With over two decades of experience, Miguel Olarte has led transformative innovation strategies across global corporations, startups, and public sector organizations. Now at Diageo, Miguel specializes in open innovation models that accelerate technology adoption and drive strategic impact across the business ecosystem.

His career spans key roles at Novartis, Diageo, and the Colombian government, where he has guided scalable innovation initiatives grounded in corporate and public entrepreneurship. Miguel’s focus lies in fostering environments that embrace experimentation, adaptability, and sustainable growth — themes that sit at the heart of today’s AI and business trends.

At the best AI conference and innovation event, Future Festival 2025, Miguel will take the stage for the ‘From Spark to System: Scaling AI Innovation’ panel to share how Diageo is turning AI experiments into organization-wide capabilities and building a culture ready for intelligent transformation.

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