Philippe Silberzahn is associate professor at EMLYON Business School and research fellow at Ecole Polytechnique, focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship. He was until recently professor at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. He has over twenty years of industry experience in the high-tech sector as entrepreneur and CEO.

Walter Van Dyck is associate professor of innovation at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. He is the Director of the Vlerick Innovation Management Research platform. Before joining academia he was a senior innovation strategy consultant. His current research and teaching focuses on strategic innovation management, and on managing emerging technologies through corporate venturing.