss these inflection points because the signals are often scattered and buried across disparate and under-appreciated datasets. This delay in understanding often results in lost opportunities or wasted investments, even though the solution is most likely in the organization’s grasp. In this webinar: We take a focused look at our proprietary data-driven methodology for analyzing complex data sets, to generate a signal, which pinpoints the state of innovation for any technology. We will demonstrate how this methodology is effective by examining the rise of artificial intelligence, the fall of bad products like diesel engines, the poor investment of fuel cells, and counter-intuitive megatrends such as the clean energy slowdown. We conclude by detailing how companies should augment their conventional technology foresight efforts with an accurate big data and analytics strategy, and warn of specific hidden pitfalls that can falter such efforts. Lux uses the Lux Intelligence Engine, our new research platform, which contains proprietary analytics, built by in-house data scientists and software developers, based on years of experience profiling companies and identifying emerging technologies. Listen to explore the tools you need to solve your organization's most challenging problems. For more information or questions pertaining to this podcast, contact marketing@luxresearchinc.com For the video version of this webinar with slide presentation, click here: http://bit.ly/2ykc0Tv Be sure to like and subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Google Play, and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Google Play: http://bit.ly/2woWpzY SoundCloud: @lux-research

Microbiome research has exploded over the past decade, as indicated by a dramatic rise in publications on the topic. The microbiome plays a complex, but crucial, role in the health of all living things – and that role is still poorly understood. Start-ups are flocking to the space on the belief that it has the potential to drastically change the landscape of multiple industries. This virtual fireside chat will help identify hotspots of activity within the microbiome space, and call out five distinct industries poised for disruption: food, agriculture, medicine, personal care, and animal health. We will assess activity using Lux’s proprietary analysis tools to identify global patents and identify winning developers. To view the video version of this Virtual Forum, click here: http://bit.ly/2wZ5RtP For a list of upcoming webinars, visit http://www.luxresearchinc.com/news-and-events/webinars For more information or questions pertaining to this video, contact marketing@luxresearchinc.com Be sure to like and subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Google Play, and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Google Play: http://bit.ly/2woWpzY SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/2va9lOf

We’re just beginning to get our heads around Artificial Intelligence, but the machines are already making their next move: creativity. While we still think of imagination as an innately human capability, advances in computing power are making arts as diverse as architecture, music, movies, and material design into easily-accessible, programmable spaces. In some areas, machines have already surpassed human originality and quality – as rated by other humans – and more fields are likely to fall. In this webinar, Lux Research’s VP of Research, Mark Bünger, discusses the industries, applications, investors, and innovators who are inventing Artificial Creativity – the next level of human-computer relationship. For more information or questions pertaining to this podcast, contact marketing@luxresearchinc.com Be sure to like and subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Google Play, and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Google Play: http://bit.ly/2woWpzY SoundCloud: @lux-research

Lux's Research's Energy Storage team analysts Chris Robinson and Tim Grejtak sit down to discuss their freshly updated energy storage demand forecaster and how they see growth from the $30B base today to $105B in 2025. For more information or questions pertaining to this podcast, contact questions@luxresearchinc.com Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Google Play: http://bit.ly/2woWpzY SoundCloud: @lux-research

Strategies for Success in the Digitization of Agriculture The emergence of digital technologies has caused a dramatic shift in agricultural practices ranging from planting and harvesting decisions to agrichemical usage and logistics management across the food chain. Many digital ag platforms are fragmented and siloed, with poor penetration to end users. With billions of acres of addressable market worldwide, it’s an alluring space to enter for companies from many industries including telecommunications, electronics, and chemicals. In spite of aggressive investments from start-ups and majors alike, there are very few success stories. This webinar will: • Identify the precision agriculture technologies with the greatest potential to drive adoption among growers • Dissect current, flawed offerings to reveal their core challenges • Present a strategy roadmap for bringing disconnected precision agriculture technologies together to succeed in this complex space Play the video version with slide presentation here: http://bit.ly/2tZfXtr Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

Lux's Research Directors Arij Van Berkel and Brent Giles discuss recent oil trends, how public oil companies are trying to reinvent themselves to survive, the flow of oil around the world, and shareholder value as oil becomes less and less valuable. For more information or questions pertaining to this podcast, contact questions@luxresearchinc.com Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

Lux's Advanced Materials Analyst Jerrold Wang and Materials Design and Manufacturing Research Associate Dayton Horvath discuss recent conferences related to materials and advanced manufacturing including 2017's RAPID+TCT Conference and Exhibit, as well as some key trends we're seeing in the industry. For more information or questions pertaining to this podcast, contact questions@luxresearchinc.com Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

Business Model Innovation: Industry’s Latest Fad or a Useful Approach to Strategy Business model innovation (BMI) is a hot topic for those interested in corporate innovation. As with any trendy business management concept, one must wonder whether it lives up to the hype. In one sense, BMI does live up to its hype: it is a major driver of corporate growth and profitability. However, it is also nothing new. Rather, it is what firms have always done in order to survive and thrive. Unfortunately, BMI is often defined in a vague and nebulous manner that makes it difficult to use the concept to guide your actions. This webinar will: Develop a concrete, two-part definition of BMI Present the Lux BMI Framework, a comprehensive tool to help firms identify, discuss, and promote BMI based on a formal analysis of what constitutes a business; it encompasses traditional product and market innovation, revenue model innovation, and other nontraditional forms of innovation Present Lux’s list of Common Narrow-BMIs which summarizes learnings gleaned from digital-enabled BMI and is a deeper dive into revenue model innovation Include several illustrative historical and corporate examples of BMI and expert commentary from the Industrial Research Institute’s New Business Development Network Play the video version with slide presentation here: http://bit.ly/2sZsHDE Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

Lux's Agro Innovation Research Associate Laura Lee and Bio-based Materials and Chemicals Research Associate Gihan Hewage discuss how synbio is disrupting materials and chemicals in the agriculture industry. Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

Lux's Alternative Fuels Analyst Yuan-Sheng Yu and Advanced Materials Analyst Anthony Schiavo further flesh out their discussion on CVC as a follow-up to the webinar 'Venture or Vanish: Avoiding Extinction Through External Innovation' that was presented by Yuan-Sheng Yu in April 2017. To play the webinar and slide presentation from April, click here: http://bit.ly/2qRN8Bl Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

The automotive market generally agrees that there is a huge opportunity surrounding connected vehicles and stakeholders expect to see this opportunity come to fruition in the near future. Despite this expectation, the connected car still lacks clear definition, creating confusion around appropriate use cases and the identification of technical challenges. Play the video version with slide presentation here: http://bit.ly/2rTZBRU Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

LES 2017 Americas - Mark Bünger, VP of Research, Lux Research Keynote: 2020 Vision To download the slide presentation, click here: http://bit.ly/2qKdSEu Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

LES 2017 Americas - Leo de Luna, Managing Director, Microsoft Ventures Keynote: Starting a Corporate Venture Fund: Origination to Innovation To download the slide presentation, click here: http://bit.ly/2rjFYU3 Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

Several industries are undergoing transformations driven by consumer demands, disruptive technologies, and global policies. Be in slow-moving energy and utilities or electronics companies accustomed to operating on the cutting edge of innovation, everyone is feeling the impact of change and uncertainty. Companies are unsure what the future of their industries will look like and several seek external help through corporate venturing. However, despite a wealth of data and information on deals and dollars spent, finding true strategic impact through all the noise remains difficult. Play the video version with slide presentation here: http://bit.ly/2p0EvR7 Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

LES 2017 Americas - Sara Olson, Ph.D., Senior Analyst, Lux Research Keynote: Selling Wellness: Do Consumers Pay for Perceived or Actual Value? To download the slide presentation, click here: http://bit.ly/2rnmihh Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research

LES 2017 Americas - Michael Holman, VP of Intelligence, Lux Research Keynote: The Innovation Paradox To download the slide presentation, click here: http://bit.ly/2pRFdQZ Be sure to subscribe to Lux Research on YouTube for more videos, and check out our podcasts over at iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud. YouTube: bit.ly/1pQu4Q3 iTunes: apple.co/23thwNU Stitcher: bit.ly/1SK4nfC SoundCloud: @lux-research