An international team working together to enable positive change

Arno Meerman

CEO & Founder

Dr. Sarah Jaber

Director

A/Prof. Dr. Todd Davey

Associate Partner

Dr. Balzhan Orazbayeva

Director Research and Training

Jose Villagran Polo

Deputy Manager R&D Projects

Rimante Rusaite

R&D Projects Lead

Elena Galan Muros

Audiovisual Producer

Felicia Braverman

Global Business Development

Giulietta Riva

Senior Marketing & Communications

Dalila De Filippo

Member Engagement & Training Coordinator

Eva Kypraiou

Training & Member Engagement Coordinator

Kate Kromina-Bakker

Events & Member Experience Office

Déspina Kortesidou

Senior Consultant

Luca Barbera

Project Officer

UIIN Advisory Board

Dr. Natascha Eckert

Academia-Business Advisor, Angel Investor & Female Tech Mentor

Prof. Dr. Andrew Petter

President Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University & Associate Counsel, Arvay Finlay LLP

Carol Stewart

Vice President, Tech Parks Arizona, University of Arizona

Prof. Dr. Tuula Teeri

Professor Emerita, Senior Advisor and Former President, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and Aalto University

Our global external experts

Dr. Jochen Barth

Head of Department Networks and Transfer, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology

Johan Blaus

Director Strategic Partnerships at KTH, Senior Advisor Collaboration and Partnerships

Frances Frith

Academia-Business Advisor and Former Head of Research and Enterprise Partnerships at the University of Bristol

Mikko Korpela

Head of Consulting at Crazy Town Oy, Senior Consultant

Dr. Cameron McCoy

Founder & Chief Adapting Officer, The Adaptive Group

Prof. Dr. Carolin Plewa

Professor, Pro Vice Chancellor (Researcher Education and Development) Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Adelaide

Dr. Max Riedel

Head of ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT, Carl Zeiss AG

Marc Sedam

Vice President, NYU/NYU Langone Health, Technology Opportunities & Ventures

Prof. Irene Sheridan

Head of Extended Campus, Munster Technological University

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