The R&D Management Conference is an international event initiated in Manchester in 1980, which brings together academics, managers and practitioners involved in R&D, technology and innovation management.

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The 2026 conference is organised by the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Alliance Manchester Business School, at The University of Manchester.

 

After 15 years since the last time it was held here, it comes back to the RADMA birthplace.

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The current era of rapid technological change is causing multi-level disruption across firms, industries, and ecosystems. While such disruption poses strategic and operational challenges, it also creates new opportunities for value creation and transformation. In this context, creativity and resilience are essential capabilities: creativity drives novel solutions, while resilience enables adaptation and sustained innovation. This conference examines how creativity and resilience can help navigate and embrace technological disruption.