September 2–4, 2026 · University of Manchester
Innovation Summit 2026
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September 2–4, 2026 | University of Manchester
TOC Innovation Summit
A global gathering for people applying the Theory of Constraints in real organizations — across industries, environments, and levels of maturity.
meet the speakers
Summit Speakers
The TOC Innovation Summit brings together practitioners, thought leaders, and bold implementers from around the world. Challenging assumptions, testing limits, and using TOC to deliver real-world results across industries.
Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag
Keynote Speaker,
Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag, author of Goldratt’s Rules of Flow and co-author with Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt of his life philosophy book The Choice. Efrat holds a PhD. in Organizational Psychology and specializes in training, developing and building training materials to enable personal and organizational growth. Efrat is also the CEO of Goldratt1 Ltd., managing the copyrights, publication and distribution of Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt's books around the world.
Ian Larsen
Head of Operations, WiseTech Glocal
Ian joined WiseTech Global in mid-2018, initially as GM Global Software Operations managing the software engineering and product development functions, later taking responsibility for delivery and productivity across the group. Prior to joining WiseTech Ian has worked for both large and small industrials across mining, utilities and manufacturing in a 35 year career delivering technology solutions . Ian holds a Bachelor of Management Studies, Majoring in Computer Science, from the University of Waikato (NZ)
Sanjeev Gupta
Turnaround CEO, Realization Technologies, Inc.
Sanjeev Gupta is helping an 11,000-person MRO organization reduce project timelines by 40%. Previously, as CEO of Vulcan Mozambique, Africa's largest coal mine, he led a turnaround from a $12M monthly loss to a $60M monthly profit in just 90 days. Founder of Thru-Put Technologies and Realization Technologies, he has helped global organizations improve throughput and project performance. He is a graduate of IIT Delhi, Virginia Tech, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Many more speakers to come!

Guido Bacharach
Co-Founder
Netzwerk Digitale Nachweise
Humberto Baptista
Founding Partner
Vectis Solutions Ltda
Dr. Alan Barnard
CEO
Goldratt Research Labs
Vivek Bhatia
Managing Director and CEO
TKIL Industries Pvt. Ltd.
Aleksandra Bryzgalova
TOC Consultant
Georgijs Buklovskis
SIA, B4B Solutions &
Partner Goldratt Implementation Group
Simon Copsey
Engineering & Delivery Leader
Hyperoptic
Peter Cronin
Head Instructor - Black Belt in Thinking
CEO- Viago
Mirta Fagundes dos Santos
Team Leader, Artificial Intelligence
WiseTech Global
Carl Gavin
Director of Executive Education and Professor of Project Management
University of Liverpool
Ira Gilani
Director
Goldratt Bharat
Nikhil Gilani
Director
Goldratt Bharat
Ian Gillott
COO
Goldratt UK
Ryan Griffiths
Operational Excellence Lead
BAE Systems
Nicolas Hiestermann
Project Engineer
Budenheim
Steve Holt
Technical Fellow
Boeing
Derek Hudson
Founder Unconstrained &
Creator of Essential Dynamics
Salih Jahic
Business Owner
ILMA LLC
Andrew Kay
Founder
TOC3
Kent Kettell
Executive Management Consultant (Principal)
ProTech Communications Inc.
Val King
CEO
Whitehat Virtual Technologies
Robert Lee
Owner
The Lesix Agency
Marcin Ludyga
Healthcare System Manager
Burn Treatment Center in Siemianowice Slaskie
Philip Marris
CEO
Marris Consulting
Brunello Menicucci
OT Operations Delivery Manager
GSK
Alfredo Mycue
Co-Founder
ReEngine Consulting
Charath Narsimhan
CEO
Indian Terrain Fashions Limited
Rob Newbold
CEO and Founder
ProChain Solutions
René Nibbelke
Strategy & Business Development Director
Goldratt UK
Duncan Patrick
Executive Vice President
Montera
Shaun Pidcock
Program Director - Lower Thames Crossing
National Highways
Nideesh Poduval
Partner
Holistic Consulting
Humayon Pramanik
Director of Influence and Advocacy
Association for Project Management
Dafydd Ridout-Jones
Lean Production Lead
BAE Systems
Debi Roberts MA Ed
Founder of Debi Roberts
Wellbeing & Education.
Justin Roff-Marsh
Author & Founder of
Ballistix
Dr Pauline Ross
Associate Lecturer at Western Sydney University &
Chair TOCICO Bridge to Academia Committee
Rami Saajoranta
Strategy and Business Development
Fingrid
Gina Sauer
Quality Engineer GMP
Budenheim
Bharat Sharma
Program Manager
BAE Systems
Eli Schragenheim
CEO
Elyakim Management Systems
Dr. Rakesh Sinha
Founder and CEO
Reflexive Supply Chain Solutions
Thorsteinn Siglaugsson
Statistics Iceland
Danilo Sirias, PhD
Professor of Management and Marketing
Saginaw Valley State University
Sue Simmonite
Global Project Management
& Control Director
Phil Snelgrove
Technical Business Director
Goldratt UK
Timothy Stacey
Head of Operational Excellence
BAE
Mark Stemberger
CEO
TOMPLAST
Jack Warchalowski
CEO
Montera
Andy Watt
Managing Director
Goldratt UK
Rex Williams
Innovation Integrator
Boeing
Simon White
Senior Program Manager
WiseTech Global
Willem de Wit
Founder and Principal
Mobilé 4 flow & Innovation
Richard Zultner
Stevens Institute of Technology
Neil Butterill
Director
Magna Business Solutions Ltd
Sanjay Ghoshal
Co-founder
worxogo
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