KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Delilah Al Khudhairy
Director of Competences at the JRC
Delilah Al Khudhairy
Director of Competences at the JRCDelilah Al Khudhairy, born in 1962, graduated with a first class honours B.Sc (Eng.) and Ph.D degrees in Materials Science Engineering from London University. She was employed at British Gas, UK, before joining in 1990 the European Commission’s in-house science reference, the Joint Research Centre. Her research areas have covered x-ray and electron scattering (scanning and transmission) experimental techniques, x-ray diffraction, numerical modelling, and remote sensing. In 2004, she was appointed as the head of the Unit in the JRC's Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, entitled Global Security and Crisis Management. The Unit’s mission is to provide support to strengthening the EU’s Resilience to Crises and Disasters and the EU’s Aim to Promote Stability and Peace through its scientific research and technological innovation in internet and information technologies, remote sensing and statistics. In 2006, she developed together with the former director of her institute, Dr. Jean Marie Cadiou, the JRC's strategy for Security. Furthermore, in early 2000, Delilah Al Khudhairy together with fellow colleagues from the JRC formed the JRC Women and Science network. She also served as the chairwoman of the Women Science Network of the Joint Research Centre and the secretary of the Scientific Committee in the Institute for the Security and Protection of the Citizen until her appointment as head of unit.
HIGH LEVEL PANEL
Vanessa Debiais-Sainton
Head of the Unit in charge of Higher Education policies and programme at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture.
Vanessa Debiais-Sainton
Head of the Unit in charge of Higher Education policies and programme at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture.
Paulo Calçada
CEO / Board Member (Administrador Executivo) at Porto Digital, Vice Chairman Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC)
Paulo Calçada
CEO / Board Member (Administrador Executivo) at Porto Digital, Vice Chairman Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC)He is currently living and working in Portugal, and He would like to be seen as an entrepreneur working on innovative technologies related with communication, collaborative work and open platforms, and an evangelist of Open Standards. He has been working on project and executive management and IT platforms for the past 15 years. And he has also been an invited specialist in several working groups both at the national and European level. He is currently working on Cloud Computing standardization international efforts (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC38; Portuguese Quality Institute Technical Committee TC128). He is passionate to share his thoughts and that has led him to talk in several conferences, specially to talk on subjects such as Open Standard, Cloud Computing, Identity management, IT platforms organization, IT Security. He is also one of the founders of the European Association for Cloud Computing (EuroCloud) and the chairman of the Portuguese chapter.
OPENING SESSIONS
Arantza Acha
Director of UNESCO Etxea, the UNESCO Centre of the Basque Country
Arantza Acha
Director of UNESCO Etxea, the UNESCO Centre of the Basque CountryArantza Acha has a degree in Biology from the University of the Basque Country and a Masters in Conservation and Rural Development from the University of Kent (United Kingdom). She has worked for 7 years in the Environmental Sciences Unit of the UNESCO Office in Indonesia, two years as a beneficiary of the UNESCO Etxea and Basque Government fellowship programme and later as a consultant. Her work focused on promoting sustainable development in Indonesia, East Timor, the Philippines and Vietnam. To this end, she has worked on ecotourism, training, climate change and cultural promotion programmes, working closely with national and local governments, local communities, experts and scientists, various UN agencies and civil society organizations. Since 2014 Arantza is the director of UNESCO Etxea, the UNESCO Centre of the Basque Country, which works in the fields of sustainability, education, culture and human rights in the Basque Country. UNESCO Etxea acts as a bridge between the Basque Country and other territories of the world, taking the United Nations and especially UNESCO as a reference. "We work to build peace in people's minds through education, culture and science. We are committed to building a world in which people, social organizations, linguistic and cultural communities and peoples count for the construction of a democratic global citizenship. With human rights and human dignity as reference horizons. We consider culture to be an essential factor for social transformation and sustainable development, which is why we work in partnership with cultural agents, public institutions, the United Nations, the education sector and citizens, to promote cultural rights, artistic education, cultural heritage and cultural and linguistic diversity. We therefore work hard to integrate culture as an essential element of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development".
Simon Höher
heads the Hybrid City Lab, the urban & public design unit of Berlin-based innovation firm zero360
Simon Höher
heads the Hybrid City Lab, the urban & public design unit of Berlin-based innovation firm zero360Simon heads the Hybrid City Lab the urban & public design unit of Berlin-based innovation firm zero360 where he helps public organizations create equitable places in the digital age – within and well beyond the city. Since 2014 he also co-chairs ThingsCon one of Europe’s leading initiatives on building a responsible Internet of Things. For over a decade now, Simon explores systemic concepts of technology and society in a global context, reaching from strategic foresight and innovation, to tech and data ethics, to More-Human-Centered Design. He is a visiting lecturer at the Social Design faculty at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, an alumnus of the MIT’s International Development and Innovation Network (IDIN) and of Seedcamp, Europe’s leading early stage accelerator program. Over the past years, his work and contributions have been featured in international media like WIRED, Fast.co, Make:Magazine, Deutschland Radio, and others.
Louise Hopper
Assistant Professor in Psychology
Louise Hopper
Assistant Professor in PsychologyDr Louise Hopper, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Dublin City University (DCU). Louise graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in 1993 and worked in various information technology roles in Ireland and in the US from 1988 to 2001. Since completing her Ph.D. in Psychology in TCD in 2013, Louise has worked as a Lecturer and post-doctoral researcher in DCU. Louise has extensive experience working with people with dementia and their families and her recent projects include assistive technology and timely access to formal community-based care to support those living with dementia and the design of a National Dementia Registry for Ireland. Louise was awarded the DCU Presidents Research Award for 2017. She is also the co-founder and co-chair of the Alzheimer Café Leixlip.
Philippe Duponteil
Director for Directorate R "Support Services" in the JRC
Philippe Duponteil
Director for Directorate R "Support Services" in the JRCPhilippe Duponteil is Director for Directorate R "Support Services" in the JRC since 2018, overseeing the management of the resources to ensure the proper functioning of the six European Commission JRC sites located in Bruxelles (headquarters), Geel, Ispra, Karlsruhe, Petten and Seville. Previously he was the Head of the European Commission's division responsible for the EU trade policy for China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Mongolia. He has been working as an official for the European Commission since 1995, including as Head of Strategic Planning and Resources in DG TRADE and Minister-Counsellor at the EU Delegation in Japan. He has also held various positions in DG RELEX and DG GROW. Prior to joining the EU, he has worked for the French Prime Minister's Office in Paris and was subsequently posted as a diplomat at the French Embassy in Japan. A graduate from the Paris Institute for Political Studies, he also holds a PhD from Paris V University and a Master Degree from Kingston University (UK). He has studied at Harvard University (US) and Sophia University (Jochi Daigaku, Japan). He speaks French, English, Japanese and some German.
Fernando Vilariño
Chairperson of ENoLL, Associate Director at Computer Vision Centre and Associate Professor at UAB. Co-Founder of the Library Living Lab
Fernando Vilariño
Chairperson of ENoLL, Associate Director at Computer Vision Centre and Associate Professor at UAB. Co-Founder of the Library Living Lab
Prof. Fernando Vilariño is Associate Director of the Computer Vision Centre and Associate Professor of the Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. He is currently lecturing in Robotics and Multimedia Systems. His research has been linked to diverse areas of Computer Vision and Machine Learning, and Robotics. His current research is focused on the development of the link between physical and digital objects. He has led different projects related to citizen science through the implementation of a model for Living Labs in the context of Open Innovation. He has participated in the different workshops and invited talks in the context of ICT and culture. Dr. Vilariño has been awarded with the Spanish Gov. Ramon y Cajal Grant (2010), and Google Academy Award (2014) for his research. As Associate Director for the CVC he has contributed to the technology transfer of Computer Vision technology with setup of a number of start-ups in the field of Machine Learning and Computer Vision. He is co-leading the implementation of the Regional Computer Vision Ecosystem, the regional economic driver of AI. He has developed a model for innovation based on living labs that allows for multi-stake holder user centric approach. Fernando Vilariño is the current Chairman of the European Network of Living Labs.
Yves Van Seters
University Relations Belgium & Luxembourg, IBM Research
Yves Van Seters
University Relations Belgium & Luxembourg, IBM ResearchYves Van Seters, University Relations Belgium & Luxembourg, IBM Research Freshly graduated as a historian, Yves rolled into technology and innovation by accident. A quarter century in the IT-industry fueled his love for technology and innovation. Acquired by IBM in 2007, he held international roles in communications, marketing, and business development. He connects the dots between people and technology, resulting in a bunch of wonderful stories he loves to share. Always on the lookout for innovation that matters to the world, he decided to go directly to the source and in 2021 joined IBM Research as University Relations for Belgium and Luxembourg.
Pierre Echard
Co-founder and professor of the Master’s in Design for Social Innovation at Saint Luc Arts College in Brussels
Pierre Echard
Co-founder and professor of the Master’s in Design for Social Innovation at Saint Luc Arts College in BrusselsPierre is co-founder and professor of the Master’s in Design for Social Innovation at Saint Luc Arts College in Brussels. This programme brings together students from visual, spatial, and plastic arts, and implements field-based teaching and an action-research lab to bring creative and systemic solutions to pressing challenges addressed by public, private and non-profit organisations in the field. Pierre has over 25 years of experience in managing projects for sustainable innovation, ranging from local to international, with UN Agencies, NGOs, business networks & foundations in Africa, Latin America and Europe. His approach focuses on using human-centred & participatory design thinking approaches to foster creativity and innovation. http://www.masterdesign.social , http://www.innovaterra.eu
Koen Vervoort
Network Builder & Acting Interim Director
Koen Vervoort
Network Builder & Acting Interim DirectorStarting his professional career in 1994 as frontline manager at Mc Donald’s, Nike and IKEA, he moved to the open innovation sector. Living the labs since 2006 @ i-City, IBBT, iMinds, City of Things & iMec. Sharing knowledge & experiences with internal and external clients as an User Involvement Evangelist. Working as an internal & external challenger in order to constantly improve the way of interacting, supporting & cooperating with (international)(large) panels of users & stakeholders in (complex) ecosystems. Keeping an eye on the quality of (large) quantitative surveys. Managing thematic monitors (e.g. digimeter, Smart City Meter) from A to Z. Setting up cross border cooperations between different panels. In 2020 he joined the ENoLL office to help the network grow.
Martina De Sole
Director, European Network of Living Labs
Martina De Sole
Director, European Network of Living LabsMartina has 20 years of experience in the international public sphere, working especially in R&D policy orientation, public engagement, advocacy and science diplomacy with the European Commission and Ministries and Funding Agencies in 15+ extra-European Countries. She has been Head of Unit for International Cooperation and Innovation in APRE – Agency for the Promotion of the European Research, managing and coordinating more than 15 International Cooperation projects and has been appointed National Contact Point for Industrial Technologies since the Sixth Framework Programme till Horizon 2020. She has been the coordinator of the ERACAN Platform and of the EU- Canada Programme Level Cooperation Task Force. She has a degree in International Law, a post graduate in European Policies and a Second Level Master in Global Environmental Policies.
TOPIC DEBATE SPEAKERS
Francesca Spagnoli
Head of Projects, European Network of Living Labs
Francesca Spagnoli
Head of Projects, European Network of Living LabsFrancesca is a Senior Project Manager, a Researcher and a Professor. She is passionate about understanding the impacts of ICT on citizens and the human factor behind technologies, as well as enthusiast about open innovation, end user engagement methodologies and smart cities. She holds a Master Degree in Media and Communications and a PhD in Economics (on Innovation Technology) from the University of Rome La Sapienza (2015), Italy. Francesca has worked as Senior PM and Coordinator of several international projects for governments, research centers and SMEs in different fields). In 2013, Francesca has been appointed as Young Researcher Ambassador from the European Commission. She has been the coordinator of the European Researchers’ Night from 2014 to 2017, organising more than 150 events throughout Italy. In ENoLL she is acting as an external experts on EU funded projects, providing her expertise on end-user engagement, citizen-centred methodologies for co-creation and researching methodologies to enact open innovation in cities.
Milica Trajković
Head of Business Development Department at BioSense Institute, PA4ALL
Milica Trajković
Head of Business Development Department at BioSense Institute, PA4ALLMs. Milica Trajkovic is a certified PMI project manager, experienced in EU funded projects focused on Digital Agriculture and development of ICTs for AgriFood value chain. For the last five years she has been equally involved in numerous proposals preparation (from idea to design and proposal formulation) as well as projects’ implementation. Constant managing of multiple projects resulted in two main specializations – i) liaison between project requests and partners’ needs and Institute’s expertise and resources dedicated to implementation of project tasks; ii) efficient implementation of overall project strategy and assuring sub-projects and pilots are executing pre-defined tasks and activities within time, budget and quality constraints. At the same time, she deeply believes that people are the most valuable asset a company can have. Hence, Milica is very passionate about training and development activities tailored to Institute’s employees needs she is leading. In parallel, Milica is an Operations Manager in Precision Agriculture Living Lab (PA4ALL), where she works on broadening the relations with agricultural producers and maintaining cross-fertilization process between agricultural and ICT industry.
Despoina Mantziari
Research Associate
Despoina Mantziari
Research AssociateDespoina Mantziari holds a University Degree in Media and Mass Communication and a MS in Journalism and New Media with specific expertise on news content verification and Fake News, both of them from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She works as a Research Associate on Research Programmes at AUTH Medical Physics Lab. She has former experience as journalist, as well as in media monitoring and public relations. She has been member of several university research groups, including the Media Informatics Lab and the Peace Journalism Lab, while she is also member of the communication and data journalism team of Open Knowledge Greece and the scientific advisory group of the Journalists' Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers (ESIEMTH).
Evdokimos Konstantinidis
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thess-AHALL Researcher, AOTF Health & Wellbeing lead
Evdokimos Konstantinidis
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thess-AHALL Researcher, AOTF Health & Wellbeing leadDr Evdokimos Konstantinidis is the leader of the Assistive Technologies and Silver Science Research Group in the Lab of Medical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received the Diploma in electronic engineering from the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, in 2004, the M.Sc. degree in medical informatics in 2008 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and the Ph.D. degree in the Laboratory of Medical Physics of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2015. His research interests lie predominately in the area of medical informatics, particularly within assistive technologies (silverscience, silvergaming, mobile health)
Denis Sarigiannis
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Denis Sarigiannis
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering of the Aristotle University of ThessalonikiDenis Sarigiannis, M.S., PhD (University of California, Berkeley, USA) is a Professor specialising on environment and health issues at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Visiting Professor at the Master’s Program on Toxicology and Environmental Risk at the Medical School of the University of Pavia and senior scientist at the Chemical Assessment and Testing unit of the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (currently on leave). At the European Commission he has served as Scientific Coordinator of the IHCP, Action Leader for Consumer Product Safety and Quality and Community Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials, Action Leader for Human Exposure to Environmental Stressors and Health Effects and for Assessment of Chemicals at the European Chemicals Bureau, Scientific Assistant to the JRC Director General, Strategy Manager of the IHCP and as science advisor to the Greek Minister of the Environment. He was a principal contributor to the REACH Regulation and to the Environment and Health Action Plan and is currently a member of the Health and Environment Working Party and of the Health Security Committee. He has been pioneering efforts to coupling biology-based modelling with toxicogenomics discovery systems for developing a mechanistically based understanding of the health risk of environmental chemical mixtures. He is member of the international forum for evidence-based toxicology, of the scientific committee for chronic risks of INERIS, and secretary-general of MESAEP. He has contributed to the IPs HEIMTSA, 2-FUN, NO MIRACLE, HENVINET and, CAIR4HEALTH, HEREPLUS, TRANSPHORM, GENESIS, TAGS and INTERA.
Spela Zalokar
International Project Manager
Spela Zalokar
International Project ManagerSpela Zalokar, is a Communications Officer and International Project Manager at ENoLL. As a project manager, she is working on the Urban Nature Labs (UNALAB) project in which she is focusing on the co-creation activities and the uptake of Urban Living Labs in several European cities. The game which will be played at the OpenLivingLab Days is a combination of several different areas of work within the project. Using the serious games approach, concepts dealt with in UNALAB (such as Urban Living Labs, co-creation tools and Nature-Based Solutions) are combined in an interesting and playful way and thus accessible to all types of audience.
Tuija Hirvikoski
Laurea University Director
Tuija Hirvikoski
Laurea University DirectorDr Tuija Hirvikoski is currently a director at Laurea University of Applied Sciences responsible for the University’s strategic stakeholder management. During her Vice-Presidency, Laurea become Finland’s most successful University of Applied Sciences receiving multiple awards. She has held managerial positions at various Finnish higher education institutions and governmental institutions focusing on sustainable regional and societal development. Hirvikoski’s specific area of expertise is related to multi-stakeholder, user-centred innovation design and ecosystem development (Living Labs). She has received a PhD in Industrial Management (Innovation and Innovation Ecosystems), MSc in Education and MSc in Administration. As a sought-after advisor, she has provided various audiences with inspirational examples and research results concerning the Finnish education and open innovation ecosystems. Hirvikoski was the President of The European Network of Living Labs between 2015-2018 and has served as a council member in various organisations such as the Uusimaa Regional Coordination Committee, Sendai-Finland Wellbeing Centre R&D Unit, Tech villa Ltd (a Finnish technology centre), Helsinki Information Technology Association, the Talent Cultivation Program for Smart Living Industry in Taiwan, and the Centre for Skills and Post-Secondary Education (SPSE) in Canada.
Wim De Kinderen
Senior Professional in EU Affairs
Wim De Kinderen
Senior Professional in EU AffairsWim De Kinderen is representing the City of Eindhoven within the Brussels based ‘Brainport Eindhoven EU Office’. As such he is a senior professional in EU affairs, and has ample experiences in building alliances and managing European networks.
Panagiotis Bamidis
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Panagiotis Bamidis
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Panagiotis Bamidis is a Professor of Medical Physics, Informatics and Medical Education and Director of the Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation in the School of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece. He designs, implements and evaluates IT and Assistive Technologies systems that improve everyday activities of elderly or other vulnerable groups and improves their health or life quality or improves the education and training of health professionals. He conducts research that attempts to understand how the brain reacts to different stimuli, technological or educational interventions, as well as, the development and evolution of human emotions and sleep transitions. Co-creation and Living Lab approaches are within his active interests. He is the co-ordinator of seven large European projects, and the principal investigator for many national and international funded projects. He is the President of the Hellenic Biomedical Technology Society, HL7 Hellas, the international Society of Applied Neuroscience, a member of the Administration Boards of other societies and patient associations, the Chairman/Organiser of some 19 international conferences and several national Biomedical Technology conferences. Since 2012 he has established LLM Care ecosystem (www.llmcare.gr), the business exploitation of the LLM project, which is a two-star reference site of the EIP-on-AHA. In 2013 he established the Active and Healthy Ageing Living Lab in Thessaloniki (ThessAHALL; http://www.aha- livinglabs.com/) which in 2018 became a full member of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). In 2017, he became a visiting Professor of Medical Education Technology, Innovation and Change for the Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME) of the University of Leeds, UK. He received Prizes for the Best Track Record in funded research projects (AUTH Research Committee 2009; AUTH Dean of Health Sciences 2016) and the Best overall high/extra-ordinary academic performance (AUTH Dean of Health Sciences 2018, 2019, 2020).
Teemu Santonen
Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Teemu Santonen
Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Teemu Santonen received his Ph.D. (Econ.) degree in Information Systems Science from Aalto University in Finland in 2005. Currently he is acting as a “Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS)” principal lecturer at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Prior his academic career Santonen was working over a decade as a consult and a development manager in leading Finnish financial, media and ICT sector organizations. Santonen is also a scientific panel member of International Society of Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and is former board member of Finnish Strategic Management Society. In Laurea Santonen has been leading Service Design and co-creation research program. Currently he is managing co-creation and business development activities for three major EU-funded project having a total budget over 10 MEUR and including 41 partners across Europe. The Finnish Inventor Support Association have honored Santonen’s novel crowdsourcing based open innovation platform as the best school related innovation in Finland. As of today he has publish over 60 scientific paper. His current research interest focuses on “Open Innovation management”, “Living labs in context of health/wellbeing and circular economy”, and “Social Network Analysis (SNA)”.
Lara Vigneron
CEO of Yuza and project manager for Wallonia e-health Living Lab
Lara Vigneron
CEO of Yuza and project manager for Wallonia e-health Living LabLara is the founder and CEO of Yuza, dedicated to participatory methods for the development of health innovations. She is also a project manager for the WeLL (Wallonia e-health Living Lab). Co-founder of the WeLL in 2015, she has been its coordinator for 6 years. She has worked on and accompanied dozens of technological innovation projects, but also on uses, practices and communities. She regularly leads participative workshops with patients and health professionals for projects in companies, healthcare and research structures, with the aim of creating links and translating the needs and issues of each and every sector concerned. A civil engineer with a doctorate in engineering sciences, she is also a scientific collaborator at the University of Liège for the Inter'Act team, with whom she works on the development of new participative methods for well-being and quality of life in the field of Smart Cities.
Koen Vervoort
Network Builder & Acting Interim Director
Koen Vervoort
Network Builder & Acting Interim DirectorStarting his professional career in 1994 as frontline manager at Mc Donald’s, Nike and IKEA, he moved to the open innovation sector. Living the labs since 2006 @ i-City, IBBT, iMinds, City of Things & iMec. Sharing knowledge & experiences with internal and external clients as an User Involvement Evangelist. Working as an internal & external challenger in order to constantly improve the way of interacting, supporting & cooperating with (international)(large) panels of users & stakeholders in (complex) ecosystems. Keeping an eye on the quality of (large) quantitative surveys. Managing thematic monitors (e.g. digimeter, Smart City Meter) from A to Z. Setting up cross border cooperations between different panels. In 2020 he joined the ENoLL office to help the network grow.
David Kocman
Senior Research Associate, Jožef Stefan Institute, Department of Environmental sciences, Slovenia
David Kocman
Senior Research Associate, Jožef Stefan Institute, Department of Environmental sciences, SloveniaDavid Kocman is a Senior Research Associate and Head of Environmental Informatics group within the Department of Environmental Sciences at Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia. His research interests focus on understanding of physical, chemical and biological processes that influence the environment, with emphasis on anthropogenically perturbed environments. His experience is in environmental data analysis, spatial data acquisition and management, participatory sensing using novel sensing technologies, citizen science approaches and testing of Citizens Observatory concepts for the assessment of exposure of human populations. He was involved in variety of multidisciplinary national and EU funded projects including CITI-SENSE, HEALS, ICARUS, SMURBS and CitieS-Health.
Marta De Los Rios White
International Project Manager
Marta De Los Rios White
International Project ManagerMarta is an International Project Manager at ENoLL since 2021. She is a Process Engineer with a Master in Sustainable Cities with international project management experience (South and North America, Africa, Europe). She has great experience in sustainable and participative process improvement and co-creation of solutions with a systemic and strategic thinking approach, mostly in the private sector. She has a very good understanding of various thematic areas such as climate change, climate adaptation, sustainability, sustainable production, circular economy, process improvement, urban sustainability, life cycle assessment and life cycle thinking. She is familiar with Urban Living Labs and co-creation in the urban environment. She is an experienced project manager with 6 years of experience supporting the implementation of international cooperation projects for different donors and specially for the European Commission in a variety of technical areas such as supporting in the transition towards a circular economy, supporting all the logistical preparation for the participation of the EU at an international convention, designing a plan for a successful business development of a forestry department, identifying urban development gaps and potential investment opportunities, among others.
Zsuzsanna Bódi
Senior Strategic Advisor, European Network of Living Labs
Zsuzsanna Bódi
Senior Strategic Advisor, European Network of Living LabsZsuzsanna Bodi, is an Open Innovation Design enthusiast, seeking for ways to make Open Innovation models and co-creation methodologies sustainable, business ready and continuous growth stimulating. As former Living Lab practitioner and Association Director, Bodi has worked with ENoLL’s ~150 active Living Labs. Bodi holds a French MBA-MAE degree in Management and Business Studies (Université Jean Moulin, Lyon). Previously she obtained a M.Sc. in Engineering and Management degree at the Technical University of Budapest and has strong focus on User Centered Product Design. She gained knowledge from her work on 20+ national and European projects focusing on the multi stakeholder and end-user engagement, citizen driven and co-creation aspect of the following topics and areas: Future Internet; Smart Cities and Mobility; Cross-border, Cross-sector Collaboration, Game design & serious gaming; STEM Learning Analytics; Big Data; Climate Change; Design and Creative Industries. Currently she is engaged in spacetech startups incubation and sustainability/environmental projects.
Dorothea Schmid
Research Associate, University of Stuttgart
Dorothea Schmid
Research Associate, University of StuttgartDorothea Schmid, M.Sc. is a researcher at the Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use, University of Stuttgart with a university degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. She leads the research group Technology Assessment and Environmental Analysis within the Energy Economics and Social Analysis department. Her research focuses on the development and assessment of efficient and effective emission reduction and climate change mitigation strategies addressing in particular health and environmental impacts caused by air pollutants and potential co-benefits. She has experience in working with environmental data, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis as well as multicriteria analysis. Recently, she has been involved in the Horizon 2020 projects REEEM and ICARUS, with a focus on integrated assessments of energy transitions and city transformation pathways towards more sustainable and climate-friendly systems.
Ana González Domínguez
Working in the La Dehesa’s Guadalinfo LL
Ana González Domínguez
Working in the La Dehesa’s Guadalinfo LLAna González Domínguez, “Ani” is working in the La Dehesa’s Guadalinfo LL since 2018. La Dehesa is a special neighborhood ubicated in the city of Ronda. Ani has a large experience working with local users and groups, fighting against depopulation through the TIC skills that she offers to citizens in the LL. A different perspective in the rural environment.
Pablo A. Benavides Ortigosa
Local Innovation Agent at Guadalinfo project in Zafarraya
Pablo A. Benavides Ortigosa
Local Innovation Agent at Guadalinfo project in ZafarrayaPablo works as AIL (Local Innovation Agent) at Guadalinfo project in Zafarraya, a little village in the province of Granada in the south of Spain. Pablo has a degree in Computer Science and is an electronics enthusiast. In his job Pablo works every day in a rural environment where ITCs have much more importance because administrative and burocratic affairs are at the order of the day, specially with inmigrants working in El Llano de Zafarraya agriculture fields. He fights depopulation by showing that another way of life is possible if opportunities are offered and mostly if people can develop theirselves by using ICT in such a usable way. The coexistence of different cultures, mostly from North Africa and South America, makes everyday life difficult, but with a lot of courage and effort everything is achieved, even population. with local citizens and SMEs. He knows how affect the depopulation to the village of Zafarraya and how to work against it, through the LL and technology.
Pedro Fernández Menéndez
Project Coordinator at the Andalusian Rural Development Association
Pedro Fernández Menéndez
Project Coordinator at the Andalusian Rural Development AssociationPedro Fernández Menéndez is the Project Coordinator at the Andalusian Rural Development Association (ARA), the largest European regional network for rural development, since 2011. He has a Law Degree from the University of Seville and a Master in Development Cooperation. He has worked in the Commonwealth of Municipalities of Bajo Guadalquivir as an Area Director and in the Junta de Andalucía as an advisor to the General Directorate of Rural Development. He is also part of the Frankenstein Leader Working Group, a group of experts at the national level that works in the new community framework 2021-2027. He is also part of the working group that the Ministry of Agriculture has organized to design a leader in the next community framework.
Jacques Demotes
Director general of the European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network
Jacques Demotes
Director general of the European Clinical Research Infrastructure NetworkJacques Demotes is the director general of the European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (ECRIN), which he founded in 2004. In this role, he is responsible for the strategy and overall management of the infrastructure with the support of the ECRIN Management Office (located in Paris, France), the ECRIN European Correspondents (located in each Member / Observer country), and ECRIN’s Scientific Partners (i.e., national networks of clinical trial units). A neurologist and professor of cell biology, Demotes is an advisor to the biology and health research department at the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. While at ECRIN, he has contributed to numerous initiatives and collaborative projects related to multinational clinical trials. In particular, he chaired the working group that drafted the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Council Recommendation on the Governance of Clinical Trials. Prior to ECRIN, he worked as a clinical neurologist and basic neuroscientist, then as director of the clinical investigation centre in Bordeaux. Demotes received his MD (with a specialisation in neurology), a PhD in neuroscience, a Master of Science (MS) in neuroscience, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in mathematics and computer science from the University of Bordeaux. He also received an MBA from IAE Paris, and completed a training course in science policy with the Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology in Paris.
Nico Gariboldi
Site Lead - Global Center for Digital Innovation - Senior Director at Pfizer, Rome Area, Italy
Nico Gariboldi
Site Lead - Global Center for Digital Innovation - Senior Director at Pfizer, Rome Area, ItalySite Lead - Global Center for Digital Innovation - Senior Director at Pfizer, Rome Area, Italy
Danielle de Boer
Senior International Project Manager & Business modelling
Danielle de Boer
Senior International Project Manager & Business modellingDanielle has 20 years of work experience in strategy, complex innovation, implementation and change management. She has lived abroad in Finland, Estonia, Poland, Spain, Germany and the UK, working on large-scale implementation projects in member states for the Council of Europe and innovation consulting companies. She is a strategist, an innovator and a change manager. She is strong in connecting people, organisations and countries in a sustainable manner, usually in a cross-sectoral way. She has a great passion for operating in contexts where change is complex or difficult to obtain; or where different parties must come together to solve a problem or societal challenge. Next to her role in EnoLL, she runs her own cross-sectoral and European innovation agency. With this, she brings an entrepreneurial spirit and international project expertise to the EnoLL- team. As senior international project manager, she is currently working on the VITALISE, METABUILDINGS and the ALL-READY project. She also is the educational design advisor for future redesign of the Virtual Learning Lab and the design of Capacity building program of EnoLL.
Jan Adriaenssens
Director of the City of Things program of imec
Jan Adriaenssens
Director of the City of Things program of imecJan Adriaenssens is fascinated by the role and impact of technology in society. He is the director of the City of Things program of imec. Jan holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Antwerp, and an MSc in Philosophy & Public Policy from the London School of Economics. After his studies, Jan started as coordinator of the Antwerp Doctoral School. He later gained policy experience as senior researcher with the Flemish Council for Science and Innovation (VRWI), which he applied at the office of the Flemish minister for Innovation — first as advisor and later as deputy chief of staff. Later, Jan became director Strategy & Innovation, and later VP Policy & Society, of the digital research institute iMinds, that merged with imec on October 1st 2016.
Giacomo Copani
Cluster Manager of “AFIL”, the Advanced Manufacturing Cluster of the Lombardy Region
Giacomo Copani
Cluster Manager of “AFIL”, the Advanced Manufacturing Cluster of the Lombardy RegionHe is the Cluster Manager of “AFIL”, the Advanced Manufacturing Cluster of the Lombardy Region, and the Head of Manufacturing Business Models Research at the Institute STIIMA of the National Research Council of Italy. He is an expert in innovation and cluster policies, business models design/assessment and industrial servitization processes in the frame of the digital and circular economy transition. He is the coordinator several European and National research and innovation projects, as well as of the Pilot Initiative “Efficient and Sustainable Manufacturing” of the “Vanguard Initiative – New Growth Through Smart Specialisation” and of the “S3 Platform on Industrial Modernisation” of the European Commission.
Florinda Boschetti
Head of City Club, EIT Urban Mobility
Florinda Boschetti
Head of City Club, EIT Urban MobilityFlorinda Boschetti holds the position of Head of City Club at EIT Urban Mobility where she animates the community of cities and regions, and living labs. Florinda is an urban and transport planner PhD, and an enthusiastic advocate of liveable and healthy cities. She has 20 years’ experience working in sustainable mobility and urban governance across academia, the public sector and European network associations, and liaising with public officials, national and international stakeholders. She has led significant work in strategic European R&I projects with the Polis Network (2012-2020) and the European Cyclists’ Federation (2009-2012). She was the coordinator and programme manager of the 6th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in Groningen in 2019 and is a member of the Eltis’ European SUMP Coordinating Group, now representing the EIT Urban Mobility. Florinda is supporting the Solar Impulse Foundation as a Senior Expert with assessing techclean solutions, and in her free time she enjoys flying a Piper PA-38 Tomahawk in Belgium’s skies.
Muriel Attané
EARTO Secretary General
Muriel Attané
EARTO Secretary GeneralMuriel Attané has 12 years first-hand experience of EU Framework Programmes and extensive experience of managing a European non-profit association. During the past seven years she was Secretary General of EARPA, a European association of automotive research organisations, and, in parallel, an EU affairs and account manager for TNO, the Dutch RTO, where she has worked for 10 years in various EU affairs functions. Muriel Attané is EARTO Secretary General since July 2013.Muriel Attané has 12 years first-hand experience of EU Framework Programmes and extensive experience of managing a European non-profit association. During the past seven years she was Secretary General of EARPA, a European association of automotive research organisations, and, in parallel, an EU affairs and account manager for TNO, the Dutch RTO, where she has worked for 10 years in various EU affairs functions. Muriel Attané is EARTO Secretary General since July 2013.
Gareth Priday
Founder, Australian Network of Living Labs
Gareth Priday
Founder, Australian Network of Living Labs
Gareth Priday is the founder of the Australian Network of Living Labs and is a consultant with the Future Self and Design Living Lab. (FSDLL). He is a cocreator of the “It’s to create” with cards. Gareth is also well versed at running virtual workshops including an ongoing series of 15 workshops for 13 Pacific Island countries and their agencies, ‘our futures’ game (global audience) workshops with the participatory futures global swarm, workshop for the UN futures literacy summit and workshops with several of the FDSLL clients in 2020.
Leon Martinez
Leon Martinez
Worked as an Account Manager at Marlocor–Shanghai MLC Business Consulting Co. Ltd., assisting Spanish private enterprises and government organizations to expand their business operations in China. Worked in the Marketing Department at Dezan Shira & Associates Shanghai, and was active at the Spanish Desk of the firm. MA in Public Policy from KDI School of Public Policy and Management (Korea) BA in Business Administration and Management from Comillas Pontifical University (Spain) Exchange Program at Shanghai International Studies University (China)
Ersin Pamulsuzer
Co-Founder of Basaksehir Living-Lab
Ersin Pamulsuzer
Co-Founder of Basaksehir Living-LabErsin Pamuksüzer, is The Co-Founder of Basaksehir Living-Lab, the Co-Founder of Startup Accelerators StartupBootcamp, İstanbul and StartersHub, İstanbul and lately Bodrum Living Lab. He has also established a Startup Fund called “Angel Effect” with the aim of investment in Startups. With these investments in the last few years, Ersin is aiming to support the Innovation and Startup environment in Turkey and the region. Ersin has started a Mentor Movement in June 2017 which targets developing the quality and profile of Mentors in Turkey as well as channelling the excess money in old economies into the startup world or in other words into new economy. Ersin is also the Founder of the Well-Being companies “The LifeCo” and “SAF”. The LifeCo company was formed in 2005 and is providing services in Well-being therapies and natural healing at its centers in Istanbul, Bodrum, Antalya and Phuket, while SAF was formed in 2006 as a catering services providing healthy and nutritional food to public and chain stores produced in its kitchens in Istanbul. "The LifeCo" company has an international reputation with more than 60% of its customers from various parts of the world with a majority from Europe, Middle East and Australia. Ersin Pamuksüzer started his career in Ericsson Telecommunications company in Sweden in 1981 and was the General Manager of Ericsson Turkey for many years. He ended his Ericssson career in 2006 and moved into the well-being sector. During the Ericsson Turkey period He initiated the formation of Turkey’s leader GSM Operator Turkcell in 1993 as well as a number of other Telecom companies in the region, and has been a Board Member of Turkcell and Turkcell’s International operations until 2006. During this period Turkcell has also become one of the worlds most innovative companies and the largest GSM operator of the region. Ersin Pamuksüzer has a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from Linkoping University, Sweden and MBA degree from Uppsala University, Sweden.
Alessandro Fazio
Head of the Joint Research Centre's Competence Centre on Technology Transfer
Alessandro Fazio
Head of the Joint Research Centre's Competence Centre on Technology TransferAlessandro Fazio is Head of the Joint Research Centre's Competence Centre on Technology Transfer. He started his career in investment banking with Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. Between 2004 and 2011 Alessandro spent a number of years working in consulting and the early stage investment sector and was exposed to a wide variety of technologies and industries. Alessandro has a keen interest in technology transfer and in how to support the growth and expansion of innovation eco-systems using a holistic approach covering capacity building, financing and infrastructure investment.
Ran Haase
Policy advisor, City of Eindhoven
Ran Haase
Policy advisor, City of EindhovenRan Haase is a policy advisor for the city of Eindhoven. Currently he is working on the digital city programme of Eindhoven. This programme aims to develop digital solutions such as the digital twin to address urban planning issues. His main field of interest is law & ethics. He is also expert to the Committee of the Regions rapporteur Guido Rink on the opinion on the European Commission’s AI Whitepaper and AI Act. Prior to this he worked for the Dutch Association of Municipalities (VNG) as a policy advisor on AI, innovation and public values.
Diego Delvecchi
Technology Officer at E-Shock s.r.l.
Diego Delvecchi
Technology Officer at E-Shock s.r.l.Diego Delvecchio, born in Brescia in 1984, graduated cum laude in Control System Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2008. In 2012, he obtained the Ph.D in Information Technology at Politecnico di Milano, defending a thesis about industrial applications of technologies for electronic control of suspensions in vehicles. Working with passion to innovate the mobility industry, co-founding both E-Novia S.p.A. – the Enterprises Factory -, and E-Shock s.r.l. – company developing technologies to robotize the vehicles of the future. Currently he covers the role of Technology Officer at E-Shock s.r.l. Author of 4 international patents and 12 international scientific publications.
Lorna Schrefler
Economic and Policy Analyst, European Commission
Lorna Schrefler
Economic and Policy Analyst, European CommissionLorna Schrefler is Economic and Policy Analyst in the European Commission, DG Research and Innovation, Common Programme Analysis and Regulatory Reform. She focuses on the links between regulation and innovation through the innovation principle and on better regulation, including novel methods like regulatory sandboxes and other forms of experimentation. Prior to that, Lorna worked as an economist and policy analyst in the private sector (Centre for European Policy Studies), academia (University of Exeter and College of Europe), the European Parliamentary Research Service, and on sustainable finance at DG FISMA. She holds a PhD on the role of economics in regulation (University of Exeter), an MA in European Public Affairs (University of Maastricht) and a MSc in Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).
Maria Alonso Raposo
JRC Future Mobility Solutions
Maria Alonso Raposo
JRC Future Mobility SolutionsMaría Alonso Raposo holds a degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction. She worked as researcher on human factors in driving in the private sector for about 15 years. Then she joined the Sustainable Transport Unit at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) Ispra, Italy, in 2016 as a technology and policy analyst on autonomous road transport. The main focus of her work is the analysis of the social and economic implications of a Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility, in support of EU policy-making in this area. At present, she is responsible for the scientific activities of the JRC Future Mobility Solutions Living Lab engaging citizens in the co-creation of future mobility.
Anne Hornung-Soukup
Urban Public Transport Expert
Anne Hornung-Soukup
Urban Public Transport ExpertAnne Hornung-Soukup grew up outside of Chicago, then studied in South Africa, Massachusetts, Washington D.C. and Paris before settling in Geneva. She earned a B.A. in Political Science from Smith College in Massachusetts and an M.A. in Int’l Business Strategy and Communications from American University in Washington D.C. She spent her career in private banking and founded and managed her own firm. She has been President or member of the board of many Geneva and international associations, including Career Women’s Forum and American Citizens Abroad, an international advocacy group. In 2016, she was appointed Chair of the Board of tpg (Transports publics genevois) by the Conseil d’Etat (the equivalent of a presidential committee) of the canton of Geneva. She has retired from finance to consecrate time to the exciting projects of the tpg and to other favorite activities like music and genealogy. She is a dual national, Swiss-American and she and her husband have two grown children.
Dario Kueng
Project Manager, Swiss Post Ltd
Dario Kueng
Project Manager, Swiss Post LtdDario Küng grew up in Zurich, Switzerland and is working for Swiss Post Ltd. At Swiss Post he is in the lead of the Competence Centre City Logistics at Operations. Dario Küng and his Post colleagues are solving City Logistics problems related to the distribution and delivery of letters and parcels in all urban areas of Switzerland. Besides his tasks in City Logistics, he is the project manager of the electric mobility rollout in the parcel distribution centres of the Swiss Post. He completed a Bachelor's Degree in mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich and a Master's degree in Management, Technology and Economics, also at ETH Zurich. He spent his previous professional career in consulting and engineering before joining Swiss Post in 2020.
Stefano Tarantola
Scientific Officer at the Joint Research Centre
Stefano Tarantola
Scientific Officer at the Joint Research CentreStefano Tarantola is a Scientific Officer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. He graduated in Nuclear Engineering in 1992 and received his PhD in Science and Technologies for Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1996. He works at the Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate conducting methodological work and pre-normative research in the field interoperability of smart electricity grids and electric vehicles. He currently runs the project for developing a living lab at the JRC Ispra for testing digital energy solutions in the context of the Ispra site modernization program.
Josep Maria Salanova Grau
Senior Researcher of the Hellenic Institute of Transport of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas
Josep Maria Salanova Grau
Senior Researcher of the Hellenic Institute of Transport of the Center for Research and Technology HellasDr. Josep Maria Salanova Grau was born in Barcelona in 1983 and is a Senior Researcher of the Hellenic Institute of Transport of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas. He holds a graduated diploma from the Polytechnic School of the University of Catalonia (U.P.C.), Department of Civil Engineer (2007). In 2008-2009 he acquired the MSc on Design, Organization and Management of Transportation Systems of the Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki. In 2010-2013 he conducted his PhD research in the Polytechnic School of the University of Catalonia (U.P.C.) with dissertation title “modelling of taxicab fleets in urban environment”. He also holds a diploma on Data Science Specialization at the Johns Hopkins University. The year 2007 he worked for the CENIT (Center for Innovation in Transport) in Barcelona, and since 2008 he works at the Hellenic Institute of Transport, where he is leading the “Data analysis and modelling” laboratory. His scientific interests concern research and developments in transport and mostly in algorithm and model development, mobility, intermodal transport and logistics as well as Data Science and Big Data at the transport domain. He speaks fluently Catalan and Spanish and very well Greek and English.
Anne-Maria Van Asbroeck
imec
Anne-Maria Van Asbroeck
imecAnne-Marie manages the Mobilidata program at imec EDiT (Enabling Digital Transformation), working directly with the Flemish government. Next to that she is also responsible for managing a team of experts in mobility & logistics within imec EDiT. She has 20 years of management and leadership experience with government agencies, technology companies and startups. Her track record is based on product management, marketing, project management and consulting. She has successfully built teams in both Europe and the USA at companies including IBM, Port of Antwerp and NGDATA.
Kaisa Spilling
Development Manager, Forum Virium Helsinki
Kaisa Spilling
Development Manager, Forum Virium HelsinkiKaisa Spilling, Development Manager, Forum Virium Helsinki. Urban interventionist with + 10 years experience innovation projects and ecosystems and public-private partnerships. Responsible for the development of living lab methods and competence.
Matthew King
Head of unit for text and data mining at the JRC
Matthew King
Head of unit for text and data mining at the JRCMatthew King has been in the Commission for 25 years after joining from the UK Treasury. He spent most of that time in DG FISMA working on banking and insurance regulation. In the early 2000s he was posted to the Commission’s office in Washington DC where he was active in pursuing better relations between US securities and banking regulators and the Commission. Since then he has been in a number of different DGs, including DG MARE, DG RTD (working on the creation of the new European Innovation Council) and the Joint Research Centre. Until recently he was the head of unit for text and data mining at the JRC. He has recently been appointed the JRC’s Chief Data Officer and head of unit for innovation and intellectual property rights management.
Marta Miranda García
Student in the University of British Columbia
Marta Miranda García
Student in the University of British ColumbiaMy name is Marta Miranda García. I was born in 2000 and I spent my childhood and adolescence between Almócita and Almería. Then I moved to study a joint degree on Food Science and Technology + Human Nutrition and Dietetics in the University of Granada. I enjoy travelling and collaborating so I have participated in several volunteering projects on nature preservation and rural development around Europe. I’m currently living in Vancouver to study my 4 th year of degree in the University of British Columbia.
Vincent Berrutto
Head of Unit “Innovation, Research, Digitalisation, Competitiveness” at the European Commission Directorate General for Energy (DG ENERGY)
Vincent Berrutto
Head of Unit “Innovation, Research, Digitalisation, Competitiveness” at the European Commission Directorate General for Energy (DG ENERGY)Vincent Berrutto is the Head of Unit “Innovation, Research, Digitalisation, Competitiveness” at the European Commission Directorate General for Energy (DG ENERGY). His Unit aims to foster research, innovation and competitiveness in clean energy technologies, with the long-term goal to decarbonise Europe by 2050. Prior to this, Vincent Berrutto was heading the Unit in charge of energy efficiency at the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-size Enterprises (EASME). Beforehand, he also dealt with sustainable energy issues in other services of the European Commission, as well as in the French government. He holds a PhD in science and more than 25 years of professional experience.
Dan Sobovitz
Founder of spreadable.io,Digital storyteller and Evangelist, CCO of the European Startup Prize for Mobility
Dan Sobovitz
Founder of spreadable.io,Digital storyteller and Evangelist, CCO of the European Startup Prize for MobilityDan Sobovitz is a digital storyteller and evangelist, active in the EU bubble and the #Tech4good scene. He is also the CCO of the European Startup Prize for Mobility (EUSP), the largest European accelerator for clean mobility startups. For 5 years, Dan led the digital presence and publications of the Vice President of the European Commission, in charge of the Energy Union; including topics like innovation, green mobility, energy efficiency, etc. Apart for ghost-writing for the VP, Dan was passionate about using technology in order to bring EU democracy closer to its citizens. For example, making use of live interactive interviews from a self-driving car or a solar plane crossing the Atlantic, VR of EU satellites shot into space, crowdsourcing EU policies among youth, climate activists, or even space scientists through digital platforms, using smartphones for live voting at EU startup pitching competitions, and more. Previously, he had worked on large-scale digital campaigns with various international organisations, such as the EU Humanitarian Aid Dept. (DG ECHO), UNICEF, UNESCO, the Slovak EU Presidency, and others. In the field of tech, Dan presents and moderates events (Viva Tech, RATP Innovation Series, Michellin Movin On Challenge, Huawei Academia Salon, Beautiful Software Awards, Crowdsourcing Week, events of the Brussels Times, Euractiv, and more). He also blogs and lectures about the interplay between technology, society, and politics. In 2013, he co-founded ‘Ceci n’est pas une crise’, a civil society organisation which analyses the current wave of nationalistic populism and advocates for an inclusive and progressive alternative. He also sits on the advisory boards of the African Diversity and Inclusion Centre which strive to reinforce ethnic, religious and sexual minorities across Africa, and the EJCC Dialogue & Diversity, which builds bridges across Europe’s ethnic and religious groups. Dan and his husband are proud fathers of two children and they advocate on Rainbow Family rights.
Cristina Martinez
Deputy Head of Unit of the ‘Smart Mobility and Living’ unit in DG CONNECT
Cristina Martinez
Deputy Head of Unit of the ‘Smart Mobility and Living’ unit in DG CONNECTCristina Martinez studied Science Philosophy, Communication (Major) and has an MSc in Telematics (Cum Laude) from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She started her career in the United Nations Office headquarters working for an IT track and trace software project for Africa, Asia and Latin-America. She then joined the Andersen Consulting company in 1998 to work for the eCommerce group of the Technology department as a solutions engineer. She became a member of the staff of the European Commission in 2002 first, as communication officer, then as a senior administrator for research in the 'Enterprise Networking' Unit of the Information Society Directorate-General where she lead the 'Enterprise Interoperability' area. In 2013, Cristina became Head of Sector and then Deputy Head of Unit of the 'Knowledge-Management' unit, and then Deputy Head of Unit for the 'eInfrastructure and Open Science Cloud' unit. Since January 2019, she is the Deputy Head of Unit of the ‘Smart Mobility and Living’ unit in DG CONNECT dealing with the Smart Cities topic.
Francesco Raphael Frieri
General Manager of Resources, Europe, Innovation and Institutions of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Government
Francesco Raphael Frieri
General Manager of Resources, Europe, Innovation and Institutions of the Emilia-Romagna Regional GovernmentI am currently General Manager of Resources, Europe, Innovation and Institutions of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Government, a role held since March 2016. I am the Chief Digital Officer of the Region. I am responsible for the management of human and financial resources, logistics, real estate, procurement, the organization and coordination of European policies, of their evaluation, of negotiated and international territorial cooperation, of the development of the ICT, of statistics, internal communication and the deployment of policies of institutional reorganization for the Regional Administration. As part of these activities, I support the administrative functions of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Government in the Conference of Regions (Rome) and in Brussels, as well as in other institutional venues as necessary. In collaboration with my colleagues, I prepare the activities of control and development of the instrumental companies belonging to the Regional Administration. Over the seven previous years, I served as Director General of the Union of Municipalities of the Lower Romagna Area (near Ravenna, Adriatic Coast, Italy): one of the largest and most articulated associative realities in Italy. The Union of Municipalities achieved major results in terms of integration and cohesion between Municipalities, transferring many of the functions originally carried out by nine Local Government, and at the same time developing a deep- seated process of change management, creating remarkable margins of increased efficiency for more than 100,000 inhabitants, guaranteeing the presence and quality of services for each community of citizens of originating Municipality. While serving as Director General, I also worked as teacher and trainer for various prestigious Italian universities and research centers. I collaborated with other regional administrations, with numerous Local Governments, with the ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities) and Legautonomie. I had the chance to take part in think tanks for various ministries for the development of performance models for the public administration and the planning of financial resources. I wrote, with two colleagues, a new book entitled “Digital Transformation & Smart Working in Public Administration”, published by Maggioli Editore in 2021 https://www.frieri.info/td-sw-in-pa I have published numerous articles and essays in specialist reviews and financial newspapers in my areas of specialization; together with two colleagues, I also wrote a manual on the Union of Municipalities, published by Maggioli in 2012. I am a board member of ANDIGEL (National Association of General Public Managers). Over the early years of my professional experience, I specialized in local finance, especially while working as Deputy Mayor with a delegate to the Budget and Citizens’ Participation for the City Council of Modena (Italy). In that role, I took part in numerous conventions and training activities with regard to Local Finance. In the late 2000s, I served as national coordinator for Local Finance for the League of Italian Local Governments. I also have a keen interest in participation in public policy. I have had the chance to compare the framework of classical studies of continental Europe where I originate, with direct experience of the most innovative theories of Consensus Building of Anglo-Saxon origin, and to gain meaningful first-hand experience of the Participatory Budget in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in the early 2000s. I have written, experimented and debated a great deal on these issues. I completed an Executive Master in Business Administration at the Bologna Business School; I graduated in Political Sciences from the University of Bologna, specializing in the economic- administrative field. I wrote my degree dissertation on Public Economics. I live in Modena; I am a great lover of astronomy, symphonic music and classical art. I was born in Urbino (central Italy), which I remain very attached to and where I frequently return.
Ana González Domínguez
Working in the La Dehesa’s Guadalinfo LL
Ana González Domínguez
Working in the La Dehesa’s Guadalinfo LLAna González Domínguez, “Ani” is working in the La Dehesa’s Guadalinfo LL since 2018. La Dehesa is a special neighborhood ubicated in the city of Ronda. Ani has a large experience working with local users and groups, fighting against depopulation through the TIC skills that she offers to citizens in the LL. A different perspective in the rural environment.
Beatriz Medina
Partner & consultant, WE&B
Beatriz Medina
Partner & consultant, WE&BMs. Beatriz Medina is MSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of Alcalá de Henares and Master on Science, Environment and Health Communication degree. Beatriz is a partner and consultant at WE&B as an expert in the field of socio-environmental studies. Working experience in the field of science communication and knowledge brokering, social engagement processes and analysis of public perceptions in environmental issues. Related projects where she gained experience have been funded at Latin American level (WaterClima LAC by Europeaid, EcoQuito by AECID and Green Growth Potential Assesment in Peru). She developed broad experience in developing R&D&I projects by the European Commission (REWAISE, LIFE DREAMER, HOUSEFUL, AfriAlliance, Run4LIFE among others). Additionally, she has published topic related articles and chapter books at scientific recipients. Moreover, Beatriz has recently worked as research associate in the Sociology Department in the Autonomus University of Barcelona (UAB), working in the context of HONEST project, which focuses on gaining understanding on how societies have engaged with nuclear energy, and how the nuclear energy sector has engaged with societies over the course of the past 60 years, focusing in the Spanish case study. Specially, collaborating in understanding perceptions and mechanisms of societal engagement.
Dr Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti
Clinical Research Fellow in the Breast Unit of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Dr Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti
Clinical Research Fellow in the Breast Unit of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKDr Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti is a medical oncologist working as a Clinical Research Fellow in the Breast Unit of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He gained his medical degree at the University of Milan, Italy in 2009 and he completed his specialist training at the University of Milan and National Cancer Institute of Milan, Italy in 2015. He is now working on a research degree (MD[Res]) within the Breast Cancer Research Division of the Institute of Cancer Research of London, UK focusing on different aspects of the care of common malignancies in older adults under the supervision of Dr Alistair Ring and Professor Stephen Johnston. He has an Italian Board Certification in Medical Oncology and is on the UK General Medical Council Specialist Register (Medical Oncology). He is also Member of the Royal College of Physicians. He spent the last year of his specialist training working with Dr Martine Extermann and Dr Lodovico Balducci at the Senior Adult Oncology Program of the Moffitt Cancer Center of Tampa, Florida, USA. In 2016, Dr Battisti joined the Breast Unit of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, where he currently works with Dr Alistair Ring and Professor Stephen Johnston. Dr Battisti’s main clinical and research interests are breast oncology, thoracic oncology and geriatric oncology. His main areas of investigation are comorbidities, comprehensive geriatric assessment, quality of life and prediction of anticancer treatment toxicity in older patients with cancer. He authored several publications and book chapters in the fields of geriatric, breast and thoracic oncology. Dr Battisti is President-Elect of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) and has previously served as Co-Chair and subsequently Chair of the Young Interest Group of SIOG. He is also Co-Chair of the European Cancer Organisation Inequalities Focused Topic Network. He is a member of the Elderly Task Force of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and member of the Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) Advocacy Committee. He is a member of the Clinical Steering Group of the National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients (NABCOP) in the UK. Dr Battisti was presented the Arti Hurria Award at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium for his research on the use of chemotherapy in older patients with early breast cancer enrolled within the Bridging The Age Gap study.
Antonis Billis
Thess-AHALL, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, LifeChamps Scientific Manager
Antonis Billis
Thess-AHALL, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, LifeChamps Scientific ManagerDr.Antonis Billis holds currently the position of the ab of PostDoc Research Fellow at the Lab of Medical Physics and Digital Innovation. He received his diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2007 and MSc in Medical Informatics in 2011, both from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Finally he has obtained in 2020 his PhD entitled “ Digital biomarkers as ecologically valid measures for the remote and longitudinal assessment of older adults health”. His main research interests lie in the areas of sensors, remote health monitoring, medical decision support systems, smart hospital applications, mHealth, AAL technologies and Living Labs. He has authored/co-authored numerous papers in conferences and peer- reviewed journals and has also participated in several European and national research projects related to digital health. He is currently involved in the coordinating teams of LifeChamps (A Collective Intelligent Platform to Support Cancer Champions), CAPTAIN (Coach Assistant via Projected and Tangible Interface, http://www.captain-eu.org/) H2020 projects and IntelTriage (Intelligent triage system for hospital emergency departments and clinics), part of the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE. Finally, he has been a member of the technical chamber of Greece since November of 2007.
Sofia Reppou
Management, Strategy and Marketing from the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
Sofia Reppou
Management, Strategy and Marketing from the University of Macedonia, ThessalonikiSofia Reppou obtained her MSc degree from the Psychology department of Sheffield University and her Degree from the Psychology department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She completed her degree training at the psychiatry of Leros, Greece. She holds a certification in Management, Strategy and Marketing from the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki. She has worked as a counsellor supporting repatriated Greeks and immigrants from the former USSR countries in vocational seminars organised by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1996) and as a volunteer counsellor at Diavata prison of Thessaloniki (2007) under the auspices of ARSIS NGO. She was engaged for several years in managerial positions at Vodafone Telecommunications and has extended experience in project management as well as human resource management. She is a research associate at the Laboratory of Medical Physics with extended experience in European and National Projects. She is pursuing her PhD in Palliative care at the University of Leeds in collaboaration with AUTH. Her research interests include the areas of paliative care, new technologies supporting the QoL of chronic patients, well being and ageing wel and people at risk of exclusion. She is an active volunteer supporting refugees and immigrants in Thessaloniki since 2016.
Richard Laing
Professor, Robert Gordon University
Richard Laing
Professor, Robert Gordon University
I have particular expertise in the areas of collaboration (between parties, groups and individuals) and participation (of stakeholders and the wide community) in research. This has often drawn on my knowledge of emerging digital technologies, where the associated methods are driven by a desire to identify and make use of innovative ways to communicate with target groups. This expertise has been developed across two decades of work funded by EU Framework programmes, Interreg and through direct research commissions.
Alberto Gotti
Dr. Alberto Gotti expert in environment and health impact assessment.
Alberto Gotti
Dr. Alberto Gotti expert in environment and health impact assessment.Dr. Alberto Gotti has over 20 years of experience in environment and health impact assessment. He is experienced in exposure modelling (including biologically-based modelling), climate change processes and policies and the use of GIS for environment and health impact assessment. Alberto will be involved in the dissemination and innovation activities of BlueHealth, as well as in the execution of the Thessaloniki cycle path research project. His work has included data fusion – comprising the assimilation and integration of data from different information sources, advanced statistical data analysis and techniques (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) to assess and reduce uncertainty in human health risk assessment, and air quality assessment using satellite data. In the last twelve years Alberto has worked for the European Commission‟s Joint Research Centre, for the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) the University of Pavia (Italy) and for AUTH. He was involved in the frame of the projects SMAQ, HEIMTSA, 2-FUN, HEREPLUS, TAGS, INTERA and in the ongoing ones INTEGRA, HEALS, CROME-LIFE+, PEC and CHERRIE. Alberto is also vice-president of the Mediterranean Scientific Association of Environmental Protection (MESAEP).
Pedro Fernández Menéndez
Project Coordinator at the Andalusian Rural Development Association
Pedro Fernández Menéndez
Project Coordinator at the Andalusian Rural Development AssociationPedro Fernández Menéndez is the Project Coordinator at the Andalusian Rural Development Association (ARA), the largest European regional network for rural development, since 2011. He has a Law Degree from the University of Seville and a Master in Development Cooperation. He has worked in the Commonwealth of Municipalities of Bajo Guadalquivir as an Area Director and in the Junta de Andalucía as an advisor to the General Directorate of Rural Development. He is also part of the Frankenstein Leader Working Group, a group of experts at the national level that works in the new community framework 2021-2027. He is also part of the working group that the Ministry of Agriculture has organized to design a leader in the next community framework.
Glenn Weyers
Project Manager, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences and LICALAB
Glenn Weyers
Project Manager, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences and LICALABGlenn holds master degrees in social sciences. He worked for several years as a coordinator of the Flemish Autorithy for the European Social Fund (ESF). He later acted within Ernst & Young as an external manager for several large-scaled European projects (within EU-programmes such as LIFE, INTERREG, FP7/HORIZON, …). He combines this extended experience in European project management with several other experiences as a manager in Flemish municipalities and social profit organisations. Currently he is working on behalf of Licalab on projects such as “ACSELL” ( Accelarating SmE innovation capacities with a Living Lab approach) within the INTERREG VC-programme and “CARE2ADAPT” within the INTERREG VA-programme.
Gerardo Romero
Head of the Foresight Area, Guadalinfo
Gerardo Romero
Head of the Foresight Area, GuadalinfoGerardo Romero León, Electronic Engineer, is working in the Consorcio Fernando de los Ríos since 2007. Now as head of the Prospective Area is involved in several strategic projects, even the collaboration with the ENoLL organization. The Guadalinfo LLs are in the first line fighting against the depopulation in Andalucía, digital changes and inclusion for citizens and SMEs are goals with high priority for the project. Gerardo has a long experience working with LLs in the rural environment, developing the digital strategy of the regional y local governs.
Stamatios Chondrogiannis
Energy Security, Distribution and Markets, JRC, European Commission
Stamatios Chondrogiannis
Energy Security, Distribution and Markets, JRC, European CommissionStamatios Chondrogiannis received the Diploma of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2001; the M.Sc. degree in Power System Engineering & Economics in UMIST, U.K., in 2004; and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in the University of Manchester, U.K., in 2007. From October 2013 he works in JRC.C.3 - Energy Security, Distribution and Markets Unit. His main fields of interest include smart grids, renewable generation, power system analysis with a focus to adequacy, security and resilience, energy sector integration and the economics and regulation of electricity markets. His previous work includes, among others, RES integration studies and respective policy and regulatory implications, technical support to ACER and DG ENER, analysis of Regulatory Experimentation in the energy sector, and emerging markets of energy services.
Hadas Lewy
Head of Digital Health Ventures in HIT and co-founder of CARE
Hadas Lewy
Head of Digital Health Ventures in HIT and co-founder of CAREDr Hadas Lewy - Head of Digital Health Ventures in HIT and co-founder of CARE- Excellence Center for Applied Research and development of technologies for the Elderly in HIT. Responsible for strategic plan and collaboration models with healthcare organizations and Industry, establishment and management of research and development infrastructure in Digital Health including the unique labs : HEAL- Health Analytics Lab, MADE- Medical Assistive Design and Engineering Lab ,and the Living Lab- a smart home lab for homecare R&D. A Senior Lecturer Digital Medical Technologies department , serves as the head of the teaching committee of the unique academic (B.Sc.)program, in Digital Health that aims to educate the 21st century physicians in Digital Health and healthcare data analysts that can bridge the gap between the clinical world and the technological world, tackling data challenges with AI-tailored solutions. The program is affiliated by 7 leading hospitals and 3 HMOs in Israel She earned her PhD in the department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel and then completed a Postdoc Fellowship in the department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine in the Medical School Pitie-Salpetriere. Paris, France. Her academic and industrial experience includes the development of medical devices and data analytics. In 2006 she established a company for home care service in oncology. In 2008 she joined Maccabi healthcare services where she established the International R&D Center, established collaboration between academia healthcare organizations and industry, founded and served as the CEO of NEVET Ltd –the R&D Company of Maccabi Group Holdings. The company developed products based on Maccabi's know-how. In 2015 she Co-founded CARE@HIT Excellence Center for Applied Research and Development of Technologies for the Elderly as a multidisciplinary meeting place and research center aim to address challenges faced by the older population. In 2017 she joined Clalit health services as the CRI Director of innovation and business development, established and managed the data innovation hub aim to develop and commercialize analytical products based on real world healthcare data that can be implemented in Clalit and other healthcare organizations worldwide. She has long experience in international collaborations in R&D including EU funded projects and the development of technologies and products for healthcare services that are compatible with the workflow and needs of healthcare systems.
Adela Maghear
Senior EU Affairs Officer at the European Cancer Patient Coalition
Adela Maghear
Senior EU Affairs Officer at the European Cancer Patient CoalitionAdela is a graduate in pharmacy studies and holds two PhD degrees; one in Medical Sciences (Field of Pharmacy) and another in Chemistry awarded by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and University of Lorraine (France), respectively. With a strong focus on environmental safety, her research work and scientific publications have dealt with a wide range of subjects. In 2015, she changed career paths when she received the Robert Schuman scholarship at the European Parliament Research Service in Brussels. Her career within the field of health policies continued as she became a member of the European Health Parliament, Antimicrobial Resistance Committee, that same year. In 2016, she ushered her skills and expertise in the fields of health and environment to ‘Health Care Without Harm Europe’ where she spearheaded the organisation’s policy work related to pharmaceuticals in the environment and antimicrobial resistance. She developed and led the Safer Pharma Campaign, aimed to make the EU the first region in the world to legislate on pharmaceutical pollution and its consequent contribution to the spread of AMR. Her work has been cited in international journals such as The Telegraph, ChemicalWatch UK, Pharmaceutical Technology, Market Business News, Pharma Technology Focus and Health Europa. In June 2020, she has joined the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) as Senior EU Affairs Officer. In this role, she leads the policy work of the organisation and coordinates the activities of the Challenge Cancer Parliamentary Intergroup where ECPC holds the secretariat.
Veronica Manfredi
Director for Quality of Life in DG Environment
Veronica Manfredi
Director for Quality of Life in DG EnvironmentVeronica Manfredi is the Director for Quality of Life in DG Environment since February 2018. Her Directorate plays a pivotal role in leading Europe towards Zero- Pollution and securing an effective management of Water – it thus significantly contributes to tackle the Climate, Biodiversity and Circular Economy challenges. It is indeed responsible for EU policies on Clean and Well-Managed Water (including the protection all EU Freshwater and Marine environments, water reuse, prevention from Floods, compliance with high health standards for Drinking Water), Clean Air, control on Industrial Emissions and prevention of Industrial Accidents. Internationally, her team leads the EU negotiations within the UN Minamata Convention on Mercury and the UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. It also provides steady support to the work of the four Regional Sea Conventions (notably the HELCOM – Baltic Sea, OSPAR – North Atlantic Sea, Barcelona – Mediterranean Sea, and the Bucharest Conventions – Black Sea) and the International Commissions for the Protection of the Rhine and Danube rivers. In particular, until 2022, Veronica is the Chair of the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine. A lawyer by background, Veronica deepened her knowledge of International and EU law in Rome, Turin, Kiel, Bruges and Brussels.
Sandra Planes Satorra
Policy Analyst, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation at OECD
Sandra Planes Satorra
Policy Analyst, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation at OECDSandra Planes-Satorra is a Policy Analyst at the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) of the OECD. Her research and policy advice work focuses on the fields of inclusive, sustainable and digital innovation, science-industry collaboration, and the geography of innovation. Her recent work has focused on assessing the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on STI systems and exploring how science and innovation policy can support transitions towards a sustainable, inclusive and resilient future. Prior to joining the OECD, she worked for the European Commission, for a policy consulting firm (Milieu Ltd) and for the Barcelona Provincial Council. She holds a BSc in Economics and a BSc in Political Science and Public Management from Pompeu Fabra University, and a MSc in Local Economic Development from the London School of Economics (LSE).
Petri Pohjola
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, and ENoLL member
Petri Pohjola
Tampere University of Applied Sciences, and ENoLL memberPetri Pohjola, MSc, is Senior Lecturer in Department of Industrial Engineering in Tampere University of Applied Science (TAMK), Finland. His main research and interests areas include product creation process, innovation management and new product development, new technologies and intelligent machines. Petri is teaching industrial engineering management and multidisciplinary engineering courses. Petri is also heading reaserch group of Design and Manufacturing in Industry. Before joining TAMK Petri had more than 15 years of working experience from different manufacturing and technology industry positions.
Biagio Ciuffo
Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre of European Commission
Biagio Ciuffo
Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre of European CommissionBiagio Ciuffo received the Ph.D. degree in transportation engineering from the Department of Transportation Engineering of the University of Napoli Federico II in 2008. Then he held a three-year Post-Doctoral position at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy, working at the sustainability assessment of traffic and transport related measures and policies. He is now an Official of the European Commission working for the Directorate for Energy, Transport, and Climate of the JRC where he leads the research group on Smart Mobility and the Living Lab for Future Mobility Solutions currently being setup in the Ispra site of the JRC. Biagio Ciuffo has published more than 100 scientific reports and scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings in transportation engineering. Among the others, he is one of the main authors of the JRC Report on the Future of Road Transport which analyses the wide implications of a connected, automated, low-carbon and shared mobility. With his work, he has supported the technical development and implementation of several EU legislations concerning the reduction of CO2 emissions from road transport. Biagio Ciuffo is also Deputy Editor in Chief for the IET Journal on Intelligent Transport Systems and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems and serves as reviewer for the most important journals in the transportation field. For his research activities on traffic simulation he was awarded with the 2012 Greenshields Prize and with the 2020 and 2013 Prize of the SimSub Committee all from the Transportation Research Board of the US National Academy of Science.
Pierre Echard
Co-founder and professor of the Master’s in Design for Social Innovation at Saint Luc Arts College in Brussels
Pierre Echard
Co-founder and professor of the Master’s in Design for Social Innovation at Saint Luc Arts College in BrusselsPierre is co-founder and professor of the Master’s in Design for Social Innovation at Saint Luc Arts College in Brussels. This programme brings together students from visual, spatial, and plastic arts, and implements field-based teaching and an action-research lab to bring creative and systemic solutions to pressing challenges addressed by public, private and non-profit organisations in the field. Pierre has over 25 years of experience in managing projects for sustainable innovation, ranging from local to international, with UN Agencies, NGOs, business networks & foundations in Africa, Latin America and Europe. His approach focuses on using human-centred & participatory design thinking approaches to foster creativity and innovation. http://www.masterdesign.social , http://www.innovaterra.eu
Ingrid Adriaensen
Business manager LiCalab
Ingrid Adriaensen
Business manager LiCalabIngrid holds master degrees in business management and communication. She has a large experience working in private companies developing international business opportunities and new divisions inside and outside Europe. She lectured at Thomas More University in the business and management programme. At TMUC, Ingrid also worked as a research coordinator with a specific focus on ‘social inclusion’, especially for vulnerable groups, from a physical, psychological or social point of view. In her current position, Ingrid is responsible for the external contacts at LiCalab and also manages European projects.
Georgia Ayfantopoulou
Deputy Director and Research Director at the Hellenic Institute of Transport (ΗΙΤ)
Georgia Ayfantopoulou
Deputy Director and Research Director at the Hellenic Institute of Transport (ΗΙΤ)Dr. Georgia Ayfantopoulou is Deputy Director and Research Director at the Hellenic Institute of Transport (ΗΙΤ) of CERTH with professional and research experience for over 25 years in transport systems management and optimization. She is the Head of Research Department of HIT “Intelligent Infrastructure and Networks, Sustainable Mobility and Logistics” with professional and research expertise in the following sections: Traffic Management, Transport Systems Management, Use of Telematics Applications in: Maritime, Road and Combined Transport, GIS, Vehicle Fleet Management, Operations Research and in Road Safety. Her professional experience covers a wide range in studies with subjects relate to maritime transports, port infrastructure management, new technologies application for maritime transportation systems’ management emphasizing on the safety and reduction of environmental impacts. She has been assigned as Project Coordinator, Technical and Evaluation Manager for several EU as well as Greek projects and she has written numerous scientific articles and reports.
Ioanna Fergadiotou
R&D Director - Head of Athens Lab
Ioanna Fergadiotou
R&D Director - Head of Athens LabIoanna has over 20 years’ experience as a consultant, specialising in the design and development of information technology platforms and systems & the design and setup of research and commercial ICT projects. Currently in the position of R&D Director at INLECOM, she has overseen and managed many R&D and Innovation projects with direct responsibility for KPIs that pertain to innovation, research outputs, POCs, scientific excellence and scientific advancements. Being involved in all phases of projects’ lifecycles, from inception and proposal writing to delivery management, part of her role is identifying the innovative elements of commercial and strategic value for businesses. Ioanna has a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services. Throughout her career, she has participated in over 30 projects in the fields of Knowledge Management, e-learning, ICT, Transport & Logistics, Digital Twins. She is member of the coordination team of Inlecom projects portfolio.
RESEARCH SESSION CHAIR
Dimitri Schuurman
Manager Business & Domain Experts imec's Digital Transformation Department
Dimitri Schuurman
Manager Business & Domain Experts imec's Digital Transformation Department
Dimitri Schuurman leads the Business & Domain Expertise Center at imec's Digital Transformation Department focussing on the domains Smart Cities, Mobility & Public Health. He holds a PhD on Living Lab organizations from Ghent University & the Free University of Brussels in Belgium. Together with his imec colleagues, Dimitri developed a specific Innovation Management approach & framework (called Innovatrix) which is specifically designed for multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary innovation projects. He also leads a Special Interest Group on Living Labs in the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and is active in the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) as a Living Labs specialist. His main interests and research topics are situated in the domains of open innovation, user innovation and innovation management.
WORKSHOP FACILITATORS
Irina Kujanpää
PhD Student
Irina Kujanpää
PhD StudentIrina Kujanpää (Master of Culture and Arts, PhD Student) is a future-oriented service designer specialized in facilitating enthusiasm. She currently works in South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences as a project manager focusing on issues dealing with foresight and employment. She has years of experience in working directly with young people and developing services for them.
Johanna Hautamäki
Service designer & project manager, Centria University of Applied Sciences
Johanna Hautamäki
Service designer & project manager, Centria University of Applied SciencesJohanna Hautamäki (MA) is a service designer and a project manager at the Centria University of Applied Sciences. As an RDI specialist, Johanna works as a service designer with different companies and facilitates training workshops. Her latest project AppSim - Creating competence through applied simulation pedagogy focused in innovative ways of co-creation with living lab between work life and education through digitalisation and service design. Her work often focuses in empathy methods, development through trial and combining service design with anticipation and multidisciplinary applied simulation pedagogy.
Gareth Priday
Founder, Australian Network of Living Labs
Gareth Priday
Founder, Australian Network of Living Labs Gareth Priday is the founder of the Australian Network of Living Labs and is a consultant with the Future Self and Design Living Lab. (FSDLL). He is a cocreator of the “It’s to create” with cards. Gareth is also well versed at running virtual workshops including an ongoing series of 15 workshops for 13 Pacific Island countries and their agencies, ‘our futures’ game (global audience) workshops with the participatory futures global swarm, workshop for the UN futures literacy summit and workshops with several of the FDSLL clients in 2020.
Sonja Pedell
Swinburne University of Technology / Future Self and Design Living Lab
Sonja Pedell
Swinburne University of Technology / Future Self and Design Living LabAssociate Professor Sonja Pedell is Director of Swinburne University’s Future Self and Design Living Lab. The FSD Living Lab has core development capabilities in the area of innovative socio-technical systems and design solutions for health and wellbeing with a focus on the ageing population and dementia. Prior to taking up this role at Swinburne, Dr Pedell completed a Masters of Psychology from the Technical University of Berlin and was employed as an Interaction Designer, Usability Consultant and Product Manager in industry for several years.
Alen Keirnan
Researcher, Life Without Barriers
Alen Keirnan
Researcher, Life Without Barriers
Alen Keirnan is a researcher at Life Without Barriers, an Australian Disability Support Service Provider. His research interests sit within co-design for health, using research to better the quality of disability services in Australia. Before this role he has been for three years a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Design Innovation in Swinburne’s Future Self and Design Living Lab contributing innovative ideas, user-centred methods and design solutions to multiple research projects focusing on technology supported wellbeing of the ageing population. As part of his industry engagement he has developed the “It’s to Create with” Co-design Toolkit with Priday and Pedell.
Suzanne Smith
NetwellCASALA Living Lab, Ireland
Suzanne Smith
NetwellCASALA Living Lab, IrelandSuzanne Smith holds a degree in Sociology from University College Dublin, a H.Dip. in Business and MSc by research from Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland. She worked in mental health, substance abuse and health education in the U.S. for fifteen years before returning to Ireland. Suzanne has an extensive background in intercultural and anti-racism training and research, business development and teaching healthcare. Suzanne has worked on a range of projects including ProACT and as part of a European research team exploring Social Innovation in Ageing initiatives. Her research has included identifying barriers experienced by older people to accessing and using GP out-of-hours, exploring the vocational challenges of home healthcare assistants, and examining the digitalization of care at home and in the community. Suzanne leads the Living Lab at NetwellCASALA.
Isis Gouédard
Co-founder of KoKrea Lab, gamified collective intelligence facilitator
Isis Gouédard
Co-founder of KoKrea Lab, gamified collective intelligence facilitator
Isis Gouédard - Passionate about human interactions and motivations, she helps clients embrace change and derive action plans fostering ideas through experience and games, unleashing the power of collective intelligence. A Genevoise mum-preneur and Senior IT Project manager, she holds a Mathematics Master and Entrepreneurship EMBA from University of Geneva.
Damien Gauthier
Co-founder of KoKrea Lab, gamified collective intelligence facilitator
Damien Gauthier
Co-founder of KoKrea Lab, gamified collective intelligence facilitator Damien Gauthier - User Experience designer and Lean Innovation specialist, Damien started his career with PhD in mathematics and a brief detour through acting and directing, which led him to become curator of TEDxLausanne. Since 2016, he brings together his skills in science methodology, theater acting, UX and Lean Startup to help people solve problems together in a creative way.
Glenn Weyers
Project Manager, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences and LICALAB
Glenn Weyers
Project Manager, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences and LICALABGlenn holds master degrees in social sciences. He worked for several years as a coordinator of the Flemish Autorithy for the European Social Fund (ESF). He later acted within Ernst & Young as an external manager for several large-scaled European projects (within EU-programmes such as LIFE, INTERREG, FP7/HORIZON, …). He combines this extended experience in European project management with several other experiences as a manager in Flemish municipalities and social profit organisations. Currently he is working on behalf of Licalab on projects such as “ACSELL” ( Accelarating SmE innovation capacities with a Living Lab approach) within the INTERREG VC-programme and “CARE2ADAPT” within the INTERREG VA-programme.
Mathilde Nakken
Mathilde Nakken
Mathilde Nakken studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven, in the department Food non Food. There she discovered her drive to create art and design projects focusing on science and technology, landscapes and food. With enthusiasm and a bit of humor, she develops new future scenario on how we can eat, sleep and live in a more sustainable manner. Collaboration with experts outside the design field is essential, from scientist to farmers. However, her design team not only consists out of human colleagues. For example, in the past she collaborated with yeasts, cows and robots. She designs to share an optimistic view on the challenges ahead of us, whether that is done via an animation, presentation or exhibition design.
Frank Hilbrands
Strategic partnership manager & community building expert
Frank Hilbrands
Strategic partnership manager & community building expertFrank Hilbrands has three decades of experience on three continents. As a strategic partnership manager, he works at the intersection of ideas, models and organizations, focusing on sustainability and people-driven development. A degree in communication, complemented with post-doctorate coursework in public health and management enables him to build multi-stakeholder partnerships with local and international partners from vastly different backgrounds. Frank has a decade of experience working in Islamic republics on thorny subjects with religious and traditional leaders and uniformed services. In the Islamic Republic of Mauritania he was part of establishing community-led health serves, working in tandem with newly-minted municipalities as well as traditional power structures. In Senegal he delivered an integrated model to enable local decision makers to contain the Ebola epidemic. Along the Trans Sahelian highway he has worked on service delivery for truck drivers, connecting groups as diverse as sex workers, injecting drug users and students striving towards political Islam. This experience proved pivotal in working in super diverse neighborhoods in Europe, promoting Asset Based Community Development and social entrepreneurship within a context of citizen-led neighborhood development.
Tom van Geest
Project leader & urban development expert
Tom van Geest
Project leader & urban development expertTom van Geest is a seasoned project leader and an urban development expert with a diverse background in matching sustainable growth with the real needs of key populations. His wide experience allows him to provide in depth urbanistic solutions tailored to existing and future needs. Tom holds a bachelors degree in Environmental Studies (Urban & Regional Planning) and a Masters degree in Urban Design. His urban planning experience ranging from site planning to city-wide strategies and policy. He has worked as a successful project leader with UN-Habitat, including leading the development of its e-learning Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme. As such he develops concepts, strategies and participation processes for projects ranging from a master plan for 1.000 affordable homes in South Africa to harbour revitalisation projects and multi-functional accommodations in The Netherlands. Tom focuses on self-managed neighborhoods, community building, inclusive participation, data & digital democracy at the local level. He is a well-versed facilitator in various group processes and interactive techniques.
Leen Broeckx
Panel Manager, LiCaLab
Leen Broeckx
Panel Manager, LiCaLabLeen Broeckx holds a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences from Brussels University in Belgium. She has an additional Master Degree in Cultural Studies from Leuven University Belgium. Together with her colleague panelmanager she facilitates workshops and real life tests.
Sascha Vermeylen
Panel Manager
Sascha Vermeylen
Panel ManagerSascha holds a Master’s degree in Social and Economic Sciences from University o Antwerp. She joined the LiCalab team in 2018 as panelmanager. Together with her colleague panelmanager she’s responsible for a panel of 1.000 members and more than 400 caregivers and care organisations.
Soenke Zehle
Lecturer
Soenke Zehle
LecturerSoenke Zehle, media theorist, writes, teaches, curates, with a focus on collaborative arts-and-technology research. Lecturer in Media Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts Saar (HBKsaar), he is also managing co-director of K8 Institut für strategische Ästhetik gGmbH, the academy’s non-profit company for think tank, transfer, and training activities, as well as an affiliate researcher at the Ubiquitous Media Technologies Lab of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Between 2012 and 2018 he also worked as managing director of the academy’s xm:lab - Experimental Media Lab. Current research concerns: anticipation, collective intelligence design, open technologies, documentary aesthetics.
An Jacobs
An Jacobs
An Jacobs holds a PhD in Sociology and is a part-time lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB, Belgium). She is also program manager of “Data and Society” and unit lead of “Health and work Living Lab” within the imec-SMIT-VUB research group. She is co-founder of the interdisciplinairy research group Brubotics with a focus on human-robot interaction. In her research career at the VUB since 2005 she is and has been Principal Investigator in several digital innovation projects involving older adults both on a local and European level, including ProACT and SEURO. She was active in the living lab community from the very beginning and was the methodologist supporting the startup of the Care LivingLabs in Flanders.
Asel Kadyrbaeva
Asel Kadyrbaeva
Ms Asel Kadyrbaeva is Knowledge and Innovation Manager at EASPD. She is responsible for coordinating and implementing research, knowledge management, capacity building, training, and innovation activities related to social services, disability and social inclusion. Ms Kadyrbaeva coordinated the work of the EASPD Members Forum on Employment of Persons with Disabilities as well as the Members Forum on Workforce Development and Human Resources. She represents the organisations at multiple European platforms and working groups. In addition, Asel has experience coordinating European projects on person-centred services, inclusive education, staff training, employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and health. Asel holds a Bachelor degree with honours in Economics from the American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan; a Master degree with great distinctions in Development studies from the University of Antwerp, Belgium; and another Master degree with distinctions in European Social and Political Integration from Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium.
Hank Kune
Founder and director of Educore bv in the Netherland. He is also a co-founder of the FCA and a member of its board.
Hank Kune
Founder and director of Educore bv in the Netherland. He is also a co-founder of the FCA and a member of its board.Founder of Educore, and Founding Partner of the Future Center Alliance (FCA). His work focuses on systemic and open innovation, developing innovation-enabling environments, supporting the entrepreneurial mindset, and creating conditions for dialogue that leads to renewal. He has worked extensively with public sector organizations in the Netherlands, as well as diverse innovation initiatives throughout the European Union and Japan. Hank is a co-initiator of the Global Lab for Climate Resilience. He has published extensively on societal innovation, orchestrating regional innovation ecosystems, and dedicated innovation-enabling spaces, and this has been influential in establishing and running Future Centers in several countries. Hank is one of the pioneers of the Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation and has led more than 25 Camps since 2010. He is the principal author of the Innovation Camp Methodology Handbook, published by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (2017).
Valérie Lehmann
Valérie Lehmann
Associate Professor, School of Management Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal Valérie Lehmann has been a professor at UQAM since 2006. She has also been a speaker at Essec Paris since 2005 and at Sciences Po Lyon since 2017. Her work in companies, training activities, research projects and publications focus on project management, change management, participatory approaches and open innovation mechanisms to improve the competitiveness of companies. Valérie Lehmann is the author of several dozen scientific articles and book chapters since 2010. She has co-edited several books, including Communication et grands projets, published in 2013, Change et grands projets, published in 2015 and more recently, L'innovation collective, quand créer avec devient essentiel, published in 2020. She is also co-author of the book Changement de crise, les organisations à l'épreuve du Covid, published in 2020. Her latest work concerns open innovation for businesses and for the climate transition. She is a member of La Fabrique du Futur living lab
Cathy Zadra-Veil
Cathy Zadra-Veil
Research and teaching assistant at the Ecole supérieure des professions immobilières Cathy Zadra-Veil is a researcher in economics and management. She has been working at ESPI2R since 2013. Her research interests, mandates and publications focus on different fields: public-private-citizen partnership, hybrid organizations, regulation and evaluation, governance, social and solidarity economy, open innovation, living lab collective creativity She has a particular interest in hybrid organizations of collective innovation present today all sectors, within which knowledge can be co-constructed: the Living Lab, the hackerspace, the Commons and some organizations of the real estate sector. She is a member of La Fabrique du Futur living lab
Aron-Levi Herregodts
Aron-Levi Herregodts
Aron-Levi Herregodts is Innovation Manager at imec. He holds a master’s degrees in Communication Sciences (2013) and Complementary Business Economics (2014). He is the imec.livinglabs product owner of Innovatrix and the Innovation Board, and applies this methodological approach on a day-to-day basis to a wide-variety of innovation projects. Nowadays he focuses on data-driven business models.
Dimitri Schuurman
Manager Business & Domain Experts imec's Digital Transformation Department
Dimitri Schuurman
Manager Business & Domain Experts imec's Digital Transformation Department Dimitri Schuurman leads the Business & Domain Expertise Center at imec's Digital Transformation Department focussing on the domains Smart Cities, Mobility & Public Health. He holds a PhD on Living Lab organizations from Ghent University & the Free University of Brussels in Belgium. Together with his imec colleagues, Dimitri developed a specific Innovation Management approach & framework (called Innovatrix) which is specifically designed for multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary innovation projects. He also leads a Special Interest Group on Living Labs in the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and is active in the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) as a Living Labs specialist. His main interests and research topics are situated in the domains of open innovation, user innovation and innovation management.
Thomas De Meester
Thomas De Meester
Thomas De Meester is an UX Designer, Innovation manager and product owner at imec. Driven by digital design, products and services, he has been helping companies create and improve their products over the past years. For the last 4 years, Thomas has been responsible for the development of the digital application Innovatrix. He graduated as a product developer at the university of Antwerp, the city where he is currently living.
Dimitri Schuurman
Manager Business & Domain Experts imec's Digital Transformation Department
Dimitri Schuurman
Manager Business & Domain Experts imec's Digital Transformation Department Dimitri Schuurman leads the Business & Domain Expertise Center at imec's Digital Transformation Department focussing on the domains Smart Cities, Mobility & Public Health. He holds a PhD on Living Lab organizations from Ghent University & the Free University of Brussels in Belgium. Together with his imec colleagues, Dimitri developed a specific Innovation Management approach & framework (called Innovatrix) which is specifically designed for multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary innovation projects. He also leads a Special Interest Group on Living Labs in the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) and is active in the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) as a Living Labs specialist. His main interests and research topics are situated in the domains of open innovation, user innovation and innovation management.
Darragh McCashin
Dublin City University, Ireland
Darragh McCashin
Dublin City University, IrelandDr Darragh McCashin holds a PhD in Psychology from University College Dublin, and an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology from the University of York. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Dublin City University, Ireland. Darragh’s work has included research into the psychology of internet sexual offending, in addition to research on how to effectively integrate computer games/apps to support structured delivery of mindfulness-based CBT in real-world settings. Darragh is currently collaborating with NetwellCASALA at Dundalk Institute of Technology, on the evaluation of a pilot digital daycare intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leon Sterling
Swinburne University of Technology
Leon Sterling
Swinburne University of TechnologyProfessor Leon Sterling is Emeritus Professor based in the Future Self Living Lab in the Centre for Design Innovation in the School of Design at Swinburne University of Technology. After completing a PhD at the Australian National University, he worked for 15 years at universities in the UK, Israel and the United States. He returned to Australia as Professor of Computer Science at the University of Melbourne in 1995, serving as Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering for 6 years. He then took up the industry-sponsored Adacel Chair of Software Innovation and Engineering. In 2010, he moved to Swinburne where he served as Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies for 4 years and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Digital Frontiers) for two years. His current research is in incorporating emotions in technology development, where motivational models are an essential element.
Sandra Evans
Sandra Evans
Sandra Evans - Senior researcher, Project Development and Management at the University of Tübingen. She has extensive international, professional and academic experience primarily in and with the USA, Germany and Russia. This includes managing exchange programs and business internships for NGOs as well as developing and coordinating research projects at the EU on national and regional levels like ITHACA, ACSELL, TAAFE and the living lab LebensPhasenHaus: https://lebensphasenhaus.de/en
Ingrid Adriaensen
Ingrid Adriaensen
Ingrid Adriaensen – Business manager LiCalab. Ingrid holds Master degrees in business management, communication and linguistics. She has a large experience working in private companies developing international business opportunities and new divisions inside and outside Europe. Since 2011 she lectured at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in the business and management programme. At Thomas More, Ingrid also worked as a research coordinator with a specific focus on ‘social inclusion’, especially for vulnerable groups, from a physical, mental or social point of view. Since 2016 Ingrid manages external contacts and EU-projects at LiCalab.
Andrea Pavlickova
Andrea Pavlickova
Andrea Pavlickova - International Engagement Manager NHS National Services Scotland. I am responsible for the international engagement and management of EU funded projects focusing on the deployment and scaling-up of integrated care solutions in Europe. I am also actively engaged in a number of European and international networks to promote and enhance Scotland’s reputation in digital agenda and innovation in healthcare. My work also focuses on knowledge transfer, implementation of Memoranda of Understandings and exchange of good practices at national, European and international level to stimulate scaling-up of innovative solutions in health and care delivery.
Jonne van Belle
Jonne van Belle
Jonne van Belle, MSc, is a researcher working at imec-SMIT-VUB since 2020. She works on projects related to smart cities, data privacy and artificial intelligence and translates these insights to society as part of the Knowledge Centre Data & Society. With her background in design, user research and human-technology relations, she is interested in understanding the social impact of technologies and how this can be improved in real-life cases using design and communication. In her projects she likes to combine ideas from human-centered design, anthropology, sociology and philosophy of technology to find ways to create responsible (design of) technologies.
Gülşen Güler
Data Feminist and Activist
Gülşen Güler
Data Feminist and ActivistA data feminist and activist, Gulsen works as a data literacy consultant to examine and reimagine the relationship between human, data, digital and power to create more diverse systems. Gulsen is a trained social worker and her experiences from the field inspired her to develop a community-based approach to data literacy. She workshops around data literacy as a tool to explore and leverage the human element in data systems. She also collaborates with a variety of organizations to create a cultural shift around data and conducts research on future communities.
Benoit Loeillet
Associate Professor at Emlyon Business School
Benoit Loeillet
Associate Professor at Emlyon Business SchoolBenoit Loeillet is Today an Associate Professor at Emlyon Business School in data science and innovation. He is strongly involved in collaborative innovation processes and specifically interested on strategies and governance of opening and sharing data (public, private and personal) and how to foster value creation. Benoit is one of the founder member of the TUBA non-profit organisation, based in Lyon, in France (https://www.tuba-lyon.com/). Benoit is also involved and interested in mediation of digital issues, on how to acculturate and give people the power to master these new daily life tools and control back their personal data.
David Crombie MSc (Econ)
David Crombie MSc (Econ)
David has been involved in European research and innovation projects since FP4 with a focus on human- centered strategic design issues and crossover innovation trajectories. Based in the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, in 2011 he authored a pan European study on the Entrepreneurial Dimension of the Cultural and Creative Industries for EACEA and this informed the policy discussions for the H2020 programme for supporting the creative industry sector. He is currently working on research approaches for the Horizon Europe global challenge on Inclusive & Creative Society, the Green Deal and the NEB. He participates on the OECD working group on Critical Thinking & Creativity, the ERRIN WG Design & Creativity, is an ambassador for the European Network of Living Labs (ENOLL) and has a keen interest in Anticipatory Innovation Governance and Collective Intelligence Design https://anticipate.network .
Revathi Kollegala
Revathi Kollegala
Her work is centered around the principle that technology exists to serve and amplify the good in people. She has more than a decade of experience in data-centric software strategy, management and entrepreneurial experience. Her passion is using technology and data ethically for impact. She found projects that help bridge the digital divide while achieving socio-economic empowerment very fulfilling.
Ingrid Adriaensen
Business manager LiCalab
Ingrid Adriaensen
Business manager LiCalabIngrid holds master degrees in business management and communication. She has a large experience working in private companies developing international business opportunities and new divisions inside and outside Europe. She lectured at Thomas More University in the business and management programme. At TMUC, Ingrid also worked as a research coordinator with a specific focus on ‘social inclusion’, especially for vulnerable groups, from a physical, psychological or social point of view. In her current position, Ingrid is responsible for the external contacts at LiCalab and also manages European projects.