It is hard to argue social media network provider Facebook has missed out on much over the past 15 or so years.

Comment from Andrea Course, venture principal, Shell

Comment from Angela McKane, director of technology intelligence at BP

Anja Harmeier’s April move from Switzerland-based pharmaceutical group Roche’s corporate venturing unit to become a partner at the BB Pureos Bioventures VC joint venture has kept her close to Basel’s drug heartland.

One of the opening panels at the GCV Digital Forum last week covered the so-called triple helix of how corporations, governments and universities can work together. The groups prepared keynote presentations before a live discussion.

Thank you to the team and all who have worked their socks off for the first GCV Digital Forum and also the sponsors, speakers and attendees who have made it such a success. The platform will stay open for 30 days.

All the best parties have after-parties. And while not quite a 24-hour party people in one way, the GCV Digital Forum has 600 attendees from across the time zones creating a unique network and sharing of insights on 3-4 June.

Thanks as the first GCV Digital Forum goes live today to some of the team (it was a bit early when the final briefing call went ahead for Christina and Janice in the US and Laura, Tomas and Magdalena in Chile) and for the others who have prepared the virtual conference for about 600 attendees and sponsors.

It is hard to grasp the rapid shift in balance of innovation potential currently underway from the West to the East, and the locus of mimetic desire is shifting from what Silicon Valley does to what Shenzhen and Beijing are up to.

It is a good question from the innovation manager at a large global 1000 corporation...